California

September 7, 2024

The Great American Family Car Ride

Three bridges, one toll. In the early 1980s, whenever we piled into the family sedan, my siblings and I would jostle one another for space in […]
July 19, 2024

Miley Cyrus Performs for Kendall Jenner, Law Roach and More at Gucci Event

They were also joined by Salma Hayek, Rumer Willis, Chloe Kim and Kim Petras at an event for Gucci at the Chateau Marmont. On Thursday night, […]
March 25, 2024

What ‘KateGate’ Says About Royalty, Celebrity and Internet Culture

Many Americans used to view the Windsors with excitement, even admiration, beyond that shown to other public figures. Are they basically Kardashians now? Once upon a […]
March 25, 2024

What ‘KateGate’ Says About Royalty, Celebrity and Internet Culture

Many Americans used to view the Windsors with excitement, even admiration, beyond that shown to other public figures. Are they basically Kardashians now? Once upon a […]
January 19, 2024

Courses in Wilderness and Survival Tactics Thrive in an Anxious Time

In the chilly dusk on a recent Saturday, nine people were creeping through the California hills. Their faces were painted in shades of green, yellow, brown […]
January 18, 2024

The TikTok ‘Tunnel Girl’ Is Not Alone

Hobby tunneling is a rare, but not unheard-of, pastime that has produced frustrated neighbors, media frenzies and at least one state landmark. A Virginia woman who […]
November 9, 2023

How the Rollettes Dance Team Created a Sisterhood for Women with Disabilities

“Transforming Spaces” is a series about women driving change in sometimes unexpected places. When Chelsie Hill dances in her wheelchair, her face tells you everything. She […]
October 30, 2023

Robert Irwin Helped Us See the Light

Being with Irwin as he watched and questioned everything around him, I learned that a work of art succeeds when it challenges our perceptions. Robert Irwin, […]
September 10, 2023

Salvation Mountain in California Searches for How to Save Itself

The folk art monument in the desert near the Salton Sea grapples with extreme weather, social-media-fueled tourism and its own tattering beauty. Salvation Mountain, a sculpture […]
August 17, 2023

Britney Spears’s Husband, Sam Asghari, Files for Divorce

The couple married in June 2022, just months after her conservatorship was ended in a Los Angeles court. Mr. Asghari is her third husband. Britney Spears’s […]