Category: Lifestyle Fashion

If you’ve ever considered growing your own pot plant at home in Southern California but found the whole tents-and-timers-in-a-closet thing impossibly confusing or prohibitively intimidating […]

DILLON BEACH, Calif. —  A stay in Brian Maggi’s house, per the Airbnb listing, is what coastal California dreams are made of. “Bathed in natural sunlight,” […]

Skateboarders, creative directors, chefs and hip designers are all captivating subjects for photographer Todd Selby, who has traveled the world for more than 20 years, […]

I was at dinner in Los Feliz recently trying to encourage a couple I’ve been friends with for more than 20 years to come see […]

SUTTER BUTTES, Calif.  —  About 60 miles north of Sacramento, the Sutter Buttes rise starkly from the floor of the Central Valley, the remnants of […]

Travel writer Christopher Reynolds floats in a pond at the magnesium-chloride-rich waters of the Guerrero Negro saltworks in Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur. (Photo by […]

Kathleen Ferguson grabbed a pair of pruning shears from a mailbox nailed to a garden bed and leaned down to cut bunches of Orlaya grandiflora […]

LAS VEGAS, Nevada —  For many, the lure of Las Vegas is the near complete immersion in a man-made world. Visitors bury themselves deep inside temperature-controlled […]

In the mid-2010s, celebrities such as Khloe Kardashian, Rihanna and Floyd Mayweather Jr. socialized at Lure Nightclub in Hollywood, drawing TMZ photographers and star-obsessed onlookers […]

(Beth Hoeckel, featuring “Silver Gemini keychain” by Rick Owens) This story is part of Image’s May issue, Homemaking, about home and the many ways we […]

Book Review Unnatural Habitat: The Native and Exotic Wildlife of Los Angeles By Craig StanfordHeyday: 264 pages, $24If you buy books linked on our site, […]

Donato Martinez reads his poetry at the Libros Lincoln Heights bookshop. On a Saturday evening in late April, the door of the Libros Lincoln Heights […]

As we walked back to our cars after the party, my ex-boyfriend said, “I have something for you,” and dropped an object into the center […]

I couldn’t help it. In the course of scouting out great adventures for West Coast 101 — our new guide to essential destinations in Baja, […]

Michelle Woo is the West Coast experiences editor for the Los Angeles Times. Previously, she worked as a senior editor at Medium, the parenting editor […]

If you thought the wildflower season was over in Southern California, think again. The easily accessible Highway 39, also known as San Gabriel Canyon Road, […]

We met Brian Hawkins, a Redondo Beach mechanical engineer-turned-videographer, in the near-empty lobby of the Yosemite Valley Lodge. It was just after 9 on a […]

Do you want to live to 100? The path to becoming a healthy centenarian — as opposed to just a centenarian — is surprisingly different […]

Aleali May loves an Easter egg. And at Paris Fashion Week last year, it was unmissable: a giant, gleaming butterfly hanging above her solar plexus […]

Immersive entertainment firm Meow Wolf, whose multiple locations of floor-to-ceiling psychedelic-leaning art have attracted about 10 million visitors across its four venues since 2016, has […]

Since bursting onto the Hollywood scene with memorable performances in shows like “Nurse Jackie” and the critically acclaimed FX drama “Pose,” Michaela Jaé Rodriguez has […]

Las Vegas —  There are multiple dance duets in “Particle Ink: House of Shattered Prisms,” a mixed-media theatrical production that debuted last month on the Las […]

Heartbroken after a breakup that was long overdue, crushed by a stalled entertainment industry and depressed by my temporary day job at a dementia center, […]

Despite a 58-year age difference, Reita Green and Beverly Pate have been best friends and business partners for four years, ever since Beverly hired Reita […]

On a brisk mid-March night in the small Northern California town of Grass Valley, more than 100 people crowded around a Grateful Dead cover band […]

I only sleep in silk. It’s a bit of a dirty secret. This isn’t the type of thing you want to admit to a friend, […]

