California
A grandmother and daughter struggle to reclaim a loved one, but it’s as if fentanyl has taken her prisoner, and they can’t convince her to make a run for it.
Sept. 21, 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.
Sept. 20, 2024
Opinion
Voters should pick the four incumbents. They haven’t done a perfect job, but they are on top of the issues and speak intelligently about where the board has succeeded and what it still needs to do.
Sept. 19, 2024
Movies
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.
High School Sports
With Milly McGee running the show, Mira Costa remains a force, as proven in a victory over Palos Verdes.
Sept. 18, 2024
Hollywood Inc.
“Hunger Games” and “John Wick” studio Lionsgate will partner with AI research company Runway to create and train an AI model that can be used to help augment Lionsgate’s work.
Sports
When John Madden retired from TV, he created a viewing station in California for family and friends. After his passing, that hallowed NFL setting lives on.
Sept. 16, 2024
Food
Chef Josiah Citrin opened Mélisse in Santa Monica in 1999, blazing a trail for a new way to look at French cooking in California.
Olympics
The U.S. women’s water polo team failed to medal at the Paris Olympics, but for coach Adam Kirkorian, the disappointment and defeat offer a teaching moment.
Sept. 15, 2024
World & Nation
Gold Apollo, a wireless communications device manufacturer in Taiwan, said it did not make the pagers used in the Lebanon explosion attack.