Letters to the Editor
‘From the river to the sea’ is most definitely antisemitic, some readers say. Another says Israel’s conducts deserves to be protested.
Sept. 20, 2024
Escapes. Travel. Adventure.
People inevitably think ocean when California gets mentioned. And why not?
Sept. 18, 2024
California
This summer, the Russian River in western Sonoma County has been the site of pitched battles over public access rights to the prized strips of beach that sit at the water’s edge.
Climate & Environment
A sudden shutoff of water supplies has dried up the Kern River in Bakersfield, leaving thousands of dead fish on the parched riverbed.
Sept. 19, 2024
Television
In Screen Gab no. 149, we catch up with ‘Challengers,’ now streaming on Prime Video, speak with the man behind Colin Farrell’s prosthetics in ‘The Penguin’ and more.
Movies
With ‘Will & Harper,’ the ‘SNL’ star and his friend Harper Steele face a new twist on an old challenge in LGBTQ+ representation: How to educate cis viewers without alienating trans ones.
Sept. 23, 2024
Travel & Experiences
Popular trails, including the Bridge to Nowhere hike, were burned by the massive blaze, which destroyed dozens of buildings in Mount Baldy and Wrightwood.
Also this week: Leonard Maltin presents 1930s Universal rarities, ‘Rhythm Thief’ restored, Haile Gerima’s new documentary and a double-bill of Alain Delon’s beauty.
World & Nation
The lawsuit filed in Maryland provides the most detailed account yet of the series of failures on the Dali cargo ship that left its crew helpless.
A major river in the Brazilian metropolis Sao Paulo is suddenly emerald green and clear skies have turned from blue to gray.
Sept. 11, 2024