Coffin Creek wasn’t SoCal’s flashiest haunted attraction. But it always got the scream
These days, a night at one of SoCal’s most popular haunted attractions usually begins with attendants scanning digital tickets at a clearly marked entrance. At Coffin Creek, things were a…
Is the citizen brigade that fought the Palisades fire too risky?
When a column of smoke rose above Pacific Palisades on January 7, a couple dozen residents of the Santa Monica Mountains, instead of evacuating, jumped into their own fire engines.…
Under Trump, ticket sales plummet for Kennedy Center performances
President Trump’s favorite musical is, famously, “Les Misérables,” but few fans have been storming the barricades to get into the Kennedy Center this season. The Washington Post reports that sales…
Jesse Einsenberg donates kidney to a stranger: ‘No-brainer’
“Now You See Me: Now You Don’t” star Jesse Eisenberg may soon one-up the film franchise’s Robin Hood-esque Four Horsemen in the giving-back department. This December, the Academy Award nominee…
L.A. mayor calls for investigation into LAFD missteps
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Friday requested a full investigation into revelations that firefighters were ordered to leave a smoldering burn site days before it reignited into the Palisades…
‘Dracula’ review: Radu Jude returns with a three-hour, skit-laden satire.
As attention spans keep getting whittled down, intellectually impish Romanian satirist Radu Jude continues to go longer and longer, his latest act of cinematic disobedience the nearly three-hour mythbuster “Dracula.”…
New information about the Palisades fire raises even more questions
Oct. 28, 2025 7 AM PT To the editor: This article states that at around 11:30 a.m. on Jan. 2, a resident is hiking the trail above Skull Rock when…
Cinerama Dome reopening? New permit request filed with city
Will Cinerama Dome ever reopen? Maybe. Dome Center LLC, the company that owns the property along Sunset Boulevard upon which the iconic movie venue stands, filed an application for a…
Judges order USDA to restart SNAP funding, but hungry families won’t get immediate relief
Two federal judges told the U.S. Department of Agriculture in separate rulings Friday that it must begin using billions of dollars in contingency funding to provide federal food assistance to…
Feds say TikToker who was shot by ICE previously escaped. A video casts doubt
The six armed federal agents loomed around their detained suspect, Carlitos Ricardo Parias, who was handcuffed and sitting on the sidewalk, moaning as he held his right leg. A small…