Olympic figure skater Mirai Nagasu, who grew up in her parents' restaurant in Arcadia, is determined not to let the coronavirus close the family business.

L.A.'s street vendors are grounded and facing a new Goliath: COVID-19.

The best baking tip is measuring ingredients by weight, as professional bakers do, to ensure the most accurate and consistent results.

Home cooks can get sushi-grade fish and dry-aged steaks for cheap, but at what cost?

The revival of Tokyo Gardens' classic chashu shumai has been a much-needed bright spot during the pandemic — and a reminder of the resiliency of L.A.'s Asian American community.

Bill Addison names his favorite places for Vietnamese sandwiches.

Quarantined in Riverside, novelist Susan Straight watches "Gunsmoke" and "Gentefied" and gives away Judy Blume and National Geographic.

In "Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties," Mike Davis and Jon Wiener track the uprisings, outrages and elections that shaped the city.

On Tuesday, Simon & Schuster announced it will publish Alex Trebek's memoir, "The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life," on July 21.

The journalist ("The Looming Tower") and playwright ("My Trip to Al Qaeda") discusses his frightening and eerily prescient novel, "The End of October."

"Twilight" author Stephenie Meyer announced that she is expanding the fantasy franchise with "Midnight Sun," told from vampire heartthrob Edward's perspective.

It's insane to think life can return to normal soon when we haven't even figured out how to get enough milk and toilet paper into stores.

Some of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks have been linked to religious services, and the public's health trumps every other right.

Bears, deer and other animals are roaming freely in areas once packed by Yosemite tourists. It appears the coronavirus is teaching us something about humans.

A reader says it's nice to know she wasn't the only one who was apparently duped after she bought packages of toilet paper on the Amazon Marketplace.

Participants in the Stanford study self-selected, among other flaws. Its results do not reveal anything meaningful about the coronavirus.

Healthcare providers undergo a complicated process to make sure their N95 masks are doing their job. Members of the public may have a false sense of security.

Tech companies make money from our information. Why would their development of COVID tracking apps be any different?

If there are still crowded flights and TSA agents are not required to wear masks, how will we ever be able to return to normal?

The COVID-19 pandemic is a full-blown disaster, but if shortages mean Americans eat less meat as a result, then so be it.

Calls to open all beaches because Californians have a right to them are silly and dangerous. Gov. Newsom is making the right call.

"right to literacy": children learn to read mostly at home

Though Pedro Almodóvar's 'Pain and Glory' is semi-autobiographical, its themes of reconciliation and forgiveness are universal, says Antonio Banderas.

Brad Pitt has made many speeches this awards season. Without notes or a list of names to thank, his speeches have been sweet, sincere and funny.

Joaquin Phoenix, who discussed animal cruelty in his acceptance speech, was one of several famous vegans at the Oscars, including Billie Eilish.

Has Oscar style strayed to the casual side? You be the judge.

"Parasite" won four Oscars, including best picture, and emotions ran high among the film's supporters, particularly for director Bong Joon Ho's wife.

A Mediterranean Revival-style home once owned by noted makeup artist Percival "Perc" Westmore is for sale in the Hollywood Hills for $5.495 million.

It was the longest match in the history of the Buenos Aires tournament.

The Saturday Night Passover Seder that aired on YouTube over the weekend brought together dozens of celebrities and raised $2.6 million for the CDC Foundation.

The event, led by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the nonprofit group Global Citizen, told the personal stories of teachers and healthcare, grocery, delivery, postal and other workers.

Exclusive: The airline is currently operating at just 5 per cent of its normal level

The cuts come as travel bans have been implemented around the world

A make-believe trip is good for the soul, says Helen Coffey

Dubai-based airline's policies now more generous than most carriers

Plane Talk: Despite the industry's deepest crisis, air charter firms are busier than ever

Nearly 200 Romanian agricultural workers flown from Bucharest to London Stansted in first of series of flights to plug gap in workforce

The luckiest traveller in Europe in the past nine days? Andrew Gardner, an engineer from Milton Keynes. On Thursday morning, 15 April, he flew from Stansted to Oslo. About 10 minutes after he landed, the air-traffic control shutters came down over northern Europe, and remained closed for the next six days.

Passengers are struggling to claim money back during the global pandemic

Access to airport terminals is likely to be restricted to staff and ticketed passengers

Exclusive: the so-called 'Martini' offer means a passenger with a £40 hop across the Irish Sea and back could swap for a £900 return to Cyprus

'I really am disgusted with the way Ryanair has been treating its customers over refunds,' said passenger Steve Ashton

The world's cheapest places to chow down

Budget airline plans 15 routes from Luton to begin on 1 May

Food to be distributed to disadvantaged people across Manchester

Heathrow airport says passenger numbers fell 97 per cent in April

In a sweeping range of measures, the Canadian airline has stopped offering pillows and blankets – and removed its inflight magazine

Trump wants to dump Obama-era emissions regulations. Auto industry seeks regulatory certainty to guide future investment.

In 2017, 939 people were killed by vehicles running red lights, according to AAA. The numbers are rising at a far higher rate than overall U.S. highway fatalities.

The fight over emissions between California and the White House could last years.