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We’re in the thick of the holiday shopping season, and U.S. residents are expected to shatter the spending record again this year. The National Retail Federation forecasts that 2025 will …

When I first started playing “Dungeons & Dragons” as a tween, my friends christened me with a new good-natured nickname: gamer geek. While we could spend hours in front of …

In the context of beverage pros, you might consider Jason Lee something of a spiritual counselor. He works with restaurants where the culinary viewpoints are exceptionally strong — Baroo, Pijja …

The early 1980s Los Angeles of my childhood always felt like a place where you could brush against greatness and not even recognize it. Take the strange, faceless building at …

I’m standing outside my shower and I don’t want to go in. I’m not tired or in a rush, simply avoiding the reckoning of how much hair I’ll lose this …

Vaginal Creme Davis has long been a star. “I’ve always thought of myself as a success,” she said during a recent Zoom call, “a messy success.” A statuesque femme, way …

Saturday was the 105th anniversary of Altadena’s Christmas Tree Lane lighting ceremony and festival, but you couldn’t quite call the night a celebration. It felt more like a memorial in …

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If you feel like joy is elusive this holiday season, you’re not alone. 2025 has been an especially punishing year across the planet, the nation and for Los Angeles in …

The Pure Heart Collective sits on a busy stretch of Ventura Boulevard, the facade painted in a soothing shade of lavender, with a sign advertising “psychic and astrology readings,” as …