hy 2020 Genesis G90 review: A worthy luxury sedan at a reasonable price By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 14:58:09 -0500 We drove the 2020 Genesis G90, the latest flagship from Hyundai's luxury arm: It's rich on details and sophisticated systems and discounted on price. Full Article
hy Now there's cushy camping on L.A.'s trail from Pacific Palisades to Malibu By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 5 Feb 2020 10:12:12 -0500 A new outfitter brings all-inclusive camping to the 67-mile Backbone Trail. Full Article
hy Out of unique ideas for Valentine's Day gifts? We're loving these geography pillows By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 7 Feb 2020 08:00:39 -0500 These sweet pillows designed by Catstudio husband-and-wife artists Terrell and Carmel Swan could be a cozy reminder of someplace special in your relationship — meeting at USC, for example, or that romantic trip to Yosemite or a honeymoon in Santa Barbara. Full Article
hy The upside of social distancing: How hygge can help By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 14:27:49 -0400 Let's lean in to "hygge," an Norwegian word for "well-being," cozy togetherness," "fun," "safety and shielding from the world," "the absence of annoyance" and the notion that your home is, literally and metaphorically, giving you a "hug." Full Article
hy Why Goodwill is begging all of us: Stop leaving your stuff at our door! By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 13:46:06 -0400 Goodwill SoCal has closed its doors and appealed to Los Angeles residents to stop leaving discarded items at donation centers. It can create a health hazard. Full Article
hy WFH got you stiff and sore? An ergo expert offers 8 tips to stay healthy By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 2 Apr 2020 11:07:27 -0400 Work from home ergonomics tips for coronavirus quarantine. Full Article
hy Why China's wildlife ban is not enough to stop another virus outbreak By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 2 Apr 2020 20:19:50 -0400 China's multibillion-dollar wildlife industry is driven by corporate interests and traditional Chinese medicine companies whose animal-based remedies are prescribed as treatment for the coronavirus. Full Article
hy California won't be lifting coronavirus stay-at-home rules anytime soon. Here's why By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 8 Apr 2020 10:47:25 -0400 The public should realize that COVID-19 cases are likely to rise when stay-at-home orders are eased, officials said. Full Article
hy What is herd immunity and why does it matter in the fight against coronavirus? By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 15:48:28 -0400 You've heard the term "herd immunity." Here's what it means and why it's important as we think about returning to something like a normal life. Full Article
hy Hydro Flask started out at farmers markets. Here's how it got so huge By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sun, 23 Feb 2020 08:00:29 -0500 How Hydro Flask water bottles became a hot fashion accessory is a story mixing environmentalism, self-care and the simple desire to keep drinks cold. Full Article
hy Artist Alexandra Grant discusses beauty, patriarchy and what her godmother taught her By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 14:23:23 -0500 Grant chatted with Goop founder Gwyneth Paltrow during a "no makeup" dinner, which made headlines last week. Full Article
hy What to watch tonight? Check out 'Queen & Slim' and learn why those snakeskin boots are so important By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 16:14:33 -0400 If you're self-isolating, then you have time to watch "Queen & Slim" and fall for those boots. The film is now available through streaming platforms and on DVD. Full Article
hy I'm the mother of a toddler. This is why I no longer live in fear. By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 11:00:00 -0400 I am the mother of a 20-month-old with a terminal disease. Full Article
hy Givenchy splits with Meghan Markle wedding dress designer By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 15:00:36 -0400 The designer of Meghan Markle's wedding dress and first woman to helm the house exits after a three-year run. Full Article
hy Our fashion critic reviews 'Making the Cut's' winning looks: 'Coachella-worthy' By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 21:06:19 -0400 Times fashion critic Adam Tschorn offers his thoughts on Episodes 7 and 8 of Amazon's fashion competition 'Making the Cut.' Full Article
hy When a DIY haircut goes tragically, hysterically wrong By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 11:00:57 -0400 Thinking about picking up the scissors during this coronavirus shutdown? Beware! Here's one mother's memory of an epic DIY haircut that went memorably (and hysterically) wrong. Full Article
hy California needs nurses. So why is the state about to give up 10,000 prospects? By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 08:00:35 -0400 California regulations may prevent thousands of nursing students from graduating, despite frantic effort to boost numbers of healthcare workers amid the pandemic. Full Article
