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The first thing I do each morning is check my watch — not for the time but for my sleep...

(Beth Hoeckel / For The Times; Ann Demeulemeester Black Livia Collar, courtesy of Ssense.com) Anyone who has attempted to breach...

About a year ago, longtime friends Laura Baginski and Susie Lee reconnected at their 30-year high school reunion. As the...

On a Sunday afternoon in Los Angeles, a group of longtime friends recorded a conversation on the side of the...

Before me stands a glistening silver box — sleek, elegant and with boldly defined protruding vertical lines, giving it an...

Muralists living and working in Los Angeles often bring color and culture to the city’s concrete façades. Their work is...

Kelsey Grammer has played Frasier Crane for nearly a quarter century — most recently on a “Frasier” follow-up series that...

Maison Margiela’s creative director John Galliano, the iconoclastic couturier who previously headed artistry at Givenchy and Christian Dior, is leaving...

• Big Basin Redwoods State Park, near Santa Cruz, is recovering after fire scorched almost the entire park in 2020.•...

Best for: Ultra-luxury travelers who want extra privacy What it’s like inside: Though it doesn’t come cheap, PS is the...

In November of 2020, I went on my first mushroom trip.I chose the date arbitrarily, eventually landing on Black Friday...

As an art director with a background in theater, Mary Kenny has a flair for interior design that rivals her...

One of the Disneyland Resort’s new holiday offerings is a show featuring the young guitar-slinging character of Miguel from “Coco.”...

Disneyland is turning 70 next year, and the theme park has never missed an excuse to throw a nostalgia-fueled party....

“Wait, you dated her? She’s basically royalty,” said an old schoolmate of my first love when we realized our mutual...

Molly Baz ended up in Los Angeles by chance. In March 2020, she was vacationing in L.A. with her family...

• Christmas Tree Lane in Altadena is a neighborhood holiday lights extravaganza that’s taken place nearly every year since 1920.•...

On May 20, 2016, my wife and I visited Yosemite National Park. Before we set out on a trail, I...

There’s no single smell that defines Los Angeles. Certain scents are often linked to the bustling streets of downtown or...

The love story of musicians Ann Marie Simpson-Einziger and Mike Einziger was fortified in a lab.After meeting through a mutual...

My first meeting with Aescape, the AI-powered massage robot, was benign enough — if a bit eerie. As if HAL...

TONOPAH, Nev. —  Business is so good at the Clown Motel, you might expect more of its painted faces to be...

By 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, hundreds of people were crowded outside the Hollywood Roosevelt hotel, waiting to get inside one of...

When I asked my mother what she might like for her birthday this year, she quickly texted back: Nothing. We...

Ellen O’Brian hadn’t bought a candy-filled advent calendar in years, but when she saw the festive cardboard box with little...

Tiffany Haddish names her pets after things she wishes she could have more of. Namely, sleep. Her dog Sleeper and...

I don’t do casual sex. My labels are demisexual and sapiosexual, or some combination of the two, which makes being...

“Code Green” has the trappings of a modern escape room. We enter what we are told is a hidden bunker-turned-research...

On Saturday, Image co-hosted a party in memory of Género Neutral, the beloved retail shop in Echo Park that closed...

CHONBURI PROVINCE, Thailand —  Like most babies, Moo Deng spends a lot of her time sleeping.But for a few hours a...

Los Angeles is teeming with beautiful places to walk, but for many of us, our favorite paths are those that...

Holiday gift shopping? It’s chaos. The Grove on Black Friday? Good luck finding parking — it’s a two-hour wait just...

Manuel García-Rulfo moved to Los Angeles 15 years ago, and now the Guadalajara-born actor says he feels more like an...

I was hanging out with my friend Patrick, comparing notes on our dating lives. We were talking about red flags...

Linda Hsiao was standing at a weathered work table inside her ceramics studio in Altadena. It was the day after...

• The Los Angeles Flower District features more than 70 vendors in two neighboring markets downtown — the Original Los...

(Beth Hoeckel / For The Times; Charles Jeffrey Loverboy, courtesy of Ssense.com) Among the ultra-blessed 22 cards in the tarot’s...

Fashion weeks are like summer camps for style sickos. Especially this year’s L.A. Fashion Week, because every event happened at...

This story is part of Image’s November Lost & Found issue, exploring the many lives our clothes and objects have,...

