Eating after you've had a drink or two is one the finer pleasures in life. That is, after all, why before-dinner cocktails were invented and why so many restaurants direct you to the bar before you're seated. And while a five-course dinner is perfectly lovely after an aperitif, let us also consider...
The success of "Straight Outta Compton" - officially at a $60.2 million opening weekend as of Monday morning - is the kind of movie that inspires a lot of post-release dissection. The idea of a "surprise" hit is a bit of a misperception: Pre-release tracking was strong, the built-in audience was...
In the tech industry, some companies rely on taskmaster bosses and long hours to beat out competitors. Others nurture employees with flexible schedules and perks like free food and ping-pong tables.
Orlando Franklin didn't waste any time in getting settled into his new surroundings.
Welcome to Trail Guide, your daily tour along the road to the White House. It's Monday, Aug. 17, and this is what we're watching: Donald Trump reported for jury duty at a Manhattan courthouse, but he won't be interrupting his presidential campaign for his civic duty. Jeb Bush has a solid Republican...
Southern Section Commissioner Rob Wigod confirmed on Monday that he met last week with administrators from Calabasas High School and is engaged in an "ongoing conversation" regarding the more than two dozen transfer students who have shown up and joined the football program since the winter of...
Behind thick brush on the banks of a canal in Oxnard, almost invisible from the road, about 18 homeless men and women pieced together a village long ago.
It dominated the pop-cultural conversation last week and helped drive its companion movie to a No. 1 showing at the weekend box office.
The debate over new taxes and fees -- a dominant theme in these final four weeks of the legislative session -- kicked off early Monday, with some Democratic lawmakers calling for a new tax on health insurance plans to pay for Medi-Cal and other social services.
Hitting theaters over the weekend, Guy Ritchie's big-screen reboot of the '60s television series "The Man From UNCLE," may just be the most stylish movie to hit the multiplex so far this year. We hopped on the phone Monday morning with the person most responsible for the film's fashion -- Academy...
Former Milwaukee Brewers manager Ron Roenicke is set to replace Lorenzo Bundy as the third base coach of the Dodgers, the team confirmed to The Times on Monday afternoon.
Scope maker Olympus Corp., already under investigation in connection with several superbug outbreaks, waited three years to tell regulators about 16 patient infections the company learned about in 2012, federal officials said Monday.
Edena Hines, the granddaughter of Morgan Freeman's first wife, was stabbed to death on a New York street early Sunday morning, and on Monday, her live-in boyfriend was arrested on suspicion of murder.
A Saudi-led military offensive against Houthi rebels in Yemen has scored major gains this month, including recapturing the strategic port of Aden and the country's largest air base, after the Pentagon more than doubled the number of American advisors to provide enhanced intelligence for airstrikes.
Vic Gumper and a buddy opened their first pizzeria in Berkeley nearly 18 years ago, expanding to Oakland, Albany and this 1.1-square-mile city best known for Pixar Animation Studios, big-box retailers and a biotech cluster.
Peggy Olwell has seen her share of forest fires, hurricanes and other natural disasters. She knows all too well what errant Mother Nature can do.
I'm Davan Maharaj, editor of the Los Angeles Times. Here are some story lines I don't want you to miss today. Subscribe to the newsletter TOP STORIES Gains in Yemen A military offensive this month led by Saudi Arabia against Houthi rebels in Yemen has begun to pay off with some key victories on...
Walk the floor of the D23 Disney fan expo, which concluded Sunday evening in Anaheim, and the biggest storyline was clear. Two of the largest exhibits were dedicated to the Disney parks - one a look back at 60 years of Disney history and one a look forward, a preview of the Shanghai Disneyland...
On paper, Jeb Bush is the perfect establishment candidate for the Republican presidential nomination:
Hidden in a dank alley, Hassan and his companions, young ethnic Kurds, clutched homemade firebombs and pump-action shotguns, with red bandannas covering their faces and white surgical gloves on their hands.
The tall man with the bushy black beard gestured at his dark blue jail uniform. His shirt barely reached his navel, leaving a swath of bare skin above his waistband.
For the last four years, a little-known civil rights office in the U.S. Department of Education has forced far-reaching changes in how the nation's colleges and universities police, prosecute and punish sexual assaults on campus.
The first thing Mansour, 10, and Fawad, 9, did when their parents handed them holiday cash was to rush to the corner market and buy plastic guns resembling a Glock and a Beretta.
Welcome to California Inc., the weekly newsletter of the L.A. Times Business section. I'm Business columnist David Lazarus, and here's a rundown of upcoming stories this week and the highlights of last week. Subscribe to the newsletter Looking Ahead Bills to ponder: Fixing roads and regulating...
Help is wanted in the cybersecurity field - and not just on the board of directors.