In our Not Boring Rentals series, we spotlight L.A. rentals with style. From perfect gallery walls to temporary decor hacks, these renters get creative, even in small spaces. And Angelenos …
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This California hike features massive waterfalls and swimming holes
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWhenever I’m feeling stressed out, heartbroken or scared over the state of our nation, the one place where I can find solace, however fleeting, is in the outdoors. I’ve taken …
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Best restaurants in California, from San Diego to the Bay Area
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe enormousness of “California,” as a territory and an ideology, is hard for any mind to contain. It’s beautiful. It’s complicated and divided and challenged. Among one of a thousand …
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p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> As you climb the staircase to Debbie Lin and Na-Moya Lawrence’s second-story Hollywood apartment, a smell begins to materialize. It’s earthy and calming — grounding, even — and …
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Robert Barajas Jr. wakes up every morning at 2 a.m. to start making birria horneada — “ovened,” he says. “We used to make it in the ground, now we use …
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In the back room of a children’s play space in Eagle Rock, Andrew Thomas asks a familiar parenting question: How do you stay calm when your kid is testing every …
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Should you upgrade to the Nintendo Switch 2? Our critic weighs in
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesNintendo is in many ways a different company now than it was back in 2017 when it released the Switch. For one, it has sold more than 150 million units …
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When the Spa at Séc-he opened its doors in Palm Springs in 2023, it welcomed guests to a 73,000-square-foot facility with mineral-rich bathing waters, resort-style pools, salt caves, steam rooms …
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Inside Allee Willis’ kitsch L.A. home that inspired a pop-up book
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWhen you walk into Willis Wonderland, your eye doesn’t know where to land. The North Hollywood house, which songwriter Allee Willis first purchased in 1980 and turned into a living …
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Angelenos love croissants. In recent years the obsession has reached a fever pitch, thanks to new bakeries that have followed in the footsteps of lauded croissant-makers like Proof Bakery and …