This story is part of Image’s November Lost & Found issue, exploring the many lives our clothes and objects have,...

For Kaley Cuoco, Sundays mean one thing: football. Her fiancé Tom Pelphrey first made her a fan. “Because Tom is...

The sun has just set over the Palos Verdes hills, and the tennis court lights are buzzing to life. I’m...

Splash Mountain’s eviction is complete. With the opening Friday of Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, Disneyland has formally rid itself of an...

In our household, beauty wore different names. This was back in 1995, when we lived on 58th Place, in the...

SEOUL  —  The election of Donald Trump has sparked a surge of interest in the United States in South Korea’s...

The game started as an experiment. A way to look at emergent behavior — the coordinated and mesmerizing flight of...

DeLoyce Alcorn is 92 years old — and pressing nearly four times that in weight at the gym.On a recent...

For every time you hear an Angeleno smugly say “I thrifted it,” there’s a story behind the last hands that...

Asia White defines herself as an “idea person” — someone with an expansive imagination and a tendency to get overexcited.“I...

Want to know the secret to longevity? Hint: It can’t be found at the bottom of a serum bottle or...

It’s fall, and for many that means it’s “Gilmore Girls” season. Though its original run ended in 2007, the series...

If you had asked me to go on a date with someone who was barely out of prison, my answer...

“Hello, old friend.”That’s the phrase that popped into my head at the start of my favorite walk recently. It was...

Walking is considered one of the healthiest ways to exercise, but let’s be honest: Unless you have a dog dragging...

When it comes to “walkability,” L.A. gets a bad rap. To the weekend visitor, our city can seem like a...

According to the census, nearly a third of Los Angeles residents are over 50. And we’re aging collectively — according...

Sometimes the best gift is not another item to keep track of but an experience where you can lose yourself...

Shauna Bookless never imagined she’d become her own pharmacist. But after gaining more than 20 pounds during undergraduate and graduate...

Plant people are easy to buy for — and hard too — because the really die-hard gardeners usually want nothing...

You won’t find any clowns at the L.A. leg of the traveling Balloon Museum, but there are plenty of other...

Credits Creative Director: Amy KingFeatures Editor: Brittany Levine BeckmanLead Gift Guide editor: Marques HarperProject editors: Jen Doll, Philip Gray (books),...

The City of Angels, La La Land, Tinseltown, the Big Orange — whatever you call this city and however you’ve...

This story is part of Image’s October Luxury issue, exploring what luxury really means to artists, designers, aestheticians, architects and...

Louis Vuitton at the Americana Louis Vuitton has joined the lineup of designers and boutiques at shopping destination Americana at...

Sophie Thatcher isn’t in L.A. at the moment — but “Yellowjackets” fans will appreciate the reason. She’s in Vancouver filming...

Long Beach is not Los Angeles. The suburb, if that’s something you can call the seventh-largest city in California, is...

For many people, stress related to the approaching presidential election is palpable. Even, at times, unbearable. Judith Martinez, 32, a...

One of the best parts of new parenthood is figuring out what your child is going to be for Halloween....

No one has ever applauded me for getting out of bed before. But for the last week and a half...

• In April, comedian Allan McLeod launched “Walkin’ About,” a podcast in which he and a guest stroll somewhere in...

As a woman prepares to pitch her friend to an audience of roughly 200 eager singles, a few of their...

• The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing now spans the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills, but weather issues have pushed completion...

This story is part of Image’s October Luxury issue, exploring what luxury really means to artists, designers, aestheticians, architects and...

This story is part of Image’s October Luxury issue, exploring what luxury really means to artists, designers, aestheticians, architects and...

• Eric Blackwell is making a name for himself with his handcrafted artworks made largely from reclaimed guitar wood, featured...

You’re a Yankees fan headed to Los Angeles for the first time. Of course you have questions.After all, you’ve come...

The first two surprises, as you roll up Old Highway 80 into this dry and silent Sonoran Desert town, might...

The last time the Dodgers were in the World Series, it was in the thick of the pandemic. So all...

Over the course of J.B. Smoove’s decades-long career as a comedian, actor and writer, he’s become known for many things....

I saw Trevor around the gym for months — scattered tattoos and black tank top with a cute smudge of...

MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif.  —  Emily Markstein, a sinewy rock climber and skier who has spent seven years living and working...

