17 of the best L.A. trails for every type of visitor
Rock Pool and Century Lake Trails is a relatively easy hike in the Santa Monica Mountains that’s fully loaded with all of nature’s bells and whistles: a creek-adjacent trail, wide-open…
Gamer Tiffany Herrera shares L.A.’s best 5 Latino-owned businesses
Los Angeles helps keep Tiffany Herrera grounded.More commonly known as TiffyQuake on the internet, the 36-year-old influencer has built her career around her love for video games. Since 2010, she…
10 buildings that tell the story of L.A.’s Roaring 1920s, year by year
Then: From some angles, this theatrical collection of whitewashed walls and red roof tiles might look like another SoCal mash-up of Spanish Colonial Revival this and Mission Revival that. But…
The best staircase walks with ocean views in Los Angeles
On this five-mile staircase walk through downtown Long Beach, you’ll spot public art, buildings with rich histories and views of the Pacific Ocean from several angles. The path includes several…
101 best tacos to try right now in Los Angeles 2024
Robert Barajas Jr. wakes up every morning at 2 a.m. to start making birria horneada — “ovened,” he says. “We used to make it in the ground, now we use…
Critic’s favorites from the L.A. Times 101 Best Tacos guide 2024
Where there is a taco conversation in Los Angeles, there is debate. Or, as is often the case, less polite exchanges than the word “debate” can encompass. To live in…
Best restaurants and bars to visit in San Diego right now
Dining in San Diego is more compelling and wide-ranging than ever before.I say that trusting I didn’t miss a culinary heyday in the city’s way-back history. But over the last…
10 truly magnificent hikes in California’s state parks
Other states may have high mountains, vast deserts and scenic shorelines. California? It has a park system that contains all of it. Ancient redwoods grow along the mist-covered edge of…
Best beaches in Southern California for every kind of beachgoer
Jalama Beach is in the middle of nowhere. More specifically, it’s at the end of a gorgeous 14-mile country road that veers west from Highway 1, which splits from U.S.…
Watching ‘The Bear’? Here’s where to find Chicago’s foods in L.A.
It took “The Bear” to jump-start the popularity of the Italian beef, one of Chicago’s most iconic dishes, here in Los Angeles and beyond. But now that it has, the…