February 3, 2026, 6:31 a.m. Pacific time
Daniel Lurie has made small changes instead of addressing national tensions, and his approval ratings have been strong. It remains to be seen how long he can avoid the political fray.
Our critic Jason Farago shares what you shouldn’t miss in a city with as much culture off the silver screen as on it.
Through four seasons, it’s difficult to describe Lincoln Riley’s tenure as USC’s head coach as anything other than disappointing.
His introspective memoir tries to challenge the conventional wisdom about his upbringing, explores his marriages and airs a little dirty laundry — but says relatively little about politics.
When Berta and Jon Praeger got the opportunity to buy the house they had been renting, they redid almost everything.
The deal further intermingles Mr. Musk’s companies and creates the most valuable private company on earth.
“I don’t do this part very well,” the singer said, just before she seemed to award a Grammy to Luther Vandross, who died in 2005. Plenty of celebrities have made similar goofs.
The coyote struggled onto the rocky shore this month. It is the first documented coyote on Alcatraz since the island was transferred to the National Park Service in 1972.
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Linda Xiao for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Rebecca Jurkevich.
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