The industrial food supply will be the last bastion of the luxury economy, and we might mirror the cannibals in...

Barely four hours after he had arrived in Los Angeles from Georgia to attend his nephew’s birthday bash, James Huling...

• Famed cougar P-22 is a rock star in the wildlife world, inspiring a novel, songs, murals, documentaries and festivals...

This story is part of Image’s October Luxury issue, exploring what luxury really means to artists, designers, aestheticians, architects and...

When Alexander Payne’s wine-drenched dramedy “Sideways” first came out, Santa Ynez Valley didn’t have the luster of Napa or the...

The Black Dumpling Sculpture by Jess Sellinger Ceramics via ssense.com. (Beth Hoeckel for The Times) It can be tempting to...

This story is part of Image’s October Luxury issue, exploring what luxury really means to artists, designers, aestheticians, architects and...

It was 1996, and while traveling through the Lost Coast in far northern California, my boyfriend and I were camping...

Water-hungry lawns are symbols of Los Angeles’ past. In this series, we spotlight yards with alternative, low-water landscaping built for...

A skin, hair or makeup routine is never just a skin, hair or makeup routine. We dived deep into the...

A skin, hair or makeup routine is never just a skin, hair or makeup routine. We dived deep into the...

For Julie Bowen, mom of three teenage boys, a perfect Sunday would include plenty of “me time.”“My whole family calls...

He handed me a brown paper bag — mind you, just a regular lunch-size kraft paper bag that was still...

A skin, hair or makeup routine is never just a skin, hair or makeup routine. We dived deep into the...

Rolly Crump had an outsized reputation. A rebel in the Disney fold. A beatnik. An unapologetic tell-it-like-it-is you-know-what.Crump, who died...

Approaching Laguna Beach on the hike from Newport Beach to San Clemente. (Tom Courtney) This charming stroll will transport you...

When model Josephine Lee, known online as Princess Gollum, arrived in Studio City for a skincare brand photo shoot in...

DIXON, Calif. —  Deep inside one of the world’s largest corn mazes, where the tri-tip sandwiches and soft-serve ice cream purchased...

Any Dodgers fan visiting New York is bound to have questions.Why is the Statue of Liberty calling for a right-handed...

During this year’s early September heat wave, I sat in a shaded courtyard at USC struggling to write after teaching...

Dressed in 7-inch neon heels and translucent yellow bell-bottoms, Mary Serritella was defying gravity and expectations on a recent Wednesday...

• After years of living in a condo, the Hinch family was ecstatic about the giant backyard of their new...

BISHOP, Calif. —  Just after dawn on Thursday, I pointed my car up a long, steep hill outside Bishop and climbed...

Imagine it: Soccer legend Abby Wambach, five years old and a gifted forward, scoring 27 goals in her first three...

“Dale!” drag king Mauro Cuchi shouts into the mic. “Eso!” the crowd roars back. A spotlight shines on two glistening...

“I don’t want to go.” “I get it.” I was on the phone with my emotional support friend Jill, who...

I can think of nothing more luxurious than choice — the simple ability to dictate rather than be dictated to....

As contemporary Angelenos, seeing the immersive “Little Women Ballet” might be as close as we’ll ever get to stepping into...

I started strength training about nine years ago for admittedly vain reasons. Fresh off a breakup at the time, weight...

Todd Lerew is curious. He likes lists. And he doesn’t like doing things halfway. This is why he collects pictorial...

Hollywood’s upper-class elites have found a new way to show that they’re out of touch. And I fell for it....

It is summer in the Midwest, hot as soup, and I don a frock the size of a twin bed...

Howdy! I’m Jaclyn Cosgrove, an outdoors reporter at the L.A. Times. I write about the best trails, bodies of water,...

When pop singer-songwriter Charlie Puth first began visiting Los Angeles in the early 2010s, he remembers landing at a house...

For Halloween lovers, there is only one major problem with spooky season: it ends. But in a city where the...

Some people might wonder: Is true love at first sight just a romantic fantasy? Or does it ever actually happen?...

Living in Los Angeles is a lot like folding a fitted sheet: It seems almost impossible to do well —...

Van Cleef & Arpels pop-up at South Coast Plaza The ultimate in luxury, Van Cleef & Arpels has a pop-up...

Robotic dinosaurs. Mechanical miners. Unpredictable chaos. Our local water rides offer the promise of getting wet with a dash of...

