Food
Appreciation: How did Famous Amos cookies become a ’70s luxury status symbol on par with caviar (said Vogue)? Wally Amos’ family reveals the trailblazer’s baking secrets.
Sept. 3, 2024
California
Wally Amos, the creator of the Famous Amos cookie empire and its famous L.A. store on Sunset Boulevard, has died in Hawaii at 88.
Aug. 14, 2024
Company News
Los Angeles Times Photographer Wally Skalij was recognized in the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) annual Best in Photojournalism contest.
March 27, 2024
World & Nation
The crew of the U.S. replenishment ship Big Horn is safe and there was no sign of an oil leak from the vessel, said a Navy official.
Sept. 24, 2024
Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani reached rarefied air Thursday in becoming baseball’s first player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in one season in a sport that dates back to 1876.
Sept. 22, 2024
After a heat wave struck Southern California, fires erupt across the Southland, burning hundreds of thousands of acres while threatening homes.
Sept. 10, 2024
Hollywood Inc.
Warner Bros. Discovery is laying off Karen Horne, a longtime leader in diversity and inclusion efforts at major media companies. The move comes as the David Zaslav-helmed company reorganizes and sheds thousands of workers.
June 30, 2023
Tensions have been rising in the French Pacific territory New Caledonia after four months of deadly unrest.
Sept. 23, 2024
Awards
The words “humanity” and “humility” come up often when people discuss the writer-director-producer-actor behind “The White Lotus.”
Aug. 11, 2023
A woman’s mother and grandmother struggle to reclaim her, 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