Aquil Basheer dead: He was a trailblazer in reducing gang violence
Aquil Basheer believed that ending gang violence wasn’t the kind of career you just fall into. “In this type of work, you’re usually chosen. You don’t choose it,” he said…
You can thank Kacho López Mari for your favorite reggaetón music videos
Director Kacho López Mari’s critically and culturally acclaimed portfolio includes over 40 music videos and short films that, if played at a YouTube watch party, could leave you and your…
The SNAP-funding mess makes L.A.’s food-insecurity crisis clear
A strange scene unfolded at the Adams/Vermont farmers market near USC last week. The pomegranates, squash and apples were in season, pink guavas were so ripe you could smell their…
Norton Simon Museum reintroduces itself to L.A. with huge renovation
The largest work of art in the Los Angeles area by a woman might just be a museum. The Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena is covered almost entirely in 115,000…
‘The Hunger Games’ on stage in London feels more urgent and brutal
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> LONDON — Since its release in 2008, the relevance of Suzanne Collins’ dystopian novel “The Hunger Games” has grown in magnitude. The story, about a dictatorial government that…
LAPD failed to fully disclose officer domestic violence allegations
The Los Angeles Police Department took more than a year to begin fully disclosing domestic abuse allegations against officers after the state passed a law that mandates reporting and can…
DTLA’s once-famed nightlife is flailing. Can this club-music bar bring crowds back?
On a Saturday night, just an hour after the Dodgers won the World Series, Bar Franca started heating up. The freshly revamped, DJ-driven lounge in downtown’s historic core filled out…
California Supreme Court rejects free-speech challenge to LGBT protections in nursing homes
The California Supreme Court rejected a 1st Amendment challenge to a state law that protects the rights of gay and transgender people in nursing homes and forbids employees of those…
Lenny Wilkens, NBA coaching legend and Hall of Famer, dies at 88
SEATTLE — Lenny Wilkens, a three-time inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame who was enshrined as both a player and a coach, has died, his family said Sunday. He…
‘The Queen of Versailles’ review: Kristin Chenoweth lifts a McMansion
NEW YORK — No one could possibly be working harder right now on Broadway than Kristin Chenoweth, who is bearing the weight of a McMansion musical on her diminutive frame…