The waterbed was invented by a San Francisco State University graduate student in 1969, and it quickly captured the American imagination. It soon became a […]

A Meow Wolf exhibition is designed as a dream space, a walk-through floor-to-ceiling collection of psychedelic art with a sci-fi bent and an anything-goes, punk […]

Advertisement Advertisement The author is a writer and cartoonist based in Los Angeles. She is the author of “Drawn Together: Illustrated True Love Stories” (Voracious, […]

On a rainy Sunday morning in Inglewood, while most of the sprawling Edward Vincent Jr. Park was empty, one area was alive with action: the […]

It’s the first Sunday morning of spring in the Wilshire-Montana neighborhood of Santa Monica and local artist Kim Krans, 43, is making the 10-minute pilgrimage […]

The laundromat is the perfect place to cry in public. I’m here now, crying as I type this. I don’t care who sees me. I’m […]

Artist Sarah Kim belongs to a poker group of up-and-coming art-world denizens. Part poker group, part art collective, they’re an equal mix of men and […]

Balenciaga’s Le City bag is bringing back the early aughts Fashion is in love with the early 2000s right now, and Balenciaga, the Kering-owned brand, […]

Last fall I met a guy. He had a thick mustache and was, by my estimate, at least 10 years my junior. We happened to […]

Meagan Culberson, 32, was on a third date with a guy she met on Hinge when she decided it was time to ask him a […]

As a newly single woman in my 50s in Los Angeles, I was terrified. I’d been married so long that the last time I’d heard […]

Icelandic Chinese vocalist and songwriter Laufey (pronounced lāy-vāy) has an appreciation for life’s many wonders. It’s apparent in her music, which fuses the sounds of […]

Picture this: It’s a Thursday night in Santa Monica, and you’re feeling good. You’re sitting across from a cute stranger, and the vibes are vibing. […]

Avila isn’t the only one who built a community from LAF. Frankie Osorio, 24, Oscar Alba, 31, and Sabrina Sandoval, 29, joined LAF in search […]

Take our survey and let us know when you think it’s OK to grab fruit from someone else’s tree. Your answers may be featured in […]

On June 12, California will open its first new state park in nearly a decade, setting aside 1,600 acres near the confluence of the Tuolumne […]

“Visitation,” 2024, photo-collage and thread (dama / For The Times) This story is part of Image’s April issue, “Reverie” — an invitation to lean into […]

Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger demolished a famed midcentury home designed by late architect Craig Ellwood to make room for a new, modern mansion. That’s […]

On the afternoon of Sunday, Feb. 25, I drive to West Hollywood to spend a night at a hotel. I want to imagine what it […]

On a rainy Saturday afternoon in late March, a block of East Hollywood is unusually quiet but for the corner of Fountain Avenue and North […]

Joy Lee has lived in the L.A. area for her entire life, but the 48-year-old says she hasn’t felt an earthquake in almost two decades. […]

In 2021, the Warner Bros. Studio Tour created new interactive exhibits focused on the company’s recent history, unveiling areas dedicated to the DC Comics universe […]

I begrudgingly met my husband. I had been in L.A. for a short time and was keeping busy with the California lifestyle I had always […]

pet-tree-kor’s Green Helicteres Isora Jacket. (Photo Illustration by Beth Hoeckel) We find ourselves in that time of year dedicated to the most sensuous and worldly […]

Every tattoo has a story. Some are good; others may leave a nagging sense of regret. Those tattoos that make you cringe are at the […]

What is a dream if not a vacation for the mind? To get lost in a reverie is a momentary respite from the prison of […]

“Is that the trail?” I asked Steve, my longtime adventuring buddy. Not out of frustration or worry. I was more amazed at how this trail […]

With the city of Anaheim unanimously voting to pass DisneylandForward, the Disneyland Resort will be forever changed. Twice in the last 69 years, Disneyland has […]

What should you do if your pot-smoking neighbor is stinking up your yard? Why aren’t there any legally licensed consumption lounges in the city of […]

