The show will go on for music’s biggest night at the 67th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday — despite the fires that have raged through Los Angeles. And the top contenders include Beyoncé, who leads the nominees with 11 nods for her “Cowboy Carter” opus. Two years after becoming the biggest winner in Grammy history, … Read more
MICHELANGELO studied the Kabbalah and Talmud? It’s all right there, above our heads, as Benjamin Blech and Roy Doliner demonstrate in their fascinating study of the Sistine Chapel, “The Sistine Secrets” (HarperOne: 336 pp., $26.95). I understand the desire to reach Dan Brown’s audience with the book’s provocative subtitle — “Michelangelo’s Forbidden Messages in the … Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutes Catelynn Lowell is speaking out strongly against her child’s adoptive parents. Last September, the long-time Teen Mom star said on social media that she and husband Tyler had been cut off by the man and woman who adopted their daughter, Carly, almost immediately after the 17-year old was born. Now, Catelynn … Read more
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears before the Senate Finance Committee for his confirmation hearing on Jan. 29. (Ben Curtis / Associated Press) To the editor: Vaccines have arguably done more to reduce the toll of death and disability than any other medical intervention. No longer are we scourged by diseases such as smallpox, polio, tetanus, … Read more
Surviving Tuskegee Airmen are honored by members of the New York Assembly in 2016. (Hans Pennink / Associated Press) To the editor: If President Trump wants to replace initiatives for diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, with personnel policies based on merit, he must bring merit to light. Where merit is obscured by prejudice, he … Read more
Displaced Palestinians return to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip on Jan. 27. (Mohammad Abu Samra / Associated Press) To the editor: No compassionate human being would fail to feel immense pain over the suffering of people in the Gaza Strip. In his op-ed article, Emad Moussa quotes a dentist from Jaballa as saying … Read more
Southern California Edison transmission towers stand on a burned mountainside in Altadena on Jan. 16. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) To the editor: Given all the trouble caused by Southern California Edison, is it time to make our electric companies public utilities? Having a public utility can’t be worse than having a private … Read more
Rubble from homes burned in the Eaton fire are seen in Altadena on Jan. 23. (Nick Agro / For The Times) To the editor: Losing your house is like losing your direction in life. (“‘We were 100% alone’: Fire alerts came too late for some Altadena residents,” Jan. 25) Every day I took a left … Read more
A bot will give you a virtual pat on the back when you cut down on your daily Pinot Gris. But it can’t tell if you are telling the truth. (Ivano Piva/ REDA / Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Another damp, dark day in January, and at 5 p.m., like clockwork, I feel an … Read more
A device and accessories drive spearheaded by Emerald Village West Hollywood is helping medical marijuana patients and other cannabis consumers replace the smoking and vaping equipment lost in the recent L.A. County fires. (Los Angeles Times photo illustration; photos by Genaro Molina, Ricardo DeAratanha, Robert Gauthier and Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times; Scott … Read more
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