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Why hike in Los Angeles? Lots of reasons. Use our guide to navigate 50 trails in Southern California, plus tips on gear and treats for the trail.
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Thanks to therapy, to the pandemic, to stillness, to time and unbearable loneliness, I am looking back on all the people that have entered my life over the years as gifts.
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How hiking L.A. trails helped Kiana Butler find love and cope with loss after miscarriage.
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The Netflix show “Firefly Lane” sparked me to reconsider my friendships as the pandemic world reopens.
“We need to increase intercultural understanding and communication,” says designer Justina Blakeney. “Art and design can be a bridge. I wanted to lay out that bridge and share it in my book.”
Members of Gen Z think their ‘culture war’ with millennials over skinny jeans is, like a lot of things, overhyped.
For some influencers, the pandemic was time for incorporating social distancing into their content.
I was sitting in a bar with two friends and looking at my Tinder app. Edan’s nickname popped up. Wait. It couldn’t be my sixth-grade crush, could it?
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April to-do list: Luminex’s outdoor light show, City Nature Challenge and cherry blossoms
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DJ Javier’s designs meld surfing and inclusivity. Also, what Fishmas means to anglers and where to go for Dark Sky Week
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The Wild: A weekly newsletter about the outdoors in Southern California.
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The social media posts that bum me out? Sober birthdays or anniversaries by single guys. They deserve heart emojis, but my heart holds a deeper story.
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I told my best friend that I wasn’t sure whether it was a date or just a casual meetup. When Andrew showed up at my house in a T-shirt, shorts and flip-flops, I thought: ‘OK, not a date.’
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I am the invisible “B” in LGBTQIA+ — and I deserve to be seen. “Bierasure” is one of the lesser known issues that plague the LGBTQIA+ community. It’s the tendency to ignore and falsify evidence of bisexuality and its existence, and it leads to painful reactions when someone comes out as bisexual.
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These 50-plus hikes capture all that LA and Southern California has to offer. Use our filters to find the best type of hike by difficulty levels, length and type of view.
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From Malibu to La Jolla, here are five Southern California trails that do something most hikes don’t — take you to the edge of the ocean.
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The Bridge to Nowhere, deep in the San Gabriel Mountains, is sturdy enough to have lasted 85 years, strange enough to draw crowds and start arguments.
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Longtime oppression and historical barriers have kept many people of color from feeling comfortable in the American outdoors.
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Influencers, celebrities, dog walkers. These are the types of people you might see on an L.A. hike.
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A hike is a good excuse to eat a sandwich. A sandwich improves every hike, and in L.A., you can almost always find one not far from the other.
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Members of Gen Z think their ‘culture war’ with millennials over skinny jeans is, like a lot of things, overhyped.
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Thanks to therapy, to the pandemic, to stillness, to time and unbearable loneliness, I am looking back on all the people that have entered my life over the years as gifts.
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Getting called a racial slur while surfing Manhattan Beach changed how Justin ‘Brick’ Howze and Gage Crismond view their role in the sport.
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How hiking L.A. trails helped Kiana Butler find love and cope with loss after miscarriage.
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The Netflix show “Firefly Lane” sparked me to reconsider my friendships as the pandemic world reopens.
Native milkweed plants — the kind good for butterflies — are coming out of dormancy and starting to sprout, so be patient. Southern California gardeners should be able to buy narrow-leaf milkweed and perhaps a few other less-well-known native milkweeds starting in mid-April.
Meadow Carder-Vindel knows the healing effects of gardening firsthand. That’s why she opens her Mount Washington garden to others.
In honor of International Women’s Day, we celebrate some of our favorite women-owned design businesses in and around Los Angeles.
When Shawna Christian turned 50, she left her IT job and invested all her money in Tansy, a Burbank plant store. Then the pandemic hit.
“El Pino,” a beloved East L.A. bunya tree, is generating controversy. Developer Art Gastelum says he won’t damage it. These organizers don’t trust him.
The Flower Fields in Carlsbad, after being forced to close two weeks into its 2020 season, is set to reopen with new social distancing rules on Monday.
‘Saturday Night Live’s’ most recent musical guest, ‘EL ÚLTIMO TOUR DEL MUNDO’ star Bad Bunny, went full snake plant in SNL’s ‘Loco’ music video with Ego Nwodim.
Staying indoors is driving us crazy. Thanks to a new company, you can book a garden in Los Angeles just like an Airbnb.
Monarch butterfly populations are endangered, to the point that the 1.2 million Western monarchs counted in 1997 plummeted to fewer than 2,000 by 2020. Here are ways we can help them survive.
Lil Nas X and MSCHF released a collaboration sneaker using the Nike Air Max 97 with satanic-inspired details and a single drop of human blood in each shoe. Nike is suing for trademark infringement.
A top Nike executive and her shoe reseller son face the wrath of sneakerheads, who think the shoe game is rigged against them.
Avon has high hopes for its Koreatown studio and new vegan skin-care products. Will they attract a new generation of beauty shoppers?
I thought I remembered why I didn’t get cast in “Gossip Girl.” But the truth was much more complicated.
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He transformed his carport into a stylish ‘granny flat’ for $95,000. Take a look inside
Designer Alexis Navarro is on the cutting edge of a new trend: trying to find ways to build stylish accessory dwelling units without breaking the budget.
Hydroponics at home: Grow your own food without the dirt
Soil-less tabletop grow systems allow you to cultivate herbs, leafy greens and more at home.
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Artist Janel Foo wanted to do something to help amplify AAPI voices in L.A. More than 60 artists responded.
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Designer Jessica McClintock came to fame with her budget-friendly formalwear
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Join a community science project, discover inspiring outdoors women and hike a local canyon where bush poppies bloom.
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Low-effort French recipes that deliver high-impact results fill the new cookbook by Rebekah Peppler.
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Lamb, potatoes, mint and all that is new come together in an easy Easter menu that celebrates the best ingredients of the season.
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How the events of the year left a lasting impact on how we will cook from this point forward.
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A new low-fare airline, Avelo, launches from Hollywood Burbank Airport with 11 routes. Its CEO explains why this is a great time to debut.
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Cruise the coolest pads and businesses in Palm Springs, home to more Midcentury Modern homes and businesses than anywhere else on the planet.
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A crumbled section of Highway 1 near Big Sur is expected to reopen by April 30 because repair work is weeks ahead of schedule, Caltrans says.
