A Year Spent Surviving a Pandemic Alone
From panic attacks to feelings of detachment, prolonged solitude took its toll on a writer living alone though the COVID-19 crisis. How he coped—and how he hopes the year changes us for the better
Hungry and Loaded on Hollywood Boulevard
When writer Emily Sullivan thinks about her time as a heroin addict living a stone's throw from the Walk of Fame, she thinks of an insatiable hunger and the sustenance that kept her alive
An Untimely Death Moves Through a Family Like Wildfire
As the news broadcast images of a newly charred world, writer Susan Heeger waded through devastation within her own family
The Pandemic Forced Me Back to My Roots, but It Wasn’t Easy
Hair seemed like a crazy thing to obsess over during a crisis, but writer Aubree Nichols says that as her roots grew in, old demons emerged
We Need to Flatten the Curve of Despair
Isolation can be deadly, but our lack of connection well predates the COVID-19 crisis
How DJ Erick Morillo Went from EDM Superstar to Cautionary Tale
Inside the wild life and tragic death of a record-spinning star with the ghostwriter who knew him better than many
After a Year Like This One, L.A. Has Earned a Proper Post-Pandemic Party
2020 has been full of pain and uncertainty, but after a string of historic victories, Angelenos have plenty of reason to celebrate when the time is right
This Was Supposed to Be the Clippers’ Season—What the Hell Happened?
In abnormal times, the collapse of the Clippers feels way too familiar to long-suffering fans
As Wildfires Ravage the State, the Dark Side of the California Dream Slinks Out of the Shadows
Fires have always loomed large over the California landscape—both a cleansing promise and an obliterating threat. But like so much else these days, they suddenly seem out of control
More Men Are Wearing Makeup. And Now I See Why
As companies from Chanel to CVS get into the men's makeup market, Joel Stein takes some concealers, CC creams, and blotting powders for a spin