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Bagels are made at the Boichik Bagels factory in Berkeley on Nov. 14. (Paul Kuroda / For The Times) To the editor: Sammy Roth’s column about Boichik Bagels’ efforts to spike Berkeley’s eco-friendly tax measure felt particularly demoralizing. This beloved bread maker revealed that much of the company’s gas consumption could’ve been easily reduced by … Read more

Opinion: Downsizing, decluttering, Swedish death cleaning — why we’re obsessed with clearing out our stuff When I asked my mother what she might like for her birthday this year, she quickly texted back: Nothing. We are downsizing. My parents already live in a small house — a former fishing cabin on the edge of a lake. … Read more

The ‘Met Gala of L.A.:’ What attendees wore to Born X Raised’s 10th annual Sadie Hawkins dance By 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, hundreds of people were crowded outside the Hollywood Roosevelt hotel, waiting to get inside one of Los Angeles’ most anticipated events of the year: Born X Raised‘s annual Sadie Hawkins Winter Formal. Since 2014, … Read more

People shop at a retail store on Black Friday 2022 in New York. (Julia Nikhinson / Associated Press) More shoppers than ever are on track to use “buy now, pay later” plans this holiday season, as the ability to spread out payments looks attractive at a time when Americans still feel the lingering effects of … Read more

For parents of an adult child who is in need of long-term mental health care, navigating the maze of federal assistance programs can be daunting. (Hanna Barczyk / For The Times) Dear Liz: I have a daughter who is 21 and a single mother with a 1-year-old. She has been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder … Read more

Housing under construction in Alhambra in September. (Frederic J. Brown / AFP/Getty Images) Vice President Kamala Harris made a bold campaign promise: If elected president, she would get 3 million new homes built. It was too late. The rapid rise in rent and home prices contributed to Americans’ discontent and to her defeat. But the … Read more

With bird flu cases on the rise, staff at California lab say they are overworked and burned out On a recent Friday morning, Alyssa Laxamana arrived at a laboratory on the UC Davis campus to continue California’s race against bird flu. A note from her supervisor had alerted Laxamana that about 130 samples of cow … Read more

The 8 best new architecture projects in L.A. for 2024 It’s been a weird year, right? But for Los Angeles architecture, it’s been a surprisingly good one. The region’s best projects are as clear and practical as they are creative and striking. Perhaps tempered by the pandemic, these are humane and — dare I say … Read more

Robert Irwin, the artist who designed the Central Garden at the Getty Center, has walked the landscape monthly ever since it opened a decade ago. (Gary Friedman /Los Angeles Times) ARTIST Robert Irwin, designer of the Central Garden at the Getty Center, sits on a small curved bench in the dappled shade of London plane … Read more

There was a time when the fusion of two musical fields was a bold adventure. In the 1950s, Gunther Schuller did it with jazz and atonal music; the ‘60s gave us Miles Davis and jazz-rock; Philip Glass did it in the ‘70s with rock and Minimalism. Today, the fusion of musical styles is no longer … Read more