Music
REO Speedwagon will ‘cease touring’ in 2025 amid ‘irreconcilable differences’ about health that arose between bassist Bruce Hall and lead singer Kevin Cronin.
Sept. 17, 2024
The veteran Bay Area punk trio brought its albums ‘Dookie’ and ‘American Idiot’ to Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium on Saturday night.
Sept. 15, 2024
Lakers
The Lakers will honor the late Jerry West on opening night with a ceremony and all season with a band on the left shoulder of their uniforms, the team announced Tuesday.
Sept. 10, 2024
Frankie Beverly, the lead vocalist and co-founder of the soul-funk band Maze, has died at 77, his family said Wednesday on social media.
Sept. 11, 2024
Ahead of a Sept. 8 show at L.A.’s Greek Theatre, the 84-year-old Beatles legend remembers how he put the All-Starr Band together.
Sept. 6, 2024
Sérgio Mendes, the Grammy-winning Brazilian band leader who helped popularize bossa nova in the ‘60s, died Thursday in Los Angeles. He was 83.
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.
Sept. 19, 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.
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.
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