The influences behind 'The Simpsons' Emmy-nominated scare fest
The long-running animated series' annual Halloween episode has been a fan favorite for its clever spoofs of popular genre fare since the first one arrived in October of 1990.
The long-running animated series' annual Halloween episode has been a fan favorite for its clever spoofs of popular genre fare since the first one arrived in October of 1990.
A hotter planet is generating more winter storms in the North Pacific Ocean, which in turn is producing taller waves, according to a new study. That could make coastal flooding and erosion even worse.
The short stories in Jamel Brinkley's second collection, 'Witness,' don't just reveal stories of violence, gentrification and racism — they put you inside them.
Lisa Gay Hamilton takes on the stern matriarchal role in 'Zora Howard's Stew,' a Pulitzer Prize finalist for drama in 2021, at Pasadena Playhouse.
Off-leash dogs are putting at risk the survival of the endangered California least tern and threatened western snowy plover at their habitat at the Santa Ana River mouth, experts say.
Everett Kalin, a 93-year-old retired seminary professor from Oakland, went viral with a video of him reaching the top of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park.
Firefighters and meteorologists look to a little-known metric called "mixing height" to understand how explosive wildfires spread in California without wind.
Cultural dominance. History-making album sales. Sold-out stadiums. Add them up, and Taylor Swift's current moment has little precedent in pop-music history.
Meters on freeway onramps are ubiquitous in Los Angeles. As is traffic congestion. A state engineer explains how the meters are helping traffic, even if you don't notice an improvement.
Dr. J created a stir with a top-10 list of greatest NBA players that lacked LeBron James and Stephen Curry. Shaquille O'Neal now offers his top 10.
No primary candidate with Trump's lead in the polls at this stage of the race has ever failed to get their party's nomination. But Trump is an unprecedented candidate.
A rural California school district scrambles to find teachers amid a national shortage. It will not offer transitional kindergarten, despite a new law.
The West Coast should become a leader in building and deploying floating wind turbines, which could be installed far enough from shore to have minimal impact on views.
Times photographer Luis Sinco photo essay along the Eastern Sierra's to see first hand the snowmelt that is finally giving way to summer.
Racism inspired the explosion of private religious schools after Brown vs. Board of Education in 1954. Cost to taxpayers may be their undoing.
Zillow data show the median list price for homes in Los Angeles fast approaching $1 million. The top 10 major metropolitan areas in America for median listing price in June were all in California, according to a Times analysis.
As Florida ocean temperatures rise, scientists race in a Noah's Ark-style mission to haul coral to safety in land-based tanks before they become extinct.
Mycorrhizal fungi are great at drawing greenhouse gases underground. Now scientists are discovering how much of a role they play in reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
GT's Living Foods' kombucha factory subjected workers to "deplorable and abusive and disturbing working conditions," according to a court ruling.
Nine years after President Obama created the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, park officials struggle to cope with hordes of visitors.
The U.S. women's soccer team struggled to fend off Portugal's relentless attack during a 0-0 draw and advanced to the knockout round of the World Cup.
An officer with the Whittier Police Department and another person were hospitalized after being injured by gunfire Monday night.
The investigation details the influence of lobbyists and other unelected power brokers on the city and comes amid an ongoing FBI investigation.
One person was arrested in a beach stabbing in Santa Monica that sent another individual to the hospital Monday afternoon, police said.
After Angus Cloud's death, 'Euphoria' creator Sam Levinson led tributes mourning the actor. Javon Walton, who played Ashtray to Cloud's Fez, spoke out as well.