Some risk factors — like age and a family history of heart disease — aren’t within our control, but others can be regulated. Even small lifestyle improvements can boost cardiovascular health, Jill Barker notes. Better sleep habits, accumulating 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise a week, eating more veggies and fewer sweets, giving up cigarettes, and … Read more
Rebecca Wood took part in a campaign that successfully pushed for universal free school lunches in Massachusetts. (Charles Krupa / Associated Press) Single mother Rebecca Wood, 45, was already dealing with high medical bills in 2020 when she noticed she was being charged a $2.49 “program fee” each time she loaded money onto her daughter’s … Read more
To pay for their dream retirement home, a couple needs to tap their IRAs, but withdrawing the money will mean higher Medicare premiums. Is there a way to avoid the hit? (Associated Press) Dear Liz: My wife and I are withdrawing an unusually large amount from our IRAs in order to make a 20% down … Read more
The Los Angeles Unified School District will ban cellphones in classrooms starting in January. The only question is how exactly they’ll implement the ban. (Matt Cardy / Getty Images) At Venice High School’s recent Back to School night, I was impressed that so many classrooms had signs forbidding students to use their cellphones. But how, … Read more
Sallie Reeves inspects damage to her house, which is sliding in the Portuguese Bend area of Rancho Palos Verdes. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) Tom Keefer can only describe the last few weeks in their Rancho Palos Verdes neighborhood as a nightmare. Cut off from vital utilities for more than a month while living … Read more
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris campaigns in Las Vegas in August. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) Kamala Harris already has stolen one idea from Donald Trump. Now she should pilfer another, helping middle-class families in California and other high-tax states. Forget pride of authorship. If an idea is good politics — maybe … Read more
Michael Esposito, 35, recorded “hundreds” of nude videos of Colombia native Kelly Andrade, 25, then tried to break down her door as she cowered in fear after finding a hidden camera in her bedroom, according to a Brooklyn Federal Court lawsuit. Provided by Derek Smith Law Grou A Manhattan jury has awarded $2.78 million to … Read more
This could be the weirdest Heinz collab yet (Picture: Heinz/Walkers/Getty) The famed condiment brand is joining forces with the cult crisps in a collaboration that just seems incredibly weird, just in time for spooky season. Ahead of Halloween next month, Heinz’s limited-edition Scarily Good Monster Munch Pickled Onion Flavour Mayo is set to hit shelves. … Read more
Comedian Joshua Meyrowitz performs recently at the Laugh Factory in Hollywood, during a comedy show that aimed to be inclusive for neurodivergent people. (Michael Blackshire / Los Angeles Times) Joshua Meyrowitz stepped up to the stage at the Laugh Factory in Hollywood and announced himself to the crowd as “your fellow autistic,” spurring whoops and … Read more
Where have all the orange groves gone? Detroit has cars. Chicago has slaughterhouses. New Orleans has jazz. We have orange groves. Had. For a hundred years, the Bothwell family’s orange grove in Tarzana stood at about a hundred acres. Now only 14 acres remain, the last surviving commercial citrus grove in the San Fernando Valley, … Read more
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