Home & Garden

Tucked away in the San Gabriel Valley, West Covina offers a bit of an escape from the traffic-and-concrete of Los Angeles. While the big source of commercial business is at the Plaza West Covina, there several shops to explore off the beaten path.

The secret car lairs of L.A. are under the radar and plentiful. Check out one of the latest: a state-of-the-art garage near LAX that is part Pantheon, part Batcave. Cigars? They have that too.

Ghosting gets a worse rep than it deserves, in my opinion. As both a former ghoster and a ghostee, I find it way more merciful than a text with stupid excuses.

Homeowners in neighborhoods zoned for single-family residences now have great ability to build accessory homes — sometimes dubbed “granny flats” — as a way to creatively address the region’s housing shortage. Here’s a look inside a few ADUs and some design tips from residents who’ve taken the plunge.

Gardeners: There’s so much to do outdoors right now. No need to wait for Spring. Let’s get started.

Want to entertain more at home and be ready for drop-in guests? Then you need extra seating. Here are some solutions.

We raised four kids in this old house. There were birthdays and proms, bloody knees and Scout meetings. We changed a million diapers here. We matched a lot of socks.

Stars aren’t the only ones who should look great, right? Here are fresh beauty and skin-care options around L.A. worth trying.

Ultra white modern farmhouses are trending, but they can also be cold. See how bestselling “Red Queen” author Victoria Aveyard and designer Christine Markatos Lowe transformed a colorless Cape Cod-style home into a feminine and youthful California beach house.

Within four hours you will get to shop at one of L.A.'s most seminal retail stores, eat at a swanky Parisian-chic plant-based restaurant, browse a storied bookstore and see a live show at a renegade music spot along the Sunset Strip.

I was still determined not to be the girl who moved across the country for a guy, but what would happen if I loosened my grip on that idea? After we dated almost a year, I applied for a job in Los Angeles and I got it. Just try it, I told myself. If it all falls apart, New York will always be there.

Malibu has long been associated with cars full of beachgoers and staggering cliffside mansions — but there’s much more to these “21 miles of scenic beauty.”