hy Why your high school kid may be taking the SAT test at your kitchen table By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 14:22:27 -0400 SAT tests for high school students may be taken online and at home if coronavirus forces schools to stay closed this fall, the College Board announced. Full Article
hy Op-Ed: The sale of the dot-org registry to a private equity firm was just blocked. Here's why it matters By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 1 May 2020 03:12:48 -0400 ICANN was right to block the Internet Society's proposed sale of the Public Interest Registry to an investment fund. Full Article
hy Op-Ed: Sweden refused to impose a coronavirus lockdown. The country's ambassador explains why By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sat, 2 May 2020 06:00:34 -0400 Instead of shutting down all schools, forcing people to stay home and closing businesses, Sweden's strategy relies heavily on voluntary measures and on individual responsibility. Full Article
hy Editorial: Why you need to respond to the census (you have the time) By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sun, 3 May 2020 06:00:27 -0400 Voluntary response rates to the 2020 census reveal social inequality — and spotlight how crucial an accurate count is to Los Angeles and California. Full Article
hy Why shut down his own coronavirus task force? Trump wants someone to blame if things get worse By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 5 May 2020 18:34:08 -0400 Vice President Mike Pence says the cornavirus task force could end in early June. Why? Full Article
hy Granderson: Why did Michael Jordan never use his giant megaphone? White America didn't want to hear it By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 16:38:41 -0400 Jordan could win the adoration of white America, but only as long as he didn't talk about what it meant to be black in America. Full Article
hy Commentary: MOCA should not be furloughing staff during the coronavirus crisis. Here's why By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 9 Apr 2020 14:12:46 -0400 The $2.2 trillion CARES Act was designed for small businesses like MOCA. Using relief funds would help to keep the staff at full employment. Full Article
hy Why Joaquin Phoenix's Oscar speech doesn't seem so crazy in our coronavirus times By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 10:00:48 -0400 How can artists respond to the COVID-19 pandemic? Joaquin Phoenix's much-ridiculed Oscar acceptance speech actually suggests an answer. Full Article
hy Why artist Pilar Castillo made this hyper-real but very fake U.S. passport By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 11:03:13 -0400 L.A. artist replaces the Statue of Liberty and Mr. Rushmore with migrant farmworkers, enslaved domestic workers and interned Japanese Americans. Full Article
hy Stephen Sondheim's 90th birthday bash reminds us why his music remains so radical By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 18:44:24 -0400 The best performances in "Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration" showed how the composer doesn't traffic in formulas. Full Article
hy Column: Why we cook when the world doesn't make sense By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 10:00:41 -0400 Food gives us the immediate sense of satisfaction and comfort. Most important, it shows us that there is still beauty in simple things. Full Article
hy Restaurant vendors are now selling to the public. Here's why it might hurt them instead of help. By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 21:06:45 -0400 Home cooks can get sushi-grade fish and dry-aged steaks for cheap, but at what cost? Full Article
hy Op-Ed: If marijuana is essential during the coronavirus shutdown, why not books? By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 06:00:24 -0400 As are bread and milk, gas and aspirin, alcohol and marijuana, books should be available, with safety precautions in place, at the usual places we buy them in our neighborhoods. Full Article
hy Kathy Valentine's hair-raising memoir 'All I Ever Wanted' recounts the Go-Go's wild ride By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 2 Apr 2020 15:09:22 -0400 Kathy Valentine's hair-raising memoir recounts life before, during and shortly after the Go-Go's ascended to become the darlings of the MTV generation. Full Article
hy Review: Queer authors reinvent the artist biography as revisionist memoir By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 13:04:35 -0400 Jenn Shapland's "My Autobiography of Carson McCullers" and Mark Doty's "What Is the Grass," about Walt Whitman, are hybrid memoir-biographies. Full Article
hy Review: Was Andy Warhol a saint or scourge, genius or dolt? A new biography befits a great life By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 10:00:13 -0400 Blake Gopnik's definitive 'Warhol' gathers up all the receipts on the blank icon who stormed the barricades of art, only to serve it up to commerce. Full Article
