Man allegedly crashed into a car in Montclair, killing one occupant and kidnapping another, police say
A man has been arrested in Montclair and accused of crashing into another person’s car, killing one of the occupants, and kidnapping another, according to authorities. Jorge Tafolla Jr., a…
‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ review: J.Lo seizes her spotlight
“Kiss of the Spider Woman,” a sexual and scatological dazzler about an inmate‘s obsession with a favorite musical, sounds like the kind of thing some folks won’t watch even if…
LACMA’s ‘Grounded,’ a rambling show of acquisitions, jumps the rails
“Grounded,” the newly opened exhibition of relatively recent acquisitions of contemporary art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, starts out setting a very high bar. It’s a compelling…
As Chappell Roan takes L.A., the city’s sapphic nightlife scene is hot to go
Back in 2022, Chappell Roan walked into Amy Ordman and Jess Panneton‘s new party. “She came to our second night,” said Ordman, the co-founder of the roving sapphic nightclub Futch,…
Daughter suspected in attack on a newly elected mayor in Germany
BERLIN — Investigators said Wednesday that the newly elected mayor of a German town who was found at her home with stab wounds apparently was attacked by her teenage daughter,…
Unanswered questions abound over arson suspect, tactics in Palisades fire
Federal prosecutors this week revealed extensive details about the cause of a Jan. 1 fire in Pacific Palisades that six days later roared to life as the Palisades fire. There…
How Miles Heizer and Max Parker trained for ‘Boots’
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> In the opening moments of “Boots,” Netflix’s new comedy-drama series, we meet Cameron “Cam” Cope, an 18-year old high school graduate who is gay, loves Wilson Phillips, talks…
She found an LAPD official’s AirTag. Lawsuit claims it derailed career
When she was called last year to testify against a top Los Angeles police official, Sgt. Jessica Bell assumed she would be asked about the AirTag. Bell found the Apple…
LAUSD, Compton Unified show testing gains as pandemic setbacks linger in California
California student test scores remain lower than before the pandemic, but are trending upward, with the Compton and L.A. school districts among those with especially strong growth and results that…
Why Frankie Quiñones’ Hulu special matters beyond the ‘CholoFit’ persona
Frankie Quiñones rarely breaks a sweat when it comes to being funny, not even during a workout. Fifteen years ago, the comedian made his first “CholoFit” exercise video on YouTube…