Josh Mitchell

Just getting through the day can now sometimes feel like an exercise in diplomacy, especially with disputes over COVID vaccines, mask mandates, and critical race theory in schools.

AAA expects more than 53 million people to travel for Thanksgiving this year, nearly matching pre-pandemic levels amid hopes of a semi-formal holiday season.

Playwright Sarah Ruhl has spent 10 years recovering from Bell’s palsy, a mysterious and sudden facial paralysis, while juggling motherhood and a writing career.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s new movie, “Licorice Pizza,” is about growing up and falling in love in the San Fernando Valley in the 1970s.

Koreatown performance artist Kristina Wong suddenly had no work when the pandemic began, so she started creating face masks.

A nuclear meltdown near the San Fernando and Simi Valleys was kept secret for 20 years.

A couple of dozen Malibu neighbors have been developing “community brigades” since the 2018 Woolsey Fire.

Big budget action movies with big stars have traditionally been the bread and butter of Hollywood studios.

Just 28% of voters approve of the job Vice President Kamala Harris is doing, according to a recent poll from USA Today and Suffolk University.