It’s a big day for lots of music fans around the UK and Ireland (Picture: Getty Images) It’s officially the hottest day in concert sales of the year so far with tickets up for grabs to see Kylie Minogue, Coldplay, Sting, Iron Maiden, and Justin Timberlake. It’s been a particularly fraught time for fans of … Read more
The death chamber at the then-new lethal injection facility at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., in 2010. (Eric Risberg / Associated Press ) To the editor: I recall an interview I heard once with an appeals court judge. He said he never met the parties, neither the accused nor the family of … Read more
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance speaks at a campaign event in Erie, Pa., on Aug. 28. (Gene J. Puskar / Associated Press) To the editor: Having read the article on Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance’s authoritarian leanings and his 2019 conversion to Catholicism, I am unconvinced that he is really a … Read more
Louise Erdrich, author of “The Mighty Red.” (Jenn Ackerman) Book Review The Mighty Red: A Novel By Louise ErdrichHarper: 384 pages, $32If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. In “The Mighty Red,” Louise Erdrich’s enthralling ode and elegy to the people … Read more
Gov. and Mrs. Ronald Reagan on the tarmac at LAX during his second term in Sacramento. (Bill Varie) In his first-ever bid for political office, former actor Ronald Reagan was elected governor of California in 1966, defeating two-term incumbent Gov. Pat Brown in a landslide. There was good reason for Democrats to fear that a … Read more
Biscuit was my first rescue dog. I will never forget the way he stretched before a walk, his shake after waking from a nap, the way he fell over effortlessly for a belly rub, the way he raised his paw and pressed it against my leg when he wanted more treats, and most of all, … Read more
Which baked beans beat out the rest to be the best? Caption: Which? best baked beans Comfort food doesn’t get much better than baked beans on toast. Our nation’s obsession with beans is well documented, with American’s regularly posting confused TikTok videos trying our beloved delicacy. (It’s ‘not horrible’ is one of the kinder reviews). … Read more
Los Angeles Times News Quiz this week: Ohtani’s rare feat, Sierra Madre’s smart bears Welcome to the first Los Angeles Times News Quiz of fall, where the scent of pumpkin spice is wafting and the riffed-from-the-headline questions are fluttering about like autumnal foliage. I hope you enjoyed last week’s look back at the stumper quiz … Read more
Southern California’s hottest commercial real estate market is for tenants that aren’t human Where Wilshire Boulevard begins in downtown Los Angeles, thousands of miles of undersea fiber-optic cables disappear into an ordinary-looking office tower. One Wilshire is the mother of all data centers in the West, a discreet terminus for major digital links between Asia … Read more
Sen. JD Vance tried to blame the $4 price of a dozen eggs on Kamala Harris in this campaign video. But the price tag behind him showed that a dozen eggs cost only $2.99. (C-SPAN) In the latest video of GOP vice presidential candidate JD Vance to go viral but not in a good way, … Read more
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