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Muralists living and working in Los Angeles often bring color and culture to the city’s concrete façades....
Kelsey Grammer has played Frasier Crane for nearly a quarter century — most recently on a “Frasier”...
Maison Margiela’s creative director John Galliano, the iconoclastic couturier who previously headed artistry at Givenchy and Christian...
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In November of 2020, I went on my first mushroom trip. I chose the date arbitrarily, eventually...
As an art director with a background in theater, Mary Kenny has a flair for interior design...
One of the Disneyland Resort’s new holiday offerings is a show featuring the young guitar-slinging character of...
Disneyland is turning 70 next year, and the theme park has never missed an excuse to throw...
“Wait, you dated her? She’s basically royalty,” said an old schoolmate of my first love when we...
Molly Baz ended up in Los Angeles by chance. In March 2020, she was vacationing in L.A....
• Christmas Tree Lane in Altadena is a neighborhood holiday lights extravaganza that’s taken place nearly every...
On May 20, 2016, my wife and I visited Yosemite National Park. Before we set out on...
There’s no single smell that defines Los Angeles. Certain scents are often linked to the bustling streets...
The love story of musicians Ann Marie Simpson-Einziger and Mike Einziger was fortified in a lab. After...
My first meeting with Aescape, the AI-powered massage robot, was benign enough — if a bit eerie....
TONOPAH, Nev. — Business is so good at the Clown Motel, you might expect more of its painted...
By 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, hundreds of people were crowded outside the Hollywood Roosevelt hotel, waiting to get...
When I asked my mother what she might like for her birthday this year, she quickly texted...
Ellen O’Brian hadn’t bought a candy-filled advent calendar in years, but when she saw the festive cardboard...
Tiffany Haddish names her pets after things she wishes she could have more of. Namely, sleep. Her...
I don’t do casual sex. My labels are demisexual and sapiosexual, or some combination of the two,...
On Saturday, Image co-hosted a party in memory of Género Neutral, the beloved retail shop in Echo...
“Code Green” has the trappings of a modern escape room. We enter what we are told is...
CHONBURI PROVINCE, Thailand — Like most babies, Moo Deng spends a lot of her time sleeping. But for...
Los Angeles is teeming with beautiful places to walk, but for many of us, our favorite paths...
Holiday gift shopping? It’s chaos. The Grove on Black Friday? Good luck finding parking — it’s a...
Manuel García-Rulfo moved to Los Angeles 15 years ago, and now the Guadalajara-born actor says he feels...
I was hanging out with my friend Patrick, comparing notes on our dating lives. We were talking...
Linda Hsiao was standing at a weathered work table inside her ceramics studio in Altadena. It was...
• The Los Angeles Flower District features more than 70 vendors in two neighboring markets downtown —...
(Beth Hoeckel / For The Times; Charles Jeffrey Loverboy, courtesy of Ssense.com) Among the ultra-blessed 22 cards...
Fashion weeks are like summer camps for style sickos. Especially this year’s L.A. Fashion Week, because every...
This story is part of Image’s November Lost & Found issue, exploring the many lives our clothes...
This story is part of Image’s November Lost & Found issue, exploring the many lives our clothes...
For Kaley Cuoco, Sundays mean one thing: football. Her fiancé Tom Pelphrey first made her a fan....
The sun has just set over the Palos Verdes hills, and the tennis court lights are buzzing...
Splash Mountain’s eviction is complete. With the opening Friday of Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, Disneyland has formally rid...
In our household, beauty wore different names. This was back in 1995, when we lived on 58th...
SEOUL — The election of Donald Trump has sparked a surge of interest in the United States...
The game started as an experiment. A way to look at emergent behavior — the coordinated and...
DeLoyce Alcorn is 92 years old — and pressing nearly four times that in weight at the...
For every time you hear an Angeleno smugly say “I thrifted it,” there’s a story behind the...
Asia White defines herself as an “idea person” — someone with an expansive imagination and a tendency...
Want to know the secret to longevity? Hint: It can’t be found at the bottom of a...
It’s fall, and for many that means it’s “Gilmore Girls” season. Though its original run ended in...
If you had asked me to go on a date with someone who was barely out of...
“Hello, old friend.” That’s the phrase that popped into my head at the start of my favorite...
Walking is considered one of the healthiest ways to exercise, but let’s be honest: Unless you have...
When it comes to “walkability,” L.A. gets a bad rap. To the weekend visitor, our city can...
According to the census, nearly a third of Los Angeles residents are over 50. And we’re aging...
Sometimes the best gift is not another item to keep track of but an experience where you...