A bag becomes a different thing entirely when worn by different personalities — similar to how no one perfume smells the same on two different […]

Carrizo Plain National Monument in eastern San Luis Obispo County is one of California’s most iconic wildflower viewing areas, but is this year’s display worth […]

A bag becomes a different thing entirely when worn by different personalities — similar to how no one perfume smells the same on two different […]

Our 17-year-old Honda CR-V (affectionately dubbed “Broomhilda”) met her tragic, premature demise last summer when a deer bolted out of neighboring woods, straight into her […]

Book Review Chipped: Writing From a Skateboarder’s Lens By José VadiSoft Skull Press: 256 pages, $26If you buy books linked on our site, The Times […]

My mother, a UCLA graduate, switched her allegiance on a dime the day I enrolled at USC. She and my father attended every Trojans home […]

A bag becomes a different thing entirely when worn by different personalities — similar to how no one perfume smells the same on two different […]

Sunday is Tia Mowry’s favorite day of the week because it’s the day that she gets to do whatever she wants. “With my career, there’s […]

While researching “Cultish,” her book on “the language of cults from Scientology to SoulCycle,” writer Amanda Montell kept coming across studies on cognitive biases, or […]

Word got out that there was a whistleblower wanting to meet. The company was suspicious, but this was the first overt notice that our place […]

Disneyland’s Star Tours: The Adventures Continue has proved to be one of the theme park’s most versatile attractions. Though perhaps no longer the groundbreaking technological […]

Los Angeles residents hoping to see a superbloom this spring don’t need to go far — a field of flowers has sprung up between the […]

Scan the rolling hills of the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve and you’ll notice something missing. Golden poppies. Even as Instagram-worthy wildflowers bloom across the […]

When my partner Daniel and I reached our late 20s, our social lives became attending other people’s weddings. Another Friday night, another welcome party: his […]

In a cavernous convention hall in Northern California, at the end of a long, loooong day of important, yes, but eventually mind-numbing presentations about native […]

Water-hungry lawns are symbols of Los Angeles’ past. In this series, we spotlight yards with alternative, low-water landscaping built for the future. At the top […]

Two weeks after I lost my sister, she visited me in a dream. Was it her, or was the dream a construction of my psyche, […]

The L.A. Times Plants booth returns to The Times’ Festival of Books on April 20-21 with the Theodore Payne Foundation and the California Native Plant […]

Attention, anyone who thinks native blooms are brilliant in the wild — or our yards — but don’t work in bouquets. Boy, are we wrong. […]

If you’re lucky, some concerts are free with RSVP. This one is free if you bring dirty laundry. Laundry Wand is a nondescript laundromat in […]

Tyler, the Creator teams up with Louis Vuitton and Pharrell Williams Louis Vuitton has teamed again with rapper, producer and Hawthorne native Tyler, the Creator […]

We plodded through an obsidian darkness, one deliberate step at a time, our headlamp beams illuminating the way. The steep trail seemed to stretch into […]

My first spot in L.A. looked like a scene from “Melrose Place.” Two stories, old motel style, courtyard in the middle. A wedge of sun-kissed […]

You’d be hard pressed to find someone with local roots deeper than L.A.-born Cheech Marin, who parlayed a 1970s stoner comedy act (as half of […]

The iconic L.A. nightclub the Conga Room closed its doors for a final time Wednesday night, but not before filling its walls with one last […]

It’s a rainy Wednesday evening at low-lit, moody Arts District hangout Tea at Shiloh, where a dozen students including myself perch on round white floor […]

Early Sunday morning, hundreds of hikers and Dodgers fans gathered in a parking lot in Griffith Park. They were decked in blue, huddling in groups […]

When the Los Angeles Times decided to launch its version of a news quiz earlier this year, I suddenly found myself tapped to serve as […]

An immaculate metal box built in 1931 to symbolize the future bounced around the East Coast for decades before recently landing in Palm Springs for […]

In 1994, Eric Nakamura launched a zine he dubbed Giant Robot, a photocopied, hand-stapled fanboy’s ode to manga, anime, Japanese punk bands and skateboarding. Thirty […]

