Life Style

The character Chuck E. Cheese has had a long and convoluted history. The mouse, for instance, wasn’t always a mouse. And though the centerpiece of a child-focused restaurant, Chuck E. …

Throwing pottery on a wheel can be a love-hate relationship. Becki Chernoff knows all about it. “Many people fall in love with clay when they take their first class,” Chernoff …

Founded by photographer, director and multimedia artist Bibs Moreno in 2021 with Aloe Garza, Frutas is a living, breathing archive of Latinos and other people of color in L.A. who …

You know that feeling when you’re on a first date with someone and you instantly hit it off? When the conversation is flowing effortlessly about a niche show you both …

Zach Negin and Nicole Dougherty’s Thai Town wine bar feels vital in all sorts of definitions of the word. Something is always happening: tastings, DJ nights, live jazz, pop-ups serving …

On a mission to reclaim space in the now gentrified neighborhood her dad grew up in, Destinie Escobedo left a career in commercial photography to open her consciously curated Highland …

These days less than before, we gather in a room, my grandpa closest to the TV, and watch as two people beat each other up. There is always food — …

Death Valley’s temporary lake, fed by one powerful summer storm, is down to inches as it dwindles in the park’s Badwater Basin. But as it evaporates, other parts of the …

Southern California isn’t going to see much wintry weather this first week of December, with forecasts predicting unseasonably high temperatures. A high pressure system and weak offshore winds will bring …

Goth Shakira wearing Acne Studios dress and gloves, Kachorovska shoes and Jéblanc earrings. (Jennelle Fong and Yasara Gunawardena / For The Times) One might follow Goth Shakira for their “whimsigoth …