Letters to the Editor
A reader’s prescription for MacArthur Park: ‘Fix the damn lighting. Get people into drug rehab if they want it. Get them into housing. Do something. Do anything.’
Sept. 18, 2024
California
MacArthur Park is under siege from gangs and addicts. Is it too much to ask the city to fix the broken streetlights that line the borders of the public space?
Sept. 14, 2024
Chargers
Chargers safety Derwin James Jr. has been suspended one game for repeated safety violations, further complicating the team’s chances against the Chiefs.
Sept. 23, 2024
Hollywood Inc.
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit accusing Harvey Weinstein and Madison Square Garden Chief Executive James Dolan of sexual assault.
Entertainment & Arts
James Ijames, whose ‘Fat Ham’ won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for drama, confronts the grievous reality of lethal violence and racial injustice in ‘Kill Move Paradise,’ an earlier work now receiving its Southern California premiere at the Odyssey Theatre.
Sept. 17, 2024
Television
James Earl Jones, Bob Newhart and Shannen Doherty were among several TV personalities honored during the ‘In Memoriam’ segment of the 2024 Emmys, while Shelley Duvall and Joe Flaherty were omitted.
Sept. 16, 2024
Watch L.A.
Aug. 29, 2024
Langer’s, closing? It’s hard to imagine MacArthur Park, and the city, without one of its most iconic anchors. It would be a hole-in-your-soul development.
Aug. 24, 2024
Sports
Women of Wrestling co-owner Jeanie Buss talks about the league’s journey over the decades, LeBron and Bronny James and the Lakers’ upcoming season.
Sept. 13, 2024
James Earl Jones, the Oscar-nominated actor who lent his resonant voice to Darth Vader in the ‘Star Wars’ movie franchise, died Monday morning. He was 93.
Sept. 9, 2024