After dwelling in her two-bedroom house in Los Feliz for greater than a decade, Debra Weiss encountered an issue skilled by many renters in Los Angeles: She was evicted. “I moved into the apartment in 2014, and four years later, my landlord sold it to a wealthy family who bought it at a loss,” stated Weiss, 69, who works as a textile artist. “They knew they couldn’t evict us due to rent control.” On this collection, we highlight L.A. leases with type. From...

This yr is the Ebony Seaside Membership’s fourth annual Juneteenth celebration. The membership’s founder, Brick, is pictured holding the membership’s flag above his head. (Cerys Davies / Los Angeles Occasions) The Ebony Seaside Membership‘s priority is to create a space for Black beachside communities in Los Angeles. So, every year on Juneteenth, they transform a local beach into a full-blown festival, consisting of nonstop DJs, a vivacious dance floor...

“You don’t revere me anymore.” The phrases rolled off my tongue at my husband, who had been appearing unusually for a number of days. “All she does is spend money!” screamed up at me from the pc display. I wasn’t in love with my husband anymore. I did nonetheless love him and had deliberate to sacrifice my happiness to ensure he was taken care of till the top. Then he betrayed me and let me off the hook. I suppose I knew this present day would come. Cash was at all times the bane of our...

Likelihood is, you’ve seen (or heard) Judy Greer in one in every of her many roles over her prolific, multidecade profession. She’s performed Maggie Lang in “Ant-Man,” voiced Cheryl Tunt within the long-running animated grownup sitcom “Archer,” and appeared as Jennifer Garner’s bestie within the 2004 rom-com traditional “13 Going on 30” (the 2 are pals IRL too). She’s additionally becoming a member of the forged for the second season of Garner’s Apple TV sequence “The Last Thing He...

We’ve all been there: You’ve made plans with a buddy and been wanting ahead to the get-together all day. Possibly you turned down different invites to maintain this dedication otherwise you’re simply excited to spend time with somebody you want. You’re standing in entrance of your closet deciding what to put on when abruptly your telephone dings: “Hey. I’ve had the longest day and I feel like I just need to be in my pajamas,” a textual content message out of your buddy reads. “Let’s try...

The primary time Gene Kozicki drove to Lompoc to see a rocket blast off from Vandenberg Area Power Base, it was night time, and the entire scene reminded him of the film “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” The highway was blocked off. There have been police. Flashing lights. A man standing close to Kozicki had a radio scanner, and so they listened as a spartan voice counted down: Ten, 9, eight, seven … Over the hill, the place the rocket was on the pad, all was darkish. After which it...

Bin X. Nguyen got here of age within the mid-2000s on the top of celeb paparazzi tradition, watching MTV, poring over Teen Vogue, and following icons like Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie from his bed room within the suburbs of San Jose. “Escaping the mundane life of suburbia was really what influenced my childhood,” Nguyen says. “When I was 8 or 9, watching ‘America’s Next Top Model’ with the icon that is Tyra Banks and watching ‘Project Runway,’ I was really inspired by fashion....

Their friendship was rooted in a mutual love of mushrooms. Paul Stamets and Jeff Chilton met in 1978 in Olympia, Wash. Again then, Stamets was a pupil and aspiring mycologist, and Chilton was a industrial mushroom grower. Their mental bond grew so robust that within the coming years they wrote a e book collectively: The 1983 residence mushroom grower information “The Mushroom Cultivator.” It grew to become a bible for aspiring and beginner mycologists that also sells 5,000 copies...

At Santa Monica’s Foremost Avenue Neighborhood Backyard, every plot bears the mark of its tenant. Within the southwest nook, an aesthete’s low picket fence matches the stain of dual soil beds enclosed inside it. A number of spots down, a conservationist’s compost pile homes rotten fruit and plant clippings. Nestled amongst them, Mariel Rodriguez’s 175-square-foot plot is strewn with experiments: sheets of foil to discourage backyard rats, raised beds to attenuate shadow and plant cloches to...

They’re generally known as the “mow and blow” guys — the legion of predominately Latino gardeners driving pickup vans and trailers bristling with garden mowers, weed whackers and different yard-care gear as they have an inclination the yards of Southern California’s suburban neighborhoods. However Daniel, a gardener who has lived undocumented within the U.S. for 20 years, doesn’t consider himself that approach. He does much more for his shoppers — trimming crops, fertilizing and weeding...

The indicators appeared to be proliferating round Los Angeles — alongside Sundown Boulevard in Echo Park, in mini-malls on Pacific Coast Freeway, on aspect streets in Glendale and Venice: StretchLab, Stretch Zone, StretchSPOT, StretchMed. Deborah Vankin’s 50-minute stretch session included 13 stretches on both aspect of her physique. (Luke Johnson / Los Angeles Occasions) I’d been inquisitive about assisted stretching for some time. However I by no means thought to go...

Every now and then, whereas strolling Philly close to the Rose Bowl, I bump right into a canine coach named Eldon, who generously gives pointers. My cheesesteak-shaped beagle used to go on strike throughout walks, however he’s enhancing thanks partly to Eldon’s suggestions. I needed to jot down about that, however Eldon mentioned he’s principally retired and doesn’t want the publicity. His solely new purchasers, he instructed me, are canines who’re nonetheless combating PTSD from the...

p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> It’s 7 p.m. on a Thursday on the driving vary on the Westside’s Rancho Park Golf Course. At one finish of the raised platform, the stalls are principally occupied by polo shirt-wearing males quietly practising their swings. However on the different finish, a crowd gathers. Individuals of all backgrounds are vibing to hip-hop and Afrobeats enjoying over two transportable audio system and socializing over beer and snacks from the meals...

I had by no means earlier than been single in Los Angeles. My associate and I had moved right here from New York. I labored a really early shift at Sony Photos, pumping out movie grosses seven days per week, and he managed a co-owned restaurant in Hollywood with a shift closing late at evening. Our schedules didn’t match, and his nightly winding-down shift supplied much more extracurricular alternatives than my waking-up shift. The inevitable break up occurred, and together with the...

In our Not Boring Leases collection, we highlight L.A. leases with fashion. From excellent gallery partitions to short-term decor hacks, these renters get artistic, even in small areas. And Angelenos want the inspiration: Most are renters. Know somebody we should always profile? Inform us their story! Artwork director Mary Kenny remodeled her 600-square-foot condo in L.A. with budget-friendly DIY tasks and thrift retailer finds. Dec. 4,...

p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> As you climb the staircase to Debbie Lin and Na-Moya Lawrence’s second-story Hollywood condo, a scent begins to materialize. It’s earthy and calming — grounding, even — and by the point you open their door, the scent envelops you. That’s as a result of Lin and Lawrence have arrange their artisan fragrance firm, Samar, in a nook of their dwelling studio area. Sitting on a small foldaway desk is a precision scale the place the duo weighs...