Los Angeles (Calif)

September 4, 2020

The Work Diary of 88rising’s Pan-Cultural Hitmaker

For this year’s Coachella festival, the music mogul Sean Miyashiro planned to produce a groundbreaking festival showcase for 88rising. His Los Angeles-based pan-Asian music company scheduled […]
September 4, 2020

Overlooked No More: Before Kamala Harris, There Was Charlotta Bass

This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. When Kamala Harris […]
August 28, 2020

Keke Palmer Keeps a Check

If you have ever seen a peregrine falcon slice cleanly through the pale dawn to capture and dismember a starling midair, you have a rough idea […]
August 6, 2020

Why Influencers Won’t Stop Partying Anytime Soon

In late July, dozens of social media stars flocked to the Hype House, a Hollywood Hills mansion where several top TikTok creators live, for a birthday […]
July 20, 2020

‘Total Bellas’ Refuse to Be Knocked Out by Quarantine

When Nikki and Brie Bella, twin sisters who are also reality stars and recently retired WWE champions, found out they were both pregnant last November, they […]
June 22, 2020

Maurice Harris Is a Superstar

Every few days, the florist Maurice Harris goes to his local Home Depot in Los Angeles to get supplies for renovation projects that rarely have anything […]
June 22, 2020

Maurice Harris Is a Superstar. Can He Bend Capitalism to His Talents?

Every few days, the florist Maurice Harris goes to his local Home Depot in Los Angeles to get supplies for renovation projects that rarely have anything […]
May 13, 2020

Tabitha Brown Is Spreading Joy and Veganism on TikTok

“You want a smoothie bowl? Well, let’s make one.” Tabitha Brown is in her kitchen, cellphone in hand, filming one of the short videos that have […]
April 24, 2020

How to Make It in America as a Professional Falconer

Across all industries, workers are struggling through the economic slowdown. In California, urban falconers are hoping their jobs will be recession-proof. As the state slowly reopens, […]
April 23, 2020

Be a Friend to the Elderly, Get Paid

Bill Rodger, 91, often finds himself sitting on a worn flower-print couch in his living room in North Hollywood, Calif., facing a wall of accolades that […]