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The ocher leaves of the towering birch trees flutter in the warm breeze, shaking loose a confetti shower that blankets a forest promenade where Russian writers strolled for generations to drink in nature's inspiration.

The month was October.

The year was 1945.

The young man was Irvin Kipper, a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot who was back home in Los Angeles, itching to start his own business.

"He wanted to do something pleasant," says Don Kipper, Irvin's son.

Why?

Because on his 26th combat mission over Italy, Irvin...

NEW YORK — At the top of several steep flights of stairs behind the stage at Broadway's Golden Theatre, an unmistakable baritone voice boomed out of a dressing room door. "Are you feeling those stairs?" James Earl Jones asked. It was clear that the 84-year-old actor, who was snacking on grapes,...

Rarely do civil rights activists in the South object to monuments honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Dustin Yellin is an artist who comes in many guises.

In Vanity Fair last month, Yellin, posing naked but for mismatched socks and eyeglasses at his Brooklyn studio, was presented as the art world's "it boy."

Other images in the media collage that is his public history: Yellin break-dancing in Jay...

If the first two Republican debates were structured to maximize the rancorous "The Real Candidates of the GOP" potential, Tuesday night's Democratic presidential primary debate on CNN had a gentler, more "Parks and Recreation" vibe.

They held a boxing interview last week and a philosophy lesson broke out.

Suzan-Lori Parks has reason to feel like a million dollars: On Wednesday she will be announced as the winner of the $300,000 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, organizers said, raising her total arts prizes from the last 10 years into seven figures.

The Port of Los Angeles has failed to carry out vital pollution-reduction measures it agreed to make after a legal settlement more than a decade ago, according to a document released by the port.

When Li Yaqin was 16, she ate what her family could scavenge: dandelion leaves, alfalfa, rice sprouts, corn husks ground and pressed into cakes.

I'm Christina Bellantoni, and this is Essential Politics. Subscribe to the newsletter Going into the first Democratic debate, we knew Hillary Rodham Clinton needed to try and win over some of the supporters Sen. Bernie Sanders has ignited, especially in critical early nominating states. By the...

For Hillary Rodham Clinton, one of the most important audiences for the debate Tuesday night was the one here, in the city where the event took place.

Fellow cooking enthusiasts, Last week we lost one of our culinary heroes, chef Paul Prudhomme. After Julia Child, it was Prudhomme who really glamorized the kitchen, and he did it celebrating a cuisine unique to America. These dishes - his blackened redfish became a national sensation - weren't...

The ball spun off his glove in defiance. Clayton Kershaw spun through the air in frustration.

UC Berkeley officials are defending the disciplinary action taken in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against a well-known astronomer, as faculty and others call for harsher consequences for the professor.

While Clayton Kershaw redefined his postseason legacy Tuesday night, Kenley Jansen established his.

The season had been saved. Justin Turner was weary. His knee was barking. He sat stiffly at a table, his cap on backward, his trademark red beard looking particularly game-worn.

And it all started to unravel after the first 1 minute and 49 seconds of the season.

Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont may be Hillary Rodham Clinton's leading opponent, but for much of this year, the former secretary of State's biggest challenge has been herself.

Sharing a stage for the first time, Hillary Rodham Clinton and her Democratic challengers hashed out their differences Tuesday night over guns, foreign policy and Wall Street regulation in a pointed but largely polite debate that underscored the broad consensus among the party’s leading presidential...

Amid criticism from local business owners and residents, the Fort Bragg, Calif., City Council on Tuesday lifted a requirement that had forced restaurants to save water by serving patrons with disposable plates, cups and flatware.

It's almost the end of the Kobe Bryant era. Possibly in marketing, too.

Dozens of Democrats who gathered here to watch their party’s first presidential debate reached a broad consensus Tuesday night: 

Mike Scioscia said last week that he will return for his 17th season as Angels manager, choosing not to exercise an opt-out clause in his contract, but it will be with several new coaches.

The appeal hearing for Chase Utley has been set for Monday, so the Dodgers infielder will be eligible to play the rest of the National League division series before any further suspension could take effect.