In case you didn’t get the memo, March is Tomatozania-mania-party time in Southern California, when specialty growers offer pop-up sales of hard-to-find tomato varieties, rain or shine. We’re talking serious …
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Paz de la Huerta tells her life story and makes pictures in Hollywood
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis Jones“I am technically a princess,” says Paz de la Huerta over lunch at the Chateau Marmont — her castle, if you recall her appearance in Lana Del Rey’s “Video Games.” …
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Joan Didion haunts Los Angeles. In January, as catastrophic fires ripped through the Pacific Palisades and Altadena, Didion’s name became an echo on social media timelines as Angelenos shared and …
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The L.A. Times subscriber hike tackled the Elysian Fields West Loop
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWe were a small but mighty group for our third Los Angeles Times subscriber hike on Saturday. The third L.A. Times subscriber hike took place at Elysian Park. (Deborah Vankin …
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It took 2 years to play at every L.A. tennis court — and find the best
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesAt my 197th and final court, Veterans Park in Bell Gardens, I noticed a jacaranda tree with a few blue-purple flowers billowing in the early December mid-afternoon breeze. I set …
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In the days after the devastating fires in January, people around L.A., including poet Yesika Salgado, found stray pages from books on their doorsteps, yards, and sidewalks. We reached out …
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How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Adam Devine
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesAdam Devine (“Workaholics,” “Pitch Perfect”), who reprises his role as youth pastor Kelvin Gemstone on the HBO televangelist comedy “The Righteous Gemstones” for a fourth and final season that begins …
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Senior features writer Adam Tschorn is a former small-town newspaper editor, game-show question-and-answer man and fashion scribe who joined the Los Angeles Times in 2007. He currently covers a wide …
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Hello again! Maybe you remember my L.A. Affairs essay from 2022 that described my relationship with Ruben. We married in Mexico in 2019 when I was 74 — my first …
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The Hollywood Premiere Motel may soon become a historic monument
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe Hollywood Premiere Motel hasn’t won any prizes lately. It has a 1.5 star rating on Trip Advisor, which ranks it 112th of 118 motels in Los Angeles. “Never again,” …