Shauna Bookless never imagined she’d become her own pharmacist. But after gaining more than 20 pounds during...
Plant people are easy to buy for — and hard too — because the really die-hard gardeners...
You won’t find any clowns at the L.A. leg of the traveling Balloon Museum, but there are...
Credits Creative Director: Amy KingFeatures Editor: Brittany Levine BeckmanLead Gift Guide editor: Marques HarperProject editors: Jen Doll,...
The City of Angels, La La Land, Tinseltown, the Big Orange — whatever you call this city...
During this year’s early September heat wave, I sat in a shaded courtyard at USC struggling to...
Louis Vuitton at the Americana Louis Vuitton has joined the lineup of designers and boutiques at shopping...
Sophie Thatcher isn’t in L.A. at the moment — but “Yellowjackets” fans will appreciate the reason. She’s...
Long Beach is not Los Angeles. The suburb, if that’s something you can call the seventh-largest city...
For many people, stress related to the approaching presidential election is palpable. Even, at times, unbearable. Judith...
One of the best parts of new parenthood is figuring out what your child is going to...
No one has ever applauded me for getting out of bed before. But for the last week...
• In April, comedian Allan McLeod launched “Walkin’ About,” a podcast in which he and a guest...
As a woman prepares to pitch her friend to an audience of roughly 200 eager singles, a...
• The Wallis Annenburg Wildlife Crossing now spans the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills, but weather issues...
This story is part of Image’s October Luxury issue, exploring what luxury really means to artists, designers,...
This story is part of Image’s October Luxury issue, exploring what luxury really means to artists, designers,...
• Eric Blackwell is making a name for himself with his handcrafted artworks made largely from reclaimed...
You’re a Yankees fan headed to Los Angeles for the first time. Of course you have questions....
The first two surprises, as you roll up Old Highway 80 into this dry and silent Sonoran...
The last time the Dodgers were in the World Series, it was in the thick of the...
Over the course of J.B. Smoove’s decades-long career as a comedian, actor and writer, he’s become known...
I saw Trevor around the gym for months — scattered tattoos and black tank top with a...
The industrial food supply will be the last bastion of the luxury economy, and we might mirror...
MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. — Emily Markstein, a sinewy rock climber and skier who has spent seven years...
Barely four hours after he had arrived in Los Angeles from Georgia to attend his nephew’s birthday...
• Famed cougar P-22 is a rock star in the wildlife world, inspiring a novel, songs, murals,...
This story is part of Image’s October Luxury issue, exploring what luxury really means to artists, designers,...
When Alexander Payne’s wine-drenched dramedy “Sideways” first came out, Santa Ynez Valley didn’t have the luster of...
The Black Dumpling Sculpture by Jess Sellinger Ceramics via ssense.com. (Beth Hoeckel for The Times) It can...
This story is part of Image’s October Luxury issue, exploring what luxury really means to artists, designers,...
It was 1996, and while traveling through the Lost Coast in far northern California, my boyfriend and...
Water-hungry lawns are symbols of Los Angeles’ past. In this series, we spotlight yards with alternative, low-water...
A skin, hair or makeup routine is never just a skin, hair or makeup routine. We dived...
A skin, hair or makeup routine is never just a skin, hair or makeup routine. We dived...
For Julie Bowen, mom of three teenage boys, a perfect Sunday would include plenty of “me time.”...
He handed me a brown paper bag — mind you, just a regular lunch-size kraft paper bag...
A skin, hair or makeup routine is never just a skin, hair or makeup routine. We dived...
Rolly Crump had an outsized reputation. A rebel in the Disney fold. A beatnik. An unapologetic tell-it-like-it-is...
Approaching Laguna Beach on the hike from Newport Beach to San Clemente. (Tom Courtney) This charming stroll...
When model Josephine Lee, known online as Princess Gollum, arrived in Studio City for a skincare brand...
Any Dodgers fan visiting New York is bound to have questions. Why is the Statue of Liberty...
DIXON, Calif. — Deep inside one of the world’s largest corn mazes, where the tri-tip sandwiches and soft-serve...
In this as-told-to interview, hair artist Tanya “Nena” Melendez shares the stories behind two wigs she made...
Dressed in 7-inch neon heels and translucent yellow bell-bottoms, Mary Serritella was defying gravity and expectations on...
• After years of living in a condo, the Hinch family was ecstatic about the giant backyard...
Hollywood’s upper-class elites have found a new way to show that they’re out of touch. And I...
Imagine it: Soccer legend Abby Wambach, five years old and a gifted forward, scoring 27 goals in...
