Life Style

Last summer I had a chance to strike a deal with the devil. I sat, contemplating my choice — what I could live without to acquire the one thing I …

As a student, like many of us, I liked to read Henry David Thoreau. Many of his ringing one-liners thrilled me and got copied down in my commonplace book, but …

Although actor and comedian Joel McHale has lived in Los Angeles for nearly a quarter-century, he’s quick to point out that Sunday downtime here is a rarity. “I don’t think …

Welcome to the first Los Angeles Times News Quiz of 2025. I’m Adam Tschorn, senior features writer, former game show question-and-answer man and your weekly quizmaster. Since it’s a new …

I was three years post-divorce, with a 12-year-old son and a newly adopted puppy, living in Park La Brea, where a community of single moms had come together. We were …

This is a three-day, 50-mile race across “land, sand, water and mud,” from Arcata through Eureka to Ferndale, founded by sculptor Hobart Brown in 1969. Racers’ kinetic sculptures are judged …

Covered in dried fruits, candy stripes and sugared crust, the aromatic taste of rosca de reyes comes around only once a year. In celebration of the Día de los Reyes, …

Newsletter Sign up for The Wild We’ll help you find the best places to hike, bike and run, as well as the perfect silent spots for meditation and yoga. Enter …

Few meals are as restorative as a steaming-hot bowl of pho — the Vietnamese noodle soup that many claim is their go-to remedy for nursing a hangover, fending off a …

In Los Angeles, every season is hiking season. This helpful guide lays out where to go this year to get away from the hustle and bustle of city life.