hy Colson Whitehead wins second fiction Pulitzer, Ben Moser's 'Sontag' wins for biography By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 4 May 2020 17:45:29 -0400 Colson Whitehead, Ben Moser, Jericho Brown, Anne Boyer and Greg Grandin are the 2020 recipients of Pulitzer Prizes for books. Full Article
hy Why are entertainers so depressed? Comedian John Moe has been asking for years By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 5 May 2020 10:00:05 -0400 He's interviewed Neko Case, Jeff Tweedy and Maria Bamford about depression. With his new memoir, "The Hilarious World of Depression," John Moe looks inward. Full Article
hy Letters to the Editor: Why just a running mate? Joe Biden should name his entire Cabinet By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 06:00:32 -0400 These are extraordinary times, and Joe Biden has a number of legislators, mayors and governors who could fill an entire Cabinet. Full Article
hy Letters to the Editor: 'Liberate' protests show why Trump is such a dangerous president By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 17:01:54 -0400 Protesters violating every rule on fighting COVID-19, with the support of the president, show how badly we need competent leadership. Full Article
hy Letters to the Editor: Why the Stanford blood antibody study might not be very useful By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 06:00:48 -0400 Participants in the Stanford study self-selected, among other flaws. Its results do not reveal anything meaningful about the coronavirus. Full Article
hy Opinion: These protestors crying oppression get almost no sympathy from readers By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 06:00:32 -0400 Rarely does any group of people draw so many howls of protest from readers as the anti-lockdown demonstrators. Full Article
hy Letters to the Editor: Why you shouldn't shame the shopper wearing gloves and an N95 mask By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 06:00:45 -0400 Someone wearing gloves and an N95 mask likely had a stockpile at home before the pandemic hit. Full Article
hy Feedback: Why a front-porch concert is so moving in coronavirus era By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sat, 2 May 2020 12:06:55 -0400 Readers weigh in on a cellist's front-porch concerts and TV ads in coronavirus time, pop-up bookstores vs. bookmobiles; renegade designs for anew LACMA and more. Full Article
hy Letters to the Editor: The Democratic Party's #MeToo hypocrisy on Joe Biden is stunning By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sun, 3 May 2020 06:00:21 -0400 Democrats who expect all voters sick of President Trump to vote for Joe Biden are insulting people who care more about the issues than the party. Full Article
hy Anthony Hopkins won't dissect his 'Two Popes' role. Here's why By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 10:00:02 -0500 Casting himself as being a sinner on borrowed time, 'Two Popes' actor Anthony Hopkins has one rule for life: Be kind. Full Article
hy 'The Neighbors' Window,' a story of voyeurism and empathy, wins the live-action short film Oscar By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sun, 9 Feb 2020 20:58:05 -0500 "The Neighbors' Window" starts as an exercise in vicarious living and ends up as an experience in experiencing lives together. Full Article
hy Why Bong Joon Ho actually won three Oscars this year, not four By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 14:53:13 -0500 The rules for the international feature category mean director Bong personally won three Academy Awards in the stunning "Parasite" march to glory. Full Article
hy Tesla's Smart Summon is a glitchy 'science experiment,' Consumer Reports says By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 9 Oct 2019 14:48:42 -0400 Smart Summon, the feature that lets Teslas drive themselves through parking lots, is drawing increasing criticism. Full Article
hy News Analysis: If Elon Musk's tweets are nonsense, why does he use them to break Tesla news? By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 09:00:18 -0500 In the "pedo guy" trial, Musk's lawyers dismissed Twitter as a "not a source of facts." Full Article
hy One man, two missions: Hyper-efficient EVs and hyper cars By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sat, 28 Dec 2019 09:00:15 -0500 We all love a good David vs. Goliath story — Ford vs. Ferrari (in 1966, or the 2019 movie version), Steve Jobs vs. Microsoft, Harry Potter vs. Voldemort. Not many, however, feature David going up against two separate Goliaths. Meet Jason Castriota. Full Article
hy There's a new No. 2 pickup truck. Here's why Ram 1500 just passed Chevy Silverado By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 09:00:23 -0500 The Ram 1500 has knocked Chevy's Silverado out of second place in pickup-truck sales. Full Article
hy Your Tesla could explain why it crashed. But good luck getting its Autopilot data By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 09:00:16 -0500 Tesla's Autopilot and other driver-assist systems might enhance safety, but manufacturers can keep the data under wraps. Full Article