New JPL space mission seeks to unravel the mystery of cosmic ‘inflation’ Before there was light, there was cosmic inflation. Before life, planet Earth, the first galaxies — and even before the violent explosion of hot dense primordial stuff scientists traditionally have thought of as the Big Bang — our universe was in an exotic … Read more
The sunset illuminates the coastline at False Klamath Cove near Crescent City, Calif., in 2016. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) To the editor: The best thing that the state’s voters and then-Gov. Jerry Brown did in 1976 for California’s present and future generations was to create and empower the California Coastal Commission. We … Read more
A coyote roams on open land in El Cajon in 2021. (Karen Pearlman / San Diego Union-Tribune) To the editor: In “The Sound of Music,” the lovable architect of the escape of the Von Trapp family, Uncle Max, quipped, “I like rich people. I like the way they live, and I like the way I … Read more
Vice President JD Vance speaks during the Munich Security Conference on Feb. 14. (Matthias Schrader / Associated Press) To the editor: I am bewildered by Josh Hammer’s column, “Vance is right that Europe’s values are no longer the same as America’s.” He says that Europe is taking an unfortunate turn toward censorship of dissidents. It … Read more
President Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Friday. (Mstyslav Cherno / Associated Press) To the editor: To the MAGA Republicans who witnessed the shameful treatment of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky by President Trump and Vice President JD Vance on Friday, do you feel better about Trump and his vision … Read more
After starting UCLA’s cannabis club, she unexpectedly became a weed whisperer for Gen Z It’s a late summer evening on the 10th floor of a nondescript office building in downtown L.A. The air is thick with weed smoke, and the music is pumping. A woman wearing a cropped T-shirt, a pair of high-rise, flare-legged trousers … Read more
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Clockwise from top left: dumplings from Good Alley, pasta from Marea, an ice cream sundae from Liu’s Creamery, a sandwich from Lodge Bread and a breakfast plate from Clark Street (Shelby Moore, Stephanie Breijo / Los Angeles Times)
Rick Springfield, left, and Richard Marx at Springfield’s house in Malibu on Oct. 3. (Paul Yem / For The Times) You may not be able to judge a man by his album cover(s), but you can deduce much by his choice in vehicles. Richard Marx and Rick Springfield are living proof. In the driveway of … Read more
The Oscar-nominated documentary “Sugarcane” combines contemporary footage, historical imagery and careful reporting to expose the hidden history of the abuse of First Nations children in Canada’s residential schools. (Emily Kassie / Sugarcane Film LLC) A furious political leader shouting a message of hate to an adoring audience. A child crying over the massacre of her … Read more