One of My Kids Is Going Back to School. One Isn’t. Here’s How We Did the Math
As LAUSD schools prepare to reopen this week, a family reaches a split decision on in-person instruction
L.A. Nightlife Will Return, but the Sense of Community Might Be Harder to Rebuild
A year after clubs closed, a writer and DJ suspects not everyone will be ready to party as soon as it's permissible
Larry Flynt’s Life in Contempt
Until he died, the pornographer and unlikely media mogul lived to offend, but it wasn’t a totally empty pursuit
Taylor Swift Reclaims Her ‘Love Story’
The singer-songwriter's first released rerecording since the Scooter Braun controversy is a return rather than a redo
Is Erewhon’s Arrival in Silver Lake the Final Nail in the Gentrifying Neighborhood’s Coffin?
It's been ages since the first domino fell, but the pricey grocery store signals a new phase in the enclave's transformation into WeHo East
On the Lookout for Love at the (Virtual) Matzo Ball
On Christmas Eve, I sailed off on an online journey to find a savory Jewish date. Instead, I ended up in the soup
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