Eli Susman was a fairly experienced meditator when he attended a month-long retreat at Plum Village, a Buddhist monastery in Southern France in 2017. The […]

There is something about getting on a bus in L.A. that puts transport — in the mystical and joyous sense — into transportation. I take […]

It wasn’t like Marlon Brando to go spilling his private beans to the world about the life he had spent his years protecting. American actor […]

The theme park industry is expansive. The catch-all term encompasses your favorite rides, yes, but also an assortment of industries, ranging from architecture to animation […]

I met an executive chef in November 2022 at a posh Las Vegas restaurant where he worked. Sitting alone at the bar, I ordered the […]

In the last couple decades, a new way to measure an L.A. party has emerged: If there’s not a Glenjamn pic, did it even happen? […]

Jesse Kingsley was in full geek-out mode. Despite being a puppet builder and enthusiast for more than two decades, he had never peered inside the […]

In her poem “Play, 1966,” from her forthcoming collection “With My Back to the World,” Chang observes the effects of depression like a painting on […]

I always start with a photograph on my phone. Sometimes I’m not looking for images — the images are just there, and I happen to […]

With all the recent rain, 2024 is shaping up to be a fabulous year for flowers, not just in the wild but also in private […]

Seated on a chair, with the hum of twin furnaces and the Impressions playing in the background, glassblower Cedric Mitchell is lost in his craft […]

Don’t hold off until summer: March and April are two of the best months for weekend road trips because the wildflowers begin to grow after […]

People will soon be able to trek from the steps of the Nevada state Capitol in Carson City through the Sierra at Lake Tahoe and […]

I was a teenager getting ready to attend Sequoia Junior High School in Reseda in 1960. My father heard that there was a new drama […]

Jess wears Hellstar shirt, Brain Dead pants, Prada shoes, Heaven by Marc Jacobs bag. (Jennelle Fong / For the Times) Wearing a knit football jersey […]

The castle is immaculate, its gold etching regal and its towers a bold shade of sky blue. The band at its gates plays no real […]

Avery, styled as the Priestess, wears Balenciaga dress and shoes, Ashton Michael necklace and cuff. I want so badly to tell you about your future. […]

Come for the matcha latte, stay for a potential sighting of Justin and Hailey Bieber. Or is it the other way around? No matter the […]

Over dinner in Hollywood, a friend confides that she’s spritzing it on the soles of her feet at night and getting “the best sleep of […]

Krysta Grasso, 27, is the owner of the crochet brand Unlikely Fox. Surrounded by a sea of colorful yarn, 27-year-old Krysta Grasso lounged on her […]

Alexis Fischer was excited to jump back into the dating world after being single for two years. The professional dancer-turned-entrepreneur took time to heal from […]

The first time I called Scott by my ex’s name, we were lying side by side. The morning air was already heavy with the salty […]

Miss Dior Avenue pop-up comes to West Hollywood (Christian Dior Parfums / Marc Patrick/BFA.com) Sometimes you need a 1960s-inspired style adventure. You’re in luck thanks […]

Crossing up and over the fabled Donner Pass in the northern Sierra Nevada and descending to Lake Tahoe is one of those essential rites of […]

To say it’s difficult to date in Los Angeles is almost like saying the traffic is bad. Yes, we know! But what if dating didn’t […]

Michael Arceneaux at the Hollyhock House. Arceneaux wears Loewe shirt, Isabel Marant denim jeans and jacket, Louis Vuitton shoes, Akoni glasses. (Gabriel S. Lopez/For The […]

Come spring in California, after even a little bit of rain, people start asking the big questions: When does the Wild Flower Hotline start up […]

It’s hard to know what to do or say when a loved one is in the throes of a devastating breakup. No matter what you […]

When I opened the door of my apartment, something felt off. The way the click of the lock echoed in the room was wrong. It […]

Walking through the garden of designer and sculptor Vince Skelly’s Claremont home is a distinct local sensory experience. Following a decade living in Portland, Ore., […]

