Yes, this clown can make you laugh, but she really wants to make a connection – San Diego Union-Tribune
For Catalina Paz, performing as a clown can be serious work. A multidisciplinary performer, director, and teaching artist,…
She’s a housekeeper with a side job: cleaning the trashed streets of her own neighborhood
The first stop on Sabine Phillips’ three-hour inspection of her neighborhood was at Fountain Avenue and St. Andrew’s…
Mpox vaccination urged after more-severe strain detected in San Francisco
California health officials are urging high-risk residents to get vaccinated against mpox after a potentially more-severe strain of…
‘We’ve lost our way’: Clifton’s operator gives up on downtown Los Angeles
The proprietor of Los Angeles’ legendary Clifton’s has given up on reopening the shuttered venue. It’s just too…
Is he ‘The Venice Karen’ or the victim of an unruly bar scene? L.A. may soon decide
David Feige is tired. Tired of the noise blasting from bars near his multi-story Venice Beach home. Tired…
California bill advances to make it a crime for the governor, state officials to use NDAs when lawmaking
SECRECY AGREEMENTS. WE’RE TAKING A LIVE LOOK HERE AT THE STATE CAPITOL, AND A NEW BILL FILED JUST…
AI Startup Are Moving Into Smaller Neighborhoods to Suit Their Culture
Despite the pandemic, an exodus of tech companies, and a feared “doom loop,” a one-two punch of return-to-office mandates and…
L.A. Times Book Prize winners talk AI, book bans, diverse novels
Some of our finest contemporary writers got their laurels Friday night at the 46th Los Angeles Times Book…
Anyone can say something against injustice. This group uses artwork to do that. – San Diego Union-Tribune
Putting together the “Instructions for Unrest: Art Against Complacency” exhibition has been an opportunity to speak up, speak…
1,200% jump in kratom-related calls to poison control centers in last decade, analysis shows
Over the last decade, poison control centers around the country have received tens of thousands of calls from…
Editor’s note for Image’s April 2026 issue
This story is part of Image’s April’s Thresholds issue, a tour of L.A. architecture as it’s actually experienced.…
1 dead, 2 injured after light rail train hits vehicle in Rancho Cordova
1 dead, 2 injured after light rail train hits vehicle in Rancho Cordova Updated: 8:51 PM PDT Apr…