Commentary: How Instagram has reshaped our shopping world
On Oct. 6, 2010 — in the first year of the decade now drawing to a close — the following headline appeared above a modest 445-word article on a tech-industry website: “Instagram Launches With the Hope of Igniting Communication Through Images.” It’s an almost comically quaint description of exactly what the company has done over…
Here's why one donation of $1,000 beats 10 donations of $100
Dear Liz: I want to support about 10 charities and nonprofits but have a limited budget of $1,000. I’ve been dividing it among those charities, but would I have a bigger impact contributing the full amount to just one? Answer: Absolutely, for a number of reasons. Each charity spends a certain amount to process your…
Fitness trends for 2020: Stretching labs and bone-density training
Edy Seaver, a 61-year-old artist from Venice who swims and kayaks for fitness, had osteoporosis. Yes, had — as in past tense. After four months of once-a-week 10-minute workouts at OsteoStrong, a wellness studio in Mar Vista that features proprietary resistance machines, a DEXA scan showed that her bone density improved by more than 7%.…
Staying in the present moment in L.A.'s Arts District: Four Hours
Spending an afternoon in L.A.’s Arts District is a practice in staying present: You blink — or scroll through Instagram too long after posting a selfie in front of Colette Miller’s angel wings — and you may miss something. Here, works of art live on the streets, making the journey to a gallery or museum…
60-year-old man dies after Christmas Eve attack. His muggers got $1
NEW YORK — A 60-year-old man who was kicked and punched while defending his partner during a $1 mugging on Christmas Eve has died. Juan Fresnada died Friday afternoon at the Bronx hospital where he was taken in critical condition after the mugging early Tuesday, the New York Police Department said Saturday. Officers have released surveillance…
Officials confirm no survivors from Hawaii helicopter crash
HONOLULU — Tour helicopter operations in Hawaii have come under increased scrutiny after a deadly crash this week, one of several recent accidents in the state, with a congressman calling the trips unsafe and lacking proper oversight. There were no survivors of the Thursday tour helicopter crash that killed three minors and four adults, officials confirmed…
U.S. astronaut sets record for longest spaceflight by a woman
A U.S. astronaut set a record Saturday for the longest single spaceflight by a woman, breaking the old mark of 288 days with about two months left in her mission. Christina Koch, a 40-year-old electrical engineer from Livingston, Mont., arrived at the International Space Station on March 14. She broke the record set by former…
Hundreds of accused clergy left off church's sex abuse lists
Richard J. Poster served time for possessing child pornography, violated his probation by having contact with children, admitted masturbating in the bushes near a church school and in 2005 was put on a sex offender registry. And yet the former Catholic priest was only just this month added to a list of clergy members credibly…
Max Hooper Schneider's dystopian trash extravaganza and this week's museum openings
Here is a list of museum openings and Critics’ Choices in L.A. and Orange County for Dec. 29-Jan. 5. Openings Seven Stations: Selections from MOCA’s Collection Iconic works and recent acquisitions from the 1950s to the present. Museum of Contemporary Art, 250 S. Grand Ave., downtown L.A. Now on view. Closed Tue. $8-$15 (includes same-day…
Japan OKs divisive plan to send naval forces to Mideast
TOKYO — Japan on Friday approved a contentious plan to send naval forces to the Middle East to ensure the safety of Japanese ships transporting oil to the energy-poor country that heavily depends on imports from the region. The Cabinet’s decision reflects tensions that have escalated between Iran and the U.S. since President Trump withdrew from…