(Beth Hoeckel / For The Times) Who — or what — is like a Leo? The fifth sign, presiding over...

(Photography by Henry Hargreaves; prop styling by Victoria Granof; post-production by Zak Vitale and Craig Peterson; thanks to Jarett Loeffler.)...

All aboard! Starting this week, the Descanso Railroad train ride is open to riders once again. And model trains winding...

I was at a cocktail party a few months ago in Studio City when, suddenly, one conversation rose above the...

Los Angeles-born actor and singer Miranda Cosgrove has been part of our pop culture landscape for more than two decades....

The light was low at the Echo as Elliot Moss started playing his new single. The distortion kicked in, and...

There are two words that will strike fear in a grown-up fan of a Disney theme park: Disney adult.While some...

SACRAMENTO —  Last month, the California State Fair announced plans to allow cannabis to be sold and consumed on-site for the...

I know my way around a facial. I have well-formed opinions about collagen face masks and laser treatments. I planned...

Water-hungry lawns are symbols of Los Angeles’ past. In this series, we spotlight yards with alternative, low-water landscaping built for...

Ann-Marie Hoang, L.A.-based wardrobe stylist from Highland Park. (Jennelle Fong / For The Times) Ann-Marie Hoang has made a career...

Of course, naming the best beaches of Southern California is subjective. But when a group of reporters set out to...

Los Angeles renters with style, show us your place! The smaller, the better. In a city where home prices are...

Gucci Flora Gorgeous Orchid Eau De Parfum With a shift of the season come new scents to revel in. Gucci’s...

When Ali Weiss, 30, shares a selfie on Instagram, she often adds a disclaimer: This is a face that hasn’t...

When I video-call Lisa Ann Walter, she’s in the middle of making a banana cake to serve alongside the curry...

On any given day in Southern California, you have vast opportunities to escape for an outdoor adventure, whether that means...

I’m walking home when a man, who’s graying and handsome, stops me. “Excuse me,” he says. “You’re gorgeous.” I’m not...

It’s sweaty stinky time again at the Huntington Library, Art Gallery, and Botanic Gardens. One of its rare corpse flowers...

Here in Los Angeles, summer vacation means many different things to many different people. For some it’s a five-week-long trip...

“Just before visiting Los Angeles in summer 2008, I read a story in the Los Angeles Times about the opening...

Mya wears Vassia Kostara bra, and pieces from Tiffany & Co.’s Tiffany Céleste collection. The L.A. universe doesn’t start or...

Six decades after the age when most people do, I’ve become obsessed with Lego. My gateway drug was a set...

In 1984, a determined back-to-earther named Jules Dervaes Jr. brought his wife and children from a 10-acre farm in rural...

Two years ago, I ditched any semblance of cheesy dating apps in favor of meeting the love of my life...

Emma Roberts vividly remembers how she was welcomed to life in Los Angeles 30 years ago. “I was 3, because...

On a breezy Saturday evening in South L.A., the sounds of heavy kick drums and electric claps trail down the...

Art and Jessica Martinez never imagined they’d own a home in the Valley. Their Silver Lake condo suited their urban...

Jimmy Dunne hopped off his electric bike, hung his helmet on the handlebars and hurried over to the three bocce...

When you figure in the high cost, endless lines, height restrictions and miles of walking, does it ever make sense...

This is the part where I admit two things — neither of which I’m proud of. First, it was only...

Sundays have always been a “sacred” day for Eva Longoria.Growing up in Texas, the Golden Globe-nominated actor would go to...

They say your 30s are better than your 20s for myriad reasons: better sense of identity, more financial stability, less...

At the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, Jessie George and other paleobotanists — the folks who study ancient plants...

When Cody Delistraty lost his mother in 2014, he was surprised by the various ways that he, his brother and...

(Daniel Sulzberg / For The Times) Times theme park critic Todd Martens was handed a wild assignment: Rank every theme...

Planning a wedding is a highly personal experience, reflecting your tastes, values and vision as a couple. But one thing...

About a year and a half ago, it occurred to me that if I didn’t start working out again, I’d...

Licorice root, reishi mushrooms and vitamin B-6 are often among the ingredients listed in various adaptogenic drinks. (Rebecca Peloquin /...

On a sunny spring afternoon in the high desert, Adam Miller and Devon Oder prepared to welcome guests — friends,...

