Rene Lynch

Features Editor

Rene Lynch is a writer and editor with the Saturday section in features. She works across a variety of coverage areas, including wellness, design and food, and edits the weekly L.A. Affairs column.

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Lifestyle

Out of unique ideas for Valentine’s Day gifts? We’re loving these geography pillows

Lifestyle

Out of unique ideas for Valentine’s Day gifts? We’re loving these geography pillows

These sweet pillows designed by Catstudio husband-and-wife artists Terrell and Carmel Swan could be a cozy reminder of someplace special in your relationship — meeting at USC, for example, or that romantic trip to Yosemite or a honeymoon in Santa Barbara.
Katie Arnold is running for her life

Katie Arnold is running for her life

Everything about Katie Arnold’s debut memoir suggests it’s about running, starting with the title, “Running Home.”
Readers share their holiday traditions

Readers share their holiday traditions

We asked readers to share their unique holiday traditions with us. Here are just a few.
Food

That time Jonathan Gold saved the struggling Night+Market from closure

Food

That time Jonathan Gold saved the struggling Night+Market from closure

There were nights when -- no exaggeration -- no customers walked through the doors of Chef Kris Yenbamroong’s Night+Market in West Hollywood.
Food

Tributes to restaurant critic Jonathan Gold pour in from around the food world

Food

Tributes to restaurant critic Jonathan Gold pour in from around the food world

Los Angeles Times restaurant critic Jonathan Gold died Saturday after a brief bout with pancreatic cancer.
Why you need to adopt or foster this Fourth of July

Why you need to adopt or foster this Fourth of July

The city of Los Angeles is waiving dog adoptions fees through Tuesday as it prepares for shelters in and around L.A. to be filled beyond capacity with lost animals who become frightened by Fourth of July fireworks and run away.
The workout that helped get Meghan Markle in shape for her wedding day

The workout that helped get Meghan Markle in shape for her wedding day

All eyes will be on the bride Saturday when actress Meghan Markle is set to marry Britain’s Prince Harry.
Rare and unusual geraniums on display this weekend (and some are for sale!)

Rare and unusual geraniums on display this weekend (and some are for sale!)

If mom is into gardening, especially drought-tolerant gardening, then this might be the perfect way to spend Mother’s Day weekend: The Los Angeles Geranium Society’s Annual Show and Sale is being held Saturday and Sunday at the Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden.
Food

Throwing your own royal wedding watch party? We’ve got recipes

Food

Throwing your own royal wedding watch party? We’ve got recipes

If you’re going to a royal wedding watching party, or throwing one yourself, you know that the food will take the spotlight — after we all get a look at the wedding dress, of course.
3 oh-so-L.A. events you don’t want to miss

3 oh-so-L.A. events you don’t want to miss

Yoga with jaw-dropping views, a wellness and food festival and lots of goop: Here are three of the hottest fitness and lifestyle events on the horizon: City Lights, the latest yoga experience to take to the skies at OUE Skyspace LA at the top of the U.S.