“Dale!” drag king Mauro Cuchi shouts into the mic. “Eso!” the crowd roars back. A spotlight shines...
“I don’t want to go.” “I get it.” I was on the phone with my emotional support...
I can think of nothing more luxurious than choice — the simple ability to dictate rather than...
As contemporary Angelenos, seeing the immersive “Little Women Ballet” might be as close as we’ll ever get...
I started strength training about nine years ago for admittedly vain reasons. Fresh off a breakup at...
Todd Lerew is curious. He likes lists. And he doesn’t like doing things halfway. This is why...
BISHOP, Calif. — Just after dawn on Thursday, I pointed my car up a long, steep hill outside...
It is summer in the Midwest, hot as soup, and I don a frock the size of...
Howdy! I’m Jaclyn Cosgrove, an outdoors reporter at the L.A. Times. I write about the best trails,...
When pop singer-songwriter Charlie Puth first began visiting Los Angeles in the early 2010s, he remembers landing...
Some people might wonder: Is true love at first sight just a romantic fantasy? Or does it...
For Halloween lovers, there is only one major problem with spooky season: it ends. But in a...
Living in Los Angeles is a lot like folding a fitted sheet: It seems almost impossible to...
Van Cleef & Arpels pop-up at South Coast Plaza The ultimate in luxury, Van Cleef & Arpels...
Here’s a shortlist of American cities Sasheer Zamata has called home: Brooklyn, N.Y.; Charlottesville, Va.; Indianapolis; Lexington,...
Los Angeles’ creative class extends far beyond Hollywood. In this series, we highlight local makers and artists,...
On a Tuesday in September, Mary Ruble walked up to the barre of the Westside School of...
To get to ceramist Raina Lee’s tree house, you enter through an iron gate with a dog...
It was early morning in mid-December when I awoke to the sounds of steady rumbling while lying...
The dress code caused mass chaos in the group chats: “Dripping in romance,” taking inspiration from the...
I knew “The Morrison Game Factory” had its hooks in me when I started talking back to...
“Are you leaving again? ” I asked my husband, Rob, as he packed for his second trip...
Even though he officially retired from competition more than two decades ago, skateboarding legend and entrepreneur Tony...
As a Black woman who grew up in New York City in the late ’90s and early...
I’ve been crying a lot lately. I find myself sitting on the couch in my living room,...
• Fifth-generation circus performer Daniel Eguino is guided by his focus and his faith as he performs...
Wendy Ramirez, co-founder of online learning website Spanish Sin Pena, saw firsthand how música Mexicana affected her...
We all have regrets. And they come in myriad shapes and sizes. Some people stew over a...
As the Bridge fire spread from the East Fork of the San Gabriel River to the beloved...
One day in the late 2020s, if the people at Brightline West deliver on their promised fast...
This story is part of Image’s September Image Makers issue, celebrating some of the most daring and...
This story is part of Image’s September Image Makers issue, celebrating some of the most daring and...
Edward Humes thinks a lot about garbage — and how we should deal with it. “Garbology,” the...
Some of you may be thinking that plastic is convenient to use, but is it convenient to...
From an early age, Christina Najjar, better known by her moniker Tinx, recalls the grip that “Sunday...
Claudia Rivera, a Peruvian-Parisian creative director and photographer, is known for building worlds in Paris that are...
At 5:11 p.m. on a Friday, my phone buzzed with a message from Matt. I was deep...
I took an old point-and-shoot digital camera to New York Fashion Week because, haven’t you heard? It’s...
Water-hungry lawns are symbols of Los Angeles’ past. In this series, we spotlight yards with alternative, low-water...
Worldwide criticism of fast fashion’s waste, labor abuses and carbon emissions has done little to slow down...
As a young aspiring ballerina, I was transfixed by ribbons. Attached just so, winding up the ankle...
Two things are certain in pet parenting: 1) your furry loved one will one day have to...
Zana Bayne and Mariano Cortez are two of the most low-key yet cultishly-loved designers in L.A. dealing...
On a sweltering July afternoon in Echo Park, Miranda Due approached a table topped with a trio...
On a glorious summer day, a preschooler named Roger teetered on rocks dotting a creek in eastern...
Does it sometimes seem as if social media has turned American popular culture into a perfectionist parody...
How does one become a stylist to the stars? When you hear the story of Zerina Akers,...
Jay and I matched on Hinge the night I was going to delete my account. His profile...
Esther Perel’s trajectory from private practice psychotherapist to internationally renowned relationship expert is deeply entwined with technology....
One night when I was out at a bar, reporting for a story, I struck up a...