For some Los Angeles galleries, home is where the art is — or in the laundry room, also known as Quarters Gallery, inside Nina Muccia’s […]

Book Review Painted People: 5,000 Years of Tattooed History from Sailors and Socialites to Mummies and Kings By Matt LodderWilliam Collins: 352 pages, $21.99If you […]

With a comfortable stroll, Sean Bankhead stepped into Evolution Studios dressed in a black Nike sweatsuit. It was January and the Atlanta-based choreographer had just […]

A queer bar. A bedroom. A freeway. A swap meet. A billboard. “At the Edge of the Sun” celebrates the places, connections and references that […]

Under red lights, a man in a cowboy hat swings his partner around a crowded dance floor. House and disco play from a makeshift DJ […]

Under the canopy of the enormous olive tree that shades his home, Daniel Gerwin’s 11-year-old son ascends the tree’s gnarled trunk like an expert climber […]

If there was an award for the most wellness-focused couple in Los Angeles, Jay Shetty and Radhi Devlukia would take the cake. In Sunday Funday, […]

As the Ferris wheel reached its apex and Sam leaned in to kiss me, I felt like Meg Ryan or Julia Roberts. After years of […]

I’ve never given much thought to my scalp. Aside from the occasional subconscious scritch-scratch or vigorous shampooing, it’s kind of just … there. A necessary […]

Beyoncé revealed she hasn’t always been “flawless” when it comes to her hair. The “Break My Soul” singer got candid about the roots of her […]

On the first new moon in February, not long after Pluto had entered Aquarius, Shima Moore stood like a priestess in flowing white robes behind […]

It’s Valentine’s Day, so of course, my thoughts have turned to love. My love of candy. See’s candy, specifically, which I can (and do!) buy […]

REI will close up shop in Santa Monica at the end of the month, marking the second move out of a busy downtown area this […]

In December 2022, I was at Zara in the Glendale Galleria, helping my sister find a coat suitable for a funeral, when he first messaged. […]

When it comes to healing from grief, there’s often not a simple answer, but there are some recommended standbys. Therapy, of course, is essential, and […]

Mike had me cornered. He’d graduated ages ago, but his tastes hadn’t. He still went to high school house parties to drool over girls who […]

Los Angeles is a city that demands you go outside. The weather, the vibes and the ever-present feeling that anything is possible. The only things […]

Lynn Bufka isn’t sure how she’s going to get through the next nine months. The licensed psychologist, stress expert and spokesperson for the American Psychological […]

“Looking for banter!” It’s a dating app standard, among the Billboard Hot 100 of bio banality. Along with a passion for food, travel, plants and […]

I met one of my exes on Grindr. He was an astrological match, and our Virgo/Taurus vibes were palpa­ble. But was that enough for a […]

At first glance, the scene unfolding on a leafy, half-crowded patio in West Hollywood looks like any other gastropub on a Sunday afternoon. In one […]

“Grandfather! Look over here!” calls Rita Earl Blackwell, her New York accent dissolving into the whipping wind. Wearing an electric blue jacket emblazoned with the […]

In a cozy pool house in Holmby Hills, 33-year-old Liana Levi counts backward from 10 as I move my leg in a slow circle. “Think […]

“At 6601 West 82nd Street, there is the biggest naked coral tree I have ever seen. It’s stunning. Instead of spreading wide, which many do, […]

At first, Cathlene Pineda was reluctant to join the Atwater Village Moms’ Facebook group. The jazz pianist and composer doesn’t particularly like Facebook, and she’s […]

In a neighborhood filled with homogeneous Midcentury Modern residences, Brandon McBurney’s Palm Springs home stands out thanks to its 10-foot-tall lime green doors that face […]

For a moment, I fell under the spell of Bryan Johnson. Bathed in early-morning sunlight, the 46-year-old L.A.-based tech centimillionaire and longevity celebrity didn’t look […]

