A troubled SoCal surfing family rides the monster waves of history in new novel
Melanie Benjamin's novel 'California Golden' follows a family of L.A. surfers led by a flawed mother and rocked by waves of history and trauma.
Melanie Benjamin's novel 'California Golden' follows a family of L.A. surfers led by a flawed mother and rocked by waves of history and trauma.
Solo shows featuring Amalia Mesa-Bains at the Berkeley Art Museum and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith at the Whitney help undo history's erasures.
The most important theme park ride ever created? It may just be the Universal Studios tram tour, which dates to the silent film era. Once primarily a behind-the-scenes tour, the trek has evolved to define the modern theme park.
New York's Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and 10 other progressive Democrats will visit left-leaning Brazil, Chile and Colombia in a challenge to Biden's policies.
For the first time in its 57-year existence, "Star Trek" made a musical episode. Our television critic and 'Star Trek' fan Robert Lloyd discusses the episode with reporter and musical theater lover Ashley Lee.
Over 20 years, the anti-HIV program PEPFAR has saved millions of lives globally. The anti-abortion movement is using lies and hysteria to oppose its renewal
Fan favorite Joe Kelly is back in Los Angeles, hoping to turn around his season and provide the Dodgers with help in the bullpen.
Save the Redwoods League hopes to raise $6.5 million to buy and preserve 394 acres in Sonoma County, including an ancient redwood called the Clar Tree.
House Republicans have proposed a government funding bill that would gut funding directed toward better understanding the causes and impacts of gun violence.
A 2018 California housing law has helped create more than 18,000 new homes. But that's still far short of what's needed to dig the state out of a severe shortage.
Three of the highest rated USC recruits in recent memory have struggled. Now they face a critical Trojans camp as they push to live up to the hype.
Defending champion Birmingham is the team to beat in City Section football this season. Here's a look at the top contenders this fall.
European ideals transformed North African and Californian landscapes, damaging the natural ecosystems preserved by Indigenous peoples.
Part private investigator, part street clinician, a self-described crisis interventionist takes to the street to help one mother reconnect with a daughter who is homeless and mentally ill.
A social media influencer's (usually beautiful, usually ripped) body should not be their sole credential for diet advice. When wading through claims online, ask yourself these questions.
More than 600 California inmates have been released from prison under reforms to how unwitting accomplices can be charged in killings, a state analysis found.
Calling it a 'Japanese seafood restaurant' doesn't capture the eclectic joys at the Arts District's next great dining destination.
An Arizona congressman has proposed fixing that. It makes sense considering how destructive, and increasingly common, high temperatures have become.
The decision not to prosecute comes 9 months after the county agreed to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit over Briceno's death inside his family's Maywood home.
Some advocates want California to prohibit marriage for people under age 18. But groups including the ACLU and Planned Parenthood have opposed such bans, saying they could undermine minors' rights to seek abortions and other sexual health care.
Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' hypes the god-like power of nuclear weapons, breeding fatalism and erasing human agency.
Nearly 40% of young adults surveyed in California in 2021 had no sexual partners in the prior year. Millennials and Gen Zers are having less sex than earlier generations.
California politicians have asked Taylor Swift to cancel her L.A. tour dates this week in solidarity with striking hotel workers. It's an impossible ask, but one the singer can't ignore.
From tropical-inspired sodas and peachy keen spritzes to pot potables with punches of rosemary and pine, these cannabis beverages double down on flavor.
Joshua trees are already struggling to reproduce in a warming climate. Replacing those lost in the York fire may be all but impossible, experts fear.