How do you know how to dress someone when that person technically doesn’t exist? This inane yet...
Carlos Leon found himself in a depressed state — a personal relationship was stalling and his career...
Louis Vuitton Art Silk Squares A tradition since 1987, Louis Vuitton’s Art Silk Squares project invites select...
Based on the number of local L.A. content creators that have visited Tian Xiang — a small,...
There’s no place in the world quite like L.A. If you’ve spent any time living in this...
When NFL Hall of Fame tight end Tony Gonzalez was growing up in Torrance, he remembers spending...
I am an 81-year-old widow with shaky balance. But friends have told me that I have a...
On a recent Monday in August, Kevito Clark hosted a video conference call to discuss the next...
Tourists view a variety of locations during the Sony Studios lot tour, with Tony Tasset’s 94-foot, 2012-constructed...
Just five hours north of Los Angeles sits a national park that should be on your outdoor...
As the Latin trap anthem “Singamo” rings over the speakers at the Echo in Echo Park, more...
The house, a French palace on a Santa Barbara bluff, stands as undisturbed as a crime scene,...
His Bumble bio and photos were appealing. He also traveled frequently and loved to dance. Over the...
When Jessica Alba reminisces about her Sundays as a child, the first things that come to mind...
Nothing screams “summer” more than a day spent by the water. And Angelenos have many ways to...
On a bench near the Santa Monica Farmer’s Market in July, Peggy Cheng recalled the time a...
She was 63. I was 33. We shared cocktails at a rooftop bar overlooking Sunset Boulevard during...
“Want a glass of wine?” my friend yelled at me down the hall, yanking a cork out...
(Beth Hoeckel / For The Times) Not everyone may want to encounter a Virgo, but everyone will...
Hella Academy by Chris Echevarria Pennant Chino in khaki, Field Ready Rugby in hunter green, Schoolboy Blazer...
Last year, the nonprofit where I work went from requiring employees to come into the office twice...
A few minutes after the play begins, the actors stop, empty their pockets and repeat their last...
In Awkwafina’s new movie “Jackpot!” (co-starring John Cena and Simu Liu and directed by Paul Feig; it’s...
Meet Zia, my dilute calico who enjoys chasing droplets of water in the tub and lying flat...
As a kid, I spent a lot of time thinking about what I was going to wear...
Artist and founder of Tlaloc Studios Ozzie Juarez, and film director-model-multidisciplinary artist Pablo Simental. The photos are...
“Have you ever pickpocketed?” No, I have not. At Knott’s Berry Farm, it was suggested I give...
On a balmy summer evening, Sary Gil of Norwalk tediously repairs one of his T-shirts with red...
Let’s start with some common sense: Covering the Earth with plastic carpet is a terrible idea. And...
Los Angeles is brimming with special slices of nature, tucked high in the mountains or along the...
If you overlook the polluted Seine, Paris looks so pretty on TV, so quintessentially Parisian, that it...
The outside tables at Figaro Bistrot are far too close to one another. A group of women...
For more than a decade, visitors say the Children’s Garden at Elysian Park was a shady showcase...
In the final months of summer, intensifying heat causes many of us to alter our daily routines....
I sat in my car, in an El Segundo shopping mall parking lot, looking up at a...
Imagine that your local public library is inhabited by an undiscovered race of tiny people. They’ve hidden...
Five hundred feet outside the Lahaina burn zone, the tourists receive their leis. As the torches of...
Some things are inevitable when surfing in Southern California: It can feel like an exclusive club, you...
If your perception of Seth Rogen begins and ends with his scruffy stoner/schlubby Everyman persona, you might...
Givenchy opens permanent store on Rodeo Drive (Alessandro Lucioni / Gorunway.com / Courtesy of Givenchy) Givenchy’s first...
As an only child who moved around a lot, Emma Specter learned to comfort herself, as a...
My beach romances have been disasters. On the Silver Strand in Coronado, a date tried to teach...
We’re used to time-bending drives in Southern California, watching our ETAs get longer instead of shorter as...
When readers shared their favorite Southern California beaches with us, the majority of their recommendations were for...
If a wildlife show wanted to film in the middle of Los Angeles, Casa Apocalyptica — a...
In a perfect world, everyone you love would be with someone who values them and treats them...
I’m sitting across from an orthodontist, sipping a lukewarm coffee and gliding through typical first-date banter about...
Truism No. 1: Los Angeles is a patchwork of vast hiking terrain, with about 1 million acres...
You see them crowding checkout counters at grocery stores — a rainbow of bubble-gum pink, lime green...