They say you shouldn’t sleep where you work, but Pixar chief Pete Docter means it at as a compliment when he says that Disneyland’s reimagined […]

When NASCAR reached out to Ozzie Juarez, artist and founder of Tlaloc Studios, to make a trophy for the NASCAR Mexico Series race, inaugurating at […]

I had been married for six weeks the night I met Anthony. Tall, olive-skinned with electric green eyes, he was so handsome my cheeks were […]

LONDON —  Over the bar of a 200-year-old pub in southeast London hangs a sign: “For the people of East Greenwich, by the people of East […]

My dad was born in 1952, the Year of the Dragon. He’s an immigrant from Taiwan who came to the U.S. for graduate school at […]

If you’ve read our coverage of accessory dwelling units, you know that they are one of the most popular housing solutions in California, with almost […]

Many of Lanny Smoot’s best-known inventions are, at least to nonengineers, more like magic tricks. Floating disembodied heads, a lightsaber that actually expands, retracts and […]

Tearing out your lawn can be a tough decision, especially if you have children or dogs who love to roll and play. Or — no […]

For the story “The greatest trees of Los Angeles,” writer Ryan Bradley and photographer Devin Oktar Yalkin went on a quest to find the city’s […]

There is a sycamore in the front yard of my grandparents’ house, the house where my father grew up. It is a giant, towering over […]

Welcome to the Los Angeles Times News Quiz. I’m Adam Tschorn, senior features writer, former game show question-and-answer man and your weekly quizmaster. Each Friday, […]

My eyes scanned the crowd in the arrivals area of Terminal 5 at Los Angeles International Airport. Then I saw her face, framed by a […]

On the stand-up stage, comedian Kate Berlant is a lot — a lot of exaggerated faces, a lot of abrupt free-form physicality and a lot […]

Paddleboarding just got simpler with the omission of one major element: water. Los Angeles’ marinas, canals and channels have long been hubs for paddleboarding activities, […]

Festival season has begun at the Disneyland Resort, with the annual Lunar New Year celebration landing at Disney California Adventure. Over the past decade, Disneyland’s […]

Thwack! Thwack! Thud! Oh, thank god, my whole body exclaimed. After a few swings, the razor-sharp pick I clutched lodged firmly into a cascading frozen […]

Common and Jennifer Hudson, have a lot in — well, common. They’re Grammy, Emmy and Oscar winners. They were raised in Chicago’s South Side. On […]

The style gods of Los Angeles walk among us after the sun goes down. (Nichelle Dailey / For The Times) Fashion metaphors are usually forward-facing.You’ve […]

One night as she was lying in bed, Becky Feldman wondered, “Do I remember how to have sex?” It had been at least a decade […]

Welcome to the Los Angeles Times News Quiz. I’m Adam Tschorn, senior features writer, former game show question-and-answer man, and, as of today, your weekly […]

The bar was almost full when I walked into the restaurant. The hostess greeted me with a smile, a slicked-back perfect ponytail and a red […]

Close your eyes and imagine Los Angeles. You might conjure palm trees, beaches and blue skies. Traffic-clogged freeways, the downtown skyline or the taco truck […]

Louis Vuitton SS24 pop-up in WeHo Louis Vuitton pop-up in West Hollywood. (Brad Dickson) Louis Vuitton has brought the Pont Neuf and its SS24 collection […]

The older I get, the more I enjoy acting like a kid. I jump at every opportunity to do backflips in the pool and absolutely […]

Murrieta Hot Springs, a palm-shaded haven of steaming streams and coveted mud just north of Temecula, has been home to a Christian Bible college, a […]

Jeanette Marantos started writing for the Los Angeles Times in 1999, doing Money Makeovers until 2002. She returned to write for The Times’ Homicide Report […]

Since 2014, a recurring art show dedicated to cats has captured common feline actions (commandeering a pet parent’s lap, unflinchingly staring down an onlooker, shredding […]

Since her usual hazardous waste disposal site closed last year, Dashiel St. Damien has accumulated 20 pounds of batteries and a bag full of lightbulbs. […]

