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    Herold was at the Los Angeles Times from 1983 to 2007, and was managing editor of the Times’ Sunday magazine for 16 years. The Santa Barbara native has written extensively on her hometown and on homes and gardens, food, travel, and sports, and won a James Beard Foundation Award for a piece that appeared in Saveur magazine. She is also a senior lecturer in journalism at the University of Southern California.

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School of Fish: What You’re Really Eating

Posted on 4/21/2013 11:00:00 PM by Ann Herold
The swimmers most prized as sushi had a life before they landed on your plate. Get to know your yellowtail from your mackerel and what’s (not) in a name Read More

Be Sophisticated

Posted on 3/27/2013 5:01:00 PM by Ann Herold
From the Norton Simon to the Huntington, few pockets of metropolitan Los Angeles can claim more world-class museums or horticultural masterpieces than Pasadena. The shopping in nearby San Marino is polished, too Read More

Take the Kids

Posted on 3/27/2013 4:57:00 PM by Ann Herold
You’re offspring need a break too, and it’ll do wonders for them to see you loosen up. As kid-friendly jaunts go, the South Bay meets all your childish needs Read More

The Castle on the Hill

Posted on 3/26/2013 8:46:00 AM by Ann Herold
It was one of the largest Craftsman homes ever built—and 100 years ahead of its time in eco sensitivity. For 25 years its owner has painstakingly restored more than 13,000 square feet of artisanship Read More

Postscript: The Tall Ship Bounty Is Back In the News

Posted on 2/14/2013 11:30:00 AM by Ann Herold
This week the Coast Guard began hearings into the sinking of the tall ship Bounty after it sailed into the full force of Hurricane Sandy last October. Former USC Song Girl Claudene Christian, who died in the ship's sinking, is the subject of a profile in this month's issue Read More

Santa Barbara Film Fest Gets Animated

Posted on 1/29/2013 10:03:00 AM by Ann Herold
And kids get in free! Read More

Water Logged: A Q&A with Matt White About His February Feature, "The USC Song Girl and the Sea"

Posted on 1/28/2013 9:05:00 AM by Ann Herold
Matt White, who writes about the life and death of former USC Song Girl Claudene Christian in our February issue, talks with managing editor Ann Herold about Christian’s last moments spent aboard the tall ship Bounty in the Atlantic during Hurricane Sandy—and the unusual course his own life has taken since he was a USC student Read More

The Eagle Has Landed

Posted on 12/27/2012 8:35:00 AM by Ann Herold
In its second life as a home, a high-flying Boeing 747 comes down to earth in the mountains overlooking Malibu. Read More

Eyes on the Ball

Posted on 12/26/2012 8:14:00 AM by Ann Herold
It’s powerful yet feminine—and the uniforms are cute. Girls’ club volleyball is exploding in Southern California. But it’s not cheap to chase the dream Read More

Quick Take: The Black Box by Michael Connelly

Posted on 11/9/2012 8:41:00 AM by Ann Herold
LAPD detective Harry Bosch is working a cold case from the 1992 riots: the shooting of a female journalist in South-Central. If only he could uncover the metaphorical “black box” that would explain her death Read More

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