Betye Saar: Portrait of the artist at 100
Betye Saar turns 100 on July 30, but she plans to start her day the same way as…
Why your food scraps travel more than 100 miles — and how an L.A. council member wants to stop it
Bob Blumenfield would like to see Angelenos’ old banana peels and moldy bread stay local. On Tuesday morning,…
How low-budget movies are beating Hollywood’s most expensive bets
Two of the biggest box-office standouts of 2026 so far were not made by established studio directors or…
Justin Bieber (and his laptop) headline Coachella Night 2
So this is how we find out Justin Bieber is a YouTube Premium subscriber. The 32-year-old teen-pop survivor…
Sacramento advances design standards for accessory dwelling units in historic neighborhoods
TONIGHT ALL THREE CATS ARE RECOVERING WITH THEIR OWNERS. ALL RIGHT, WELL, SACRAMENTO IS MOVING FORWARD WITH A…
The company Ridwell tries to recycle the really difficult plastics
SAN LEANDRO — A start-up recycling company has a message for its potential, environmentally conscious customers: Don’t send your problem…
Mid AI scandal, Hollywood studios threaten ByteDance with legal action
After the fake video of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting went viral, a surge of AI-generated content…
Factory-built housing hasn’t taken off in California yet, but this year might be different
As the first home rolled off the factory floor in Kalamazoo, Mich. — “like a boxcar with picture…
11 fascinating Frank Gehry buildings in Los Angeles
Long before the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and Walt Disney Concert Hall made him a global celebrity, L.A. served…
Cosm turns ‘Willy Wonka’ into a multisensory experience
We are at the dawn of the era of “experimental cinema.” At least that is the pitch by…
Heather McMahan knows she can overshare, but she’s using comedy to work through her own life
Heather McMahan is convinced you can learn a lot about society at any Chili’s airport location. It’s peak…
SFCCC in Oakland works to preserve Chinese language and culture
For more than 70 years, the Shoong Family Chinese Cultural Center (SFCCC) in Oakland has been teaching Cantonese…