Movies
Chris Nash’s ‘In a Violent Nature’ and Thea Hvistendahl’s ‘Handling the Undead’ are made by directors who know the genre well and hope to challenge expectations.
May 30, 2024
World & Nation
President Biden awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to a diverse group of 19 people, including Nancy Pelosi, Medgar Evers, Al Gore and Michelle Yeoh.
May 3, 2024
Junky, manic and action-laden in an enervating manner, director Moritz Mohr’s debut feature doesn’t seem to be made for audiences to enjoy so much as endure.
April 25, 2024
California
After UC Irvine-affiliated groups on the instant messaging platform Discord were targeted by trolls spreading gory images, students banded together to block the attack.
Jan. 17, 2024
The Los Angeles Sheriffs Department is seeking the public’s help identifying a man suspected of brutally attacking a beloved valet at Barney’s Beanery last Saturday.
Sept. 18, 2024
UC police are asking for pepper balls, sponge rounds, launchers, drones and other weapons in their annual requests. UC says they are mostly for training.
Politics
Hood County, Texas, has been shaken by a civil war between traditional Republicans and a far-right faction of the party energized by Donald Trump’s brash brand of politics.
Two Democrats, Mark Gonzalez and John Yi, are vying to succeed incumbent Assemblymember Miguel Santiago, who did not seek reelection.
Expanding on his fake trailer from “Grindhouse,” the director returns to a subgenre he knows well, the high-school slasher, with perfunctory, uneven results.
Nov. 15, 2023
A beloved valet for Barney’s Beanery in West Hollywood has been hospitalized after being kicked and punched repeatedly by another man over the weekend.
Sept. 17, 2024