World & Nation
Two decades ago, a Democratic politician with national goals might not have dreamed of endorsing same-sex marriages. Kamala Harris was officiating them.
Sept. 15, 2024
Lifestyle
In ‘The Morrison Game Factory,’ Lauren Bello created an affecting, story-driven tabletop game about an abandoned board game factory — a tale of love and loss.
Sept. 19, 2024
California
Long Beach is rolling out a pilot program that will provide as many as 10 homeowners low- to zero-interest loans of up to $250,000 to build ADUs on their property. Those units would then be rented out to lower-income individuals or families.
Saudi sex tourists are buying weeklong marriages to young women in Indonesia. Though officially illegal, the practice is an economic lifeline for villages. For the women, it’s ‘torture.’
Sept. 11, 2024
Housing & Homelessness
Step Up On Second Street helped inspire California’s Project Homekey to convert hotels into housing; now it denies responsibility for missing money and failed projects.
Sept. 17, 2024
Television
In Screen Gab No. 148, we answer your most pressing questions about Hulu reality show ‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,’ plus streaming recommendations for your weekend.
Sept. 13, 2024
Books
Jacquie Walters’ debut, ‘Dearest,’ is a horror novel about new motherhood, including the demands of a breastfeeding infant, as well as how postpartum hormones affect a woman’s psyche.
Sept. 16, 2024
Iran says it launched a satellite into space with a rocket built by the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.
Sept. 14, 2024
Designer-reality star Rachel Zoe and hubby Rodger Berman have made ‘the mutual decision to end our marriage’ after 33 years together, 26 of them as Mr. and Mrs.
Sept. 10, 2024
Judge Greg Mathis’ wife, Linda Yvette Mathis, files for divorce from the TV-court personality after nearly 40 years of marriage.
Aug. 23, 2024