Earlier than the Eaton fireplace got here in January, Altadena was a lush, inexperienced suburb. Hailed for its proximity to the mountains, its streets lined with majestic century-old timber, and its gardens, the group was a haven for these in search of a spot to reside that felt linked to nature. After the hearth, complete blocks have been diminished to reveal grime tons. Stand on simply the precise nook and also you’ll see clearly for lots of of ft — views previously filled with bushes and...

When Natalie Babcock and Samuel Gibson discovered an inventory for a sunny house in Beachwood Canyon 5 years in the past, they instantly fell for the 2 bed room’s charming built-in bookshelves, fake fire, hardwood flooring and formal eating room. Sensible facilities corresponding to an in-unit laundry and a storage, which are sometimes elusive in Los Angeles leases, didn’t harm. On this collection, we highlight L.A. leases with fashion. From excellent gallery...

What are your ideas on companions persevering with to observe ex-lovers on social media? Let’s transcend the digital realm for a second and think about the crux of this ache level, which reveals a conundrum that reaches far past our telephones. There’s a psychic menace to 1’s emotional security in a relationship when a companion nonetheless maintains connections, indirectly, to previous lovers. The reality is that there’s no black-and-white reply to this...

Joe and Arline Halper liked their home, their neighborhood and their life-style in Pacific Palisades, and the plan was to remain there indefinitely. Whilst Joe hit 95 and Arline approached 89, neither of them considered themselves as previous, and Arline had no urge for food for transferring to what she referred to as an age-specific setting. Comparable to a retirement neighborhood. Steve Lopez Steve Lopez is a California native who has been a Los Angeles...

Eckhaus Latta’s the Snap After promoting out of their first bag design, the Snap, Eckhaus Latta is re-releasing it in three new colours: Bone, an understated off-white, Neglect, a dreamy sky blue, and navy, a basic tone to spherical out the gathering. (The unique inexperienced and black colours are additionally restocked.) The rounded leather-based bag has a worn-in ‘90s feel, spacious enough for keys, lipsticks and forgotten love letters. The Snap is characterized by...

I walked into the Los Feliz homosexual bar wearing my New York Metropolis greatest: leather-based pants, a crisp top-buttoned white shirt, sneakers, silver jewellery and a cow-print bucket hat. We had matched on Hinge, and he or she instantly provided to introduce me to the L.A. lesbian scene. Solely a month into my transfer again to the West Coast, her invitation intrigued me. I used to be contemporary out of a year-and-a-half-long monogamous relationship that ended shortly after my ex and...

It guarantees the advantages of a ten,000-step stroll in simply half-hour. No gymnasium membership required. Only a pair of sneakers and a willingness to alternate between brisk and slow-paced strolling in three-minute bursts. Dubbed “Japanese walking,” the newest viral health pattern is throughout TikTok and has folks questioning whether or not this short-interval exercise can enhance well being extra effectively than a standard stroll. The pattern has unfold throughout social media and...

The Hollywood Premiere Motel doesn’t get a variety of rave critiques — in actual fact, it’s among the many lowest ranked lodgings within the metropolis. However because of its mid-century Googie design, it’s the first motel to affix the L.A.’s Historic-Cultural Monument Listing. The Metropolis Council authorised that designation on Wednesday, singling out the 1960 motel and its weathered neon signal as prime examples from the glory days of roadside structure. There was no opposition...

p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> On a latest 90-degree morning, a dozen or so gals and a pair guys of various ages and sizes, some carrying flamboyant retro leg heaters and spandex, stand outdoors of a scorching pink and black Burbank storefront. They’re all about to combat for his or her lives and check their endurance throughout an hour-long exercise like no different. Whereas they bounce, kick and punch, menacing monsters and serial killers (Pinhead from “Hellraiser,”...

We deserve attractive issues, OK? Like simmering in a max-capacity Jacuzzi whereas consuming a dripping watermelon paleta and listening to author Paige Elkington speak about what occurs while you sleep along with your movie star crush. L.A. descended into the steamy lair of Spa Palace’s pool room for Substack’s sold-out bathhouse literary studying final week, aptly titled “A Night of Desire.” In between exhausting seltzers and gelato, company disrobed right...

With a playful spirit and a childlike sense of curiosity, it’s maybe no shock that the whimsically named Museum of Make Imagine appealed immediately to a younger viewers. The Laguna Seashore area, a 1,000-square-foot love letter to fairy tales, is a fantastical, mystical wonderland, the place fables of misplaced love, ghostly pets and irresistible avarice are instructed through miniature installations and ornate, storybook artwork. Its founders, nonetheless, had a unique viewers in thoughts....

p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Isa Beniston and Scotty Zaletel are romantics. Not simply of their love for each other, which they’re as vocal about three years in as budding highschool crushes, but additionally in the best way they describe the contents of their 412-square-foot one-bedroom house. They’ll recall the season they found every treasure — from fruit-shaped throw pillows to greater than 30 animal portraits — and the cross streets of the flea...

Critical liver illness is turning into extra frequent amongst People who drink closely, in line with a brand new examine from Keck Drugs of USC. It’s not that extra persons are partying with alcohol. And it’s not that the drinkers are having extra drinks. It’s that extra of the individuals who drink repeatedly have gotten sick. Over the past twenty years, the share of heavy drinkers who’ve superior liver scarring jumped from 1.8% to 4.3%. For ladies, greater than 1.5 drinks per night...

He was all the things I wasn’t. A New Yorker from a rich household, a movie producer who moved simply amongst well-known individuals, referred to as them by their first names and went to Nobu with them for dinners that price nearly as a lot because the month-to-month lease for my rent-controlled residence. His house in Pacific Palisades included a pool and guesthouse. His full-time maid adored him. He ordered breakfast in from Café Vida as routinely as I’d put a letter out for the...

After starring in a number of back-to-back tasks over the previous six months, Jack Quaid has been desperate to lastly settle in for a bit. “It’s amazing that I get to do this job, but I do find myself missing home a lot,” Quaid says from his Los Angeles house, which he shares along with his girlfriend and “The Boys” co-star Claudia Doumit. “So it will be nice to really connect with the people I grew up with and the place I’m from.” In Sunday Funday,...

Pet father or mother. Fur child. Doggy daycare. Because the mid-2010s, these monikers have adorned myriad T-shirts and tote baggage — like quotes from a basic sitcom. However in fashionable L.A., they’re no joke. Los Angeles is a canine city, no bones about it. On this weeklong sequence, we dig into the obsession. In Beverly Hills, retirees push their toy poodles in strollers. In Eagle Rock, millennials dine with their lapdogs. When these canine homeowners talk...