LAPD gang officer wounded in Boyle Heights shooting
A member of a Los Angeles police gang unit was wounded Saturday night when his patrol team stopped a suspect in Boyle Heights. Click Here: Fjallraven Kanken Art Spring Landscape Backpacks Officers in the Hollenbeck division were on patrol when they approached a suspect at about 7:10 p.m. near Malabar and North Fickett streets. The…
Two artists — from L.A. and Tijuana — present their visions of the border at MASS MoCA
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — It is 1956. A queue of Mexican immigrants stands at a processing station in Texas, about to be admitted to the United States as part of the bracero guest worker program. They are naked, clothes in hand, waiting for a masked attendant to douse them with DDT, an insecticide whose use would…
Julie Hagerty had to overcome her fear of singing and dancing for 'Marriage Story,' even after a 40-year career
Julie Hagerty’s movie career has included memorable moments in cockpits (“Airplane!”) and Las Vegas casinos (“Lost in America”) but she admits she was terribly frightened by a scene in her new film, “Marriage Story,” that takes place in an ordinary living room. Of course, the scene involves singing the Stephen Sondheim song “You Could Drive…
Review: Nayland Blake turns bunnies and shoes into meditations on sex, power and prejudice
You won’t find one of artist Nayland Blake’s sassy rabbits, which have been a common feature of the artist’s work, in the vast collection of Altadena’s cheerful Bunny Museum. In drawings, sculptures and videos, Blake’s rabbits tend to exude a mordant humor of layered depth. The playful title of a welcome retrospective at the Institute…
Those free, innocent-looking USB charging ports could rob you blind
It’s called “juice jacking,” which may sound as innocuous as a toddler ripping the sippy cup out of a playmate’s hands, but this is very much a grownup problem, unless your kid is already using a cellphone. Juice jacking is the devious practice by which bad guys hijack a public USB charging port and use…
Mirages? No, these California desert oases are real yet magical
Just when the bedraggled traveler is about to die of thirst, a desert oasis appears, complete with greenery and all you can drink. Those movie scenes may be the stuff of imagination, but the oases are real. Here are five places where you can seek some shade in the Southern California desert. Joshua Tree National…
Letters: Here's a way to keep car trips trouble-free: Just shut up!
In re: Catharine Hamm’s “The Toll of Back-Seat Drivers,” On the Spot, Nov. 24: I do not tolerate back-seat drivers — they either shut up or get out. My wife is my co-pilot and, if needed, speaks up, but we rarely speak to each other while I or she is driving, even on longer trips.…
Home of the Week: Bel-Air contemporary can handle a party crowd
1/8 Called the Ledge House, the Bel-Air contemporary unfolds on a roughly 1-acre hillside as a series of ledges. (Jim Bartsch) 2/8 The 11,000-square-foot home is listed for $32.5 million. (Jim Bartsch) 3/8 The home features open-concept space on the main floor, lower-level spa amenities and a screening room. (Jim Bartsch) 4/8 The home…
Veteran producer Suzanne Todd does a lot of living in here | My Favorite Room
1/10 Suzanne Todd in her Pacific Palisades home. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) 2/10 The family room/living room is Todd’s favorite. It’s a comfortable place for friends and family to gather. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) 3/10 The home is 4,480 square feet. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) 4/10…
Hot Property Newsletter: Homes where giants trod
Maybe it was the turkey, or the pie, or that Hot Property turned 35, but this week’s collection brings on the nostalgia big time. We launch with two for-sale properties connected to longtime fan favorites: a Lakers legend and a comic genius. Our Home of the Week is a 1922 Silver Lake residence rebuilt as…