It’s an early Wednesday morning, and I’m about to work out — my noggin. I’m at a “gym for the brain” in Malibu, readying for […]

You might be reluctant to stay at a $475-a-night inn that warns of flashing lights and foghorns throughout the night, or bans one-night guests from […]

If you’ve spent any amount of time on TikTok or talking to your 12-year-old niece, you’ve probably heard of the Stanley cup by now. The […]

Ten years ago, when Bianca Del Rio was crowned the winner of Season 6 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” it was a different time: The reality […]

Last weekend, when my family was shopping at Costco, one of the free sample lines caused a shopping cart traffic jam. It was the new […]

The thought of the approaching holidays and having to attend the firm’s end-of-year party without a plus-one made me gasp. That’s why I turned my […]

Arezu Aghaseyedjavadi signed up for her first Barry’s class in 2017, motivated to give the high-intensity workout a try after noticing how fit everyone seemed […]

Years ago, when they were feeling lost and directionless and leaning too heavily on their vices, Edgar Fabián Frías cast a spell on themself. As […]

In the world of video games, there are plenty of so-called dating simulators, a.k.a. “dating sims,” in which players can craft a personality, meet potential […]

From Bottega Veneta tinted shades to S’YTE T/W Gabardine pants, Coveted can help you get right for the grand finale.

Channel your inner adventurer. You may have seen “Nyad,” the Netflix film about Diana Nyad, in which the American distance swimmer (played by Annette Bening) […]

Even if you didn’t feel the ground move beneath your feet during Friday morning’s 4.2 magnitude SoCal earthquake, or the 4.1 shaker that rattled nerves […]

I was a worrier. An overthinker. A planner. But plans don’t always work out. So I shut my eyes and pointed at a map of […]

SEDONA, Ariz. —  The rock formation known as Kachina Woman rises like an obelisk out of a cool green canyon. At its base, more than three […]

It’s about 9 p.m. on a Saturday night, and the all-white-clad members of the House of Avalon are huddled in a downtown Los Angeles alley, […]

My New Year’s resolution this year is simple. This weekend — my first back in L.A. after visiting family for the holidays — I will […]

Bobby Kim, left, and Ben Shenassafar, a.k.a. Bobby Hundreds and Ben Hundreds, are co-founders of the brand. Over the last 20 years, The Hundreds has […]

What if the end of the world is a constant, rather than a finale? (Joelle Grace Taylor / For The Times) “I have lived the […]

We tend to look to the new year as a new beginning, as an opportunity for a fresh start. Aspiring for something different, something better, […]

Ken Gun Min is a daydreamer. “I have one foot in reality and the other in fantasy,” the painter says as he sits on the […]

In a story with outrageous, less-than-savory personalities, one character stands apart: the stage. Or, in this case, the 13th-story penthouse of the Oviatt, which is […]

I packed up my life in New York for Los Angeles, certain love was waiting for me on the other side of Los Angeles International […]

Photographer Paul Yem illustrates what he calls “manufactured happiness” — how we’ve turned to our houses to give us what we think happiness should look […]

(aliana mt / For The Times) In Silver Lake, there’s a canyon that feels very Middle Earth-esque. Totaling out like a wave, the side slope […]

In L.A., a runway takes on many forms. The Lassens on Sunset: Runway. The Hammer on a weekend: Runway. The stampede pouring out of the […]

(aliana mt / For The Times) A gruff nun introduced me to the concept of apocalyptic architecture. She was my catechism teacher, and she paced […]

When I read the news that Silver Lake’s Café Tropical had abruptly closed, memories came flooding back — memories of a time, a place and […]

What’s that old adage? If you want to know what the kids are wearing, go to Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival. After a four-year hiatus, the […]

Saptarshi Majumdar likes to say he always has the best seat in the house. Sometimes it’s next to the DJ booth at Koreatown’s Kiss Kiss […]

At first glance, Matt Smith seems too chill to be a knight. His “shining armor” is just a backpack, a floppy bush hat and a […]