8 movies to look out for at the Sundance Film Festival
A robust number of near-experimental documentaries and narratives already call out to us from this year's lineup, sure to yield a crop of future award winners.
LA Times Today: What’s in the smoke and ash of L.A.-area fires? County issues health warning
Even if you happen to live far away from the fire evacuation zones, your health may still be at risk. L.A. County health officials have issued an advisory for windblown dust and ash. That film of dust ...
LA Times Today: There’s a reason you can’t stop doomscrolling through L.A.’s fire disaster
But this type of doomscrolling can have a negative impact on mental health. Dr. Jyoti Mishra of UC San Diego joined Lisa McRee with more on the psychological effects of these fires.
LA Times Today: Can fire-torn L.A. handle the World Cup, Super Bowl and Summer Olympics?
Now, consider that Los Angeles is scheduled to host some of the biggest sporting events in the world in the next few years. Some critics have already called for those events to be moved. Others say ...
High school basketball: Wednesday’s scores for boys’ and girls’ games
Prep Rally is devoted to the SoCal high school sports experience, bringing you scores, stories and a behind-the-scenes look at what makes prep sports so popular.
How close were the Padres to landing Roki Sasaki? Takeaways from his press conference
The Dodgers officially welcomed Roki Sasaki in a news conference at Dodger Stadium Wednesday, and he will now prepare for a highly anticipated rookie MLB season.
New fires erupt around L.A. County as Thursday brings more dangerous weather
The Sepulveda fire was the latest blaze in a nerve-racking week as Southern California headed into a fourth consecutive day of red flag fire weather warnings. The alerts caution that conditions are ...
Dodgers Dugout: Hall president Josh Rawitch discusses the Hall of Fame
Three players were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday: Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner. Before the voting was announced, I did a quick Q&A with Hall of Fame president Josh ...
Without ‘Barbenheimer,’ Oscar best picture nominees see 37% drop in global box office revenue
For all the love showered upon smaller, more intimate art-house fare, nothing excites Oscar voters — or at least the ...
Fires destroyed your family photos. Here are some ways to restore those memories
Companies like DriveSavers can salvage and collect photos and data from digital devices that have been damaged, crashed or mechanically failed. DriveSavers can even recover data contained in computers ...
An ex-NBA player’s plan for a $5-billion Las Vegas arena is an empty pit. What went wrong?
A former NBA player repeatedly promised to build a resort-arena on the Las Vegas Strip. Investors and Nevada officials believed him. Then it all fell apart.
A new inferno in a matter of minutes
“Erewhon 2.0” — the luxury supermarket chain that turned grocery shopping into a hyper-trendy Los Angeles lifestyle — is ...