It’s my 47th birthday today, so I kicked off the celebration last week with the funnest thing someone my age can gift themselves: A colonoscopy! Colorectal cancer was the second-leading …
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To lower electric bills, consumers quietly install DIY solar
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesAs electricity prices soar and rooftop solar subsidies vanish, some U.S. renters and homeowners are surreptitiously installing solar panels on balconies and in backyards without their utility’s permission. Legislation recently …
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U.S. life expectancy hit an all-time high in 2024, CDC says
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesNEW YORK — U.S. life expectancy rose to 79 years in 2024 — the highest mark in American history. It’s the result of not only the dissipation of the COVID-19 pandemic, but …
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Celebrating the resiliency of plants in our L.A. burn areas
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWelcome to February, and if you, like me, had hopes that our tumultuous, rapidly changing world would slow down once we hit 2026, you have my deepest condolences. These days, …
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New restaurants and pop-ups to try in Los Angeles in February 2026
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesJosef Centeno, who once dominated the corner of 4th and Main streets in downtown L.A. with his “Centenoplex” of restaurants, all centered around cozy Bäco Mercat, closed his Tex-Mex-ish restaurant …
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L.A.’s buzziest coffee shop is in a gorgeous Angelino Heights home. Is this the start of a bigger trend?
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesIt’s 10:54 a.m. Thursday at Granada coffee shop in Angelino Heights, on one of those 73-degree winter mornings in Los Angeles when the sky glows its sunniest cobalt-blue through bare …
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Spending an afternoon in L.A.’s Arts District is a practice in staying present: You blink — or scroll through Instagram too long after posting a selfie in front of Colette …
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How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Ty Dolla Sign
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesFor Ty Dolla Sign, the perfect Sunday begins in the sky, traveling back to Los Angeles from wherever his career has last taken him. The singer, producer and multi-instrumentalist lives …
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Here’s a list of L.A. restaurants supporting Friday’s general strike with donations
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesAfter a tumultuous month of continued national immigration raids and the ICE shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, nationwide protests are set to occur today amid calls …