Earlier this year, a spiritual coach and reiki healer who goes by the name Zen Oasis posted a video to...

Being at the Hollywood Bowl to see a show is a magical experience. Getting there? Not so much, thanks to...

Collage featuring Mono Silver Zeug Cutlery Set. (Beth Hoeckel / For The Times) June is a feeling that floats at...

Paul Scheer’s memoir, “Joyful Recollections of Trauma,” is not just a collection of harrowing — and often humorous confessions —...

We drove up a steep hill in our packed doughnut food truck to see our new house in Glassell Park...

Anh Phoong stands in front of one of her L.A. billboards. Phoong wears Oori Ott bodysuit and shorts, Firmé Atelier...

Is there a place in L.A. that simply makes you happy? A spot where you go to escape? Where the...

If there are many paths up the mountain that is spiritual self-discovery, writer, strategist and Zen priest Cristina Moon is...

If you’re making travel plans for summer or fall, brace yourself for a jump in some advertised prices — which...

For the first time in the 170-year history of the California State Fair, which is scheduled to open July 12...

Alanna Santini’s friends call her the “human weather vane.” On cloudy days, the 42-year-old advertising executive from Silver Lake invariably...

In Los Angeles, the sprawling 502-square-mile, second-most-populated city in the country, there’s one thing that makes the difference between surviving...

In late November, I prepared myself for one of the most common pastimes of any nature-loving Californian. I got up...

In a second-story room in Los Feliz’s Philosophical Research Society, about a dozen people sit in a circle. Many of...

What would Los Angeles be like without the nearly 30,000 jacaranda trees on city streets?It depends on who you ask.“The...

We all have a past — little ghosts of heartache and regret that can haunt us forever.But for some people,...

While a swanky airport lounge can’t alleviate Los Angeles International Airport’s infamous curbside gridlock, it can make it become a...

Mendocino County, Calif. —  As you drive through some of California’s most storied agricultural land, a few hours north of the...

It’s a Tuesday night in mid-May, and dozens of people are rolling into a parking lot just south of the...

Françoise Hardy, the French chanson singer, songwriter, fashion “It Girl” and darling of the 1960s “yé-yé” French pop movement, has...

Bay Lake, Fla.  —  As we dip into the bayou, the scene before us feels a tad mystical, all glowing...

Surviving in an obsolete industry as long as Aardvark Letterpress has requires fundamental elements of entrepreneurship. Skill, dedication, creativity and...

On Saturday morning, more than 20 L.A. Times subscribers traveled from near and far to join me on our first-ever...

When people tell her they dislike Los Angeles — too much traffic; everybody drives and nobody walks — Nancy Silverton...

We met online in 2004 before Hinge, Bumble or even the iPhone existed. My friends thought I was as likely...

The hoot of a great horned owl. The munching of a mule deer enjoying grass. The crunching of your feet...

As a child, I hated nothing more than waiting in line at school. I remember not being able to go...

Sometimes 101 is just too small a number.Many readers, having digested our new list of 101 best West Coast experiences,...

It’s June and Pride Month is in full swing as LGBTQ+ communities around the world celebrate together as well as...

My glutes are sore. How about you?We’ve just finished updating a massive hiking guide featuring 70 of the greatest hikes...

L.A. Affairs is a first-person column in the L.A. Times chronicling romance and relationships. We are looking for previously unpublished...

There are 38 walls in my house, including the ceilings. Of those, 14 are fully painted, 10 are in varying...

Water-hungry lawns are symbols of Los Angeles’ past. In this series, we spotlight yards with alternative, low-water landscaping built for...

I have a new system for beating the casinos in Las Vegas: I don’t spend a penny on the slots,...

Plan your ultimate trip to always-evolving Las Vegas. Try new immersive experiences and the best places to eat on and...

Reeling from an unrequited relationship with a bartender-actor and tired of being a broke substitute teacher-actor, I decided to take...

Hi! I’m Deborah Vankin and I’m a wellness writer for the L.A. Times. We just finished putting together a massive...

Prada Galleria Who doesn’t love a fresh take on a classic? The Prada Galleria, a bag first created in 2007,...

At high noon on a Saturday, the last aluminum pour of the day is about to commence at the Yucca...

Jacarandas have burst forth once more with their galvanizing purple-blue flowers, an invitation to feel joy or annoyance, depending on...