One year since my childhood home burned
When we went around the table at Thanksgiving, our close ones laid out their myriad plans and wishes…
Auto shop class is thriving. Community college students basically fix your car for free
The workers’ uniforms are smudged with stains earned underneath a car, wrench in hand. Their repair garage teems…
Several favorite L.A. restaurants bid farewell in 2025
In late 2018, I met up with two of my closest but estranged friends in L.A.’s Art District.…
Contributor: California’s place in enslaved people’s struggle for freedom
In one version of U.S. history, California is a place where slavery was prohibited from the founding, in…
Southern California storms slam Santa Barbara, Ventura. Rain through Tuesday
California’s wet winter continued Saturday as rain fell across the Southland, grounding flights coming in and out of…
Alicia Piller’s sculptural jewelry is otherworldly
“Oooh, look at this trash!” Alicia Piller was giddily flitting around her Inglewood live-work studio holding up resin-coated…
Israel-backed militias tout themselves as part of Gaza’s day-after
AMMAN, Jordan — When Israel and Hamas signed a ceasefire earlier this year, it brought into question the fate of…
It might rain on the 2026 Rose Parade
If you’re planning to camp out along Colorado Boulevard to grab a prime viewing spot for the Rose…
Behind SoCal’s wettest Christmas, a drought-to-deluge cycle
A year ago, officials were sounding alarms about a bone-dry winter that days later would combine with wind…
An Orange County mega-church comes to LA’s skid row
When Union Rescue Mission started 135 years ago, horse-drawn wagons scooped up wayward souls around downtown Los Angeles…