100,000-gallon sewage spill closes L.A. County beach
A 100,000-gallon sewage spill has closed Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro, L.A. County officials said. Visitors should avoid…
The best New Year’s Eve movies playing this week, plus more showing in L.A.
Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only…
Here are our most-read arts stories and criticism of the year
Christmas is behind us, and the New Year is bearing down on us with alarming speed. It’s hard…
Will ‘Avatar’ box office translate into Oscar success?
Has there been a year this decade when we’ve been sad to see it go? I thought about…
Behind SoCal’s wettest Christmas, a drought-to-deluge cycle
This wasn’t just a wet Christmas, it was the wettest Christmas for Southern California. This Christmas Eve and…
Lakers lose Austin Reaves, then fall to Rockets for another loss
Austin Reaves did not play in the second half of the Lakers’ 119-96 Christmas Day loss to Houston…
What to expect Friday amid SoCal storm: Rain overnight through noon
Soggy holiday revelers and travelers can look forward to hanging up their raincoats and heading outside to enjoy…
Person fatally shot on L.A. Metro bus in Exposition Park
A person was killed when a fight inside a Metro bus exploded into gunshots Wednesday afternoon, L.A. Metro…
L.A. wasn’t dreaming of a wet Christmas, but that’s what we got. And it can’t be returned
The most powerful Christmas storm in years slammed into Southern California on Wednesday, closing roads, flooding streets and…
L.A. grocery stores are their own case study in economic disparities
Dec. 24, 2025 9:58 AM PT To the editor: When I saw the headline “A divergent tale of…
Snow Tha Product is not afraid to crash out on Christmas
Snow Tha Product has a lot to get off her chest this holiday season. Trump-supporting Latinos, soulless anti-immigrant…
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…