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 Start Your Political Engines We've had the summer of Donald Trump's bravado and Hillary Clinton's email. What will the fall bring? If anything is...
When Emma Donoghue was invited to a party at the Telluride Film Festival hosted by AMPAS, the Irish-born playwright and novelist didn't know what the acronym meant. Though Donoghue is the screenwriter of "Room," one of Telluride's breakout films, the awards-driven tenor of the festival, in which...
Even before new state test scores are released this week, one thing is already clear: Results will be lower than in years past. Probably much lower.
Beau Stephenson gets gigs as a voice-over actor in much the same way people order a car on Uber or find a date on Tinder.
Real NFL games start this week. That traditionally marks the beginning of the Los Angeles hibernation period, when talk of the league returning to the nation's second-largest market is shelved until the spring.
Hillary Rodham Clinton's use of a private email server while secretary of State may have been risky and politically unwise, but many experts in national security law predict it will not lead to criminal charges, based on what is known so far of her handling of classified government material.
When the State Bar of California began requiring some law schools to maintain a minimum bar passage rate to keep their good standing, one school pushed back.
The "king of the punks" can't believe what he's witnessing. John Lydon is watching CNN in his Malibu living room, and it's been wall-to-wall coverage of Donald Trump's flamboyant presidential campaign all day long.
All summer, voters have responded to the political establishment with a loud Bronx cheer, turning against anointed presidential candidates in both parties and upending the carefully laid plans of front-runners.
"Look up! Look up!" Kathy Looper beckoned to the small group embarking on a Tenderloin walking tour here last week. "It's important to look up and not just watch where you're stepping."
Conventional wisdom suggests that if you live in an area devoid of fresh, healthy food, you won't eat well. These so-called food deserts, the logic goes, are a root cause of the obesity epidemic.
The Kings Romans Casino is an island of extravagance in the Laotian jungle, its corrugated green domes arching high above the treetops.
Walt Disney Co.'s proprietary cloud-based movie service is now available to customers of Amazon Video and Microsoft Movies & TV.
Your guide to the California drought from the Los Angeles Times. Subscribe to the newsletter NEWS AND POLICY Future water policies: The water sector may well take a cue from the energy industry when it looks to the future on conservation. Water officials are hoping to use a mix of customer awareness,...
It was Jack in the Beanstalk night at the U.S. Open tennis tournament Monday.
While a raucous Angel Stadium crowd exchanged chants of "Let's go Dodgers!" and "Let's go Angels!" Monday night, Southern California's baseball rivals spent the evening exchanging jabs and counter-punches, the Angels answering Dodgers scoring rallies in the second, fifth and seventh innings with...
Corey Seager is finding that things happen a little faster in the big leagues than he expected, and he never anticipated how much adrenaline would surge through his body when he steps up to the plate.
The same three-word message has cropped up in recent days on walls and fences around San Francisco: "No more Chinese."
When a team is on a roll, good things just seem to happen. Calls go its way, soft hits fall in beyond infielders' reach and line drives find the gaps.
A blue whale that is believed to be tangled in fishing line may be in Mexican waters, authorities said Monday.
Guatemalans will have to wait to find out who will face TV comedian and political rookie Jimmy Morales in the next round of presidential elections. The nation's electoral authority declared Monday that it needed more time to determine who won second place in the initial round.
Martin Milner, who died Sunday evening at the age of 83, had an eclectic career that began in 1947 with the classic film "Life With Father." He costarred in the acclaimed 1957 drama "Sweet Smell of Success" and achieved TV superstardom with George Maharis in CBS' 1960-64 drama series "Route 66"...
When Dick Guldstrand went to France for the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race in 1967, getting there was half the fun.