How to get into Wilde’s, one of L.A.’s buzziest new restaurants
Four days a week the line for Wilde’s stretches down the block, even in the rain. One of the city’s buzziest new restaurants sees guests queueing for lightly battered sea…
ShakeAlert sends false alarm about magnitude 5.9 earthquake
The ShakeAlert computer system that warns about the imminent arrival of shaking from earthquakes sent out a false alarm Thursday morning for a magnitude 5.9 temblor in Carson City, Nev.,…
A softer image of AI? This Google-backed film aims to change the narrative
A man mourns the loss of his dead celebrity mom, who unexpectedly appears before him as a hologram in his childhood home, singing and strumming a guitar. The touching scene…
Best TV shows of 2025: ‘The Lowdown,’ ‘Pluribus,’ ‘The Pitt’ and more
After the eye strain, the greatest occupational hazard of being a TV critic is people asking what’s good on television. It’s a question I typically find impossible to answer on…
Camp Pendleton Marine dies in training mishap with tactical vehicle
A Camp Pendleton Marine died during training Wednesday. The Marine, who was assigned to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, died in a tactical vehicle mishap that took place at around…
Reprogramming camp for immune cells shows early promise for autoimmune diseases
Scientists are trying a revolutionary new approach to treat rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, lupus and other devastating autoimmune diseases — by reprogramming patients’ out-of-whack immune systems. When your body’s immune…
As Trump calls affordability a ‘con job,’ Democrats unveil an affordable housing plan
WASHINGTON — As the economy emerges as a likely defining issue in next year’s midterm elections, President Trump has wrestled with Americans’ rising cost of living, declaring himself the “affordability…
FBI arrests suspect in D.C. pipe bomb case from eve of Jan. 6 Capitol riot, sources say
WASHINGTON — The FBI made an arrest on Thursday in its nearly 5-year-old investigation into who placed pipe bombs in Washington on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot…
California insurance regulator’s travels: Who paid for Ricardo Lara’s trips?
Ricardo Lara’s transition from influence-brokering state legislator to autonomous insurance regulator was rocky. Almost immediately upon assuming office in 2019, the California insurance commissioner was discovered soliciting money from those…
California’s insurance crisis existed long before the L.A. wildfires. Why wasn’t it fixed?
California’s property insurance market was unraveling fast in mid-2023 when the state’s insurance commissioner, Ricardo Lara, landed in Bermuda for four days of elbow-rubbing with industry figures. The state’s largest…