Love square pies? You need to try this pizza pop-up

Pan pizza from Mievè, a pizza pop-up at the Kiff Kafe in West Los Angeles. (Jenn Harris / Los Angeles Times) One of my favorite new places for pizza in Los Angeles is a wooden table in a corner of the back patio of a coffee shop off Pico Boulevard started by a former management … Read more

California may regulate and restrict pharmaceutical brokers

A CVS pharmacy in Ramona, Calif. Pharmacy benefit managers owned by CVS and other chains are drawing growing scrutiny from state lawmakers. (Julie Gallant) California Gov. Gavin Newsom will soon decide whether the most populous U.S. state will join 25 others in regulating the middlemen known as pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, whom many policymakers … Read more

A ghost story about new motherhood? A TV writer’s debut novel explores the female psyche

Jacquie Walters’ debut, “Dearest,” is a horror novel about new motherhood. (Dana Patrick Photography) On the Shelf Dearest By Jacquie WaltersMulholland: 304 pages, $29 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Jacquie Walters’ debut, “Dearest” — out Sept. 17 — is … Read more

Condo survey shows big disconnect between supply and demand

Toronto is flooded with small units, but residents would rather have more space than spas Toronto has more than 120,000 purpose-built rental units in the development pipeline, but is still grappling with a shortage of smaller units. According to the 2024 Canadian Multi-Residential Satisfaction Study (CMRS) by real estate research firm simplydbs, 62 per cent … Read more

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Pedro Almodóvar’s first book, like his movies, blends reality and fiction: ‘A fragmentary autobiography’

Pedro Almodóvar’s first book, “The Last Dream,” is out Sept. 24. “My stories and movies are all mixed together in a kind of indivisible manner,” he says. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) Fall Preview Books The Last Dream By Pedro Almodóvar, translated by Frank WynneHarperVia: 240 pages, $26 If you buy books linked on … Read more

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