‘Starring Dick Van Dyke’ review: PBS doc fetes a legendary artist
Dick Van Dyke turns 100 on Saturday, an event so eagerly anticipated that for him not to do so would seem cosmically wrong. It may be generationally vain of me…
Pedestrian safety is a real issue. When will L.A. take action?
Dec. 11, 2025 7 AM PT To the editor: Kudos to the activists who took matters into their own hands to make their streets safer, despite bureaucratic hurdles and the…
Investor pleads guilty in criminal case that felled hedge fund
Businessman Brian Kahn has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud in a case that brought down a hedge fund, helped lead to the bankruptcy of a retailer and…
Andy Dick says fentanyl caused his overdose, not crack cocaine
Andy Dick says he is “110 percent” fine after video of him slumped over unresponsive on some steps from an apparent overdose in Hollywood circulated this week. The comedian and…
Washington state under emergency as torrential rain triggers floods, mudslides and evacuations
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — Washington state was under a state of emergency Thursday from a barrage of torrential rain that has sent rivers flowing over their banks, caused a mudslide…
County fairs susceptible to financial misdealing, Times review shows
I remember the Los Angeles County Fair as the place my son got the whirlies so badly on a carnival ride that he needed to visit the medical tent. And…
Leaders of secretive California religious group accused of murder after members vanish
Two leaders of a group described as “cult-like” by authorities in the Inland Empire have been arrested along with a prominent member on suspicion of murder amid multiple investigations into…
Netflix: Advice for not screwing up Warner Bros. and HBO
Dear Ted Sarandos, Congratulations on making the winning bid for Warner Bros. By directly contradicting your famous “build don’t buy” mantra, you have managed to throw the already beleaguered entertainment…
Powerful men in politics and media shown in new Epstein estate images
WASHINGTON — House Democrats on Friday released 19 photographs from Jeffrey Epstein’s private email server showing a collection of powerful men in politics, media and Hollywood in the convicted sex…
On Mt. Whitney, a young hiker has been missing for a month
Towering granite spires whiz by in the background, and Joseph Brambila howls with delight, in a YouTube video he shot of himself sliding on his butt down a steep, snowy…