True West
THE SPIRIT OF THE WEST LIVES ON
OUR ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF DESTINATIONS ACROSS THE WEST SHINES A LIGHT ON THE PLACES THAT KEEP THE FLAME OF HERITAGE ALIVE.
8 min |
January - February 2026
True West
THE FRONTIER SPIRIT LIVES ON
Across the vast, storied landscapes of the American West, there are towns that don't just honor their pasts, they live them.
10+ min |
January - February 2026
True West
A YEAR OF WESTERNS ON HOLD
The year 2025 was a placeholder for Westerns. The most anticipated Western of the year, Kevin Costner's Horizon: An American Saga, Chapter 2, has yet to arrive.
5 min |
January - February 2026
True West
What HISTORY HAS TAUGHT ME
For my money the best Western movie is The Searchers. John Ford's masterpiece perfected nearly everything the genre had been to that point and shaped nearly everything that came after. That is true greatness.
2 min |
January - February 2026
Los Angeles Times
Trumpeter moves to the top of the Dodgers' playlist
[Plaschke, from D1]
3 min |
December 14, 2025
Los Angeles Times
ART SHOWS THAT BEGUILED
HERE WAS no shortage of engrossing art with which to engage in Southern California museums during the past year, although the considerable majority of it had been made only within the past 50 years or so.
4 min |
December 14, 2025
Los Angeles Times
FAT + FLOUR
IF A SLICE of beautifully made pie gives your soul ease, as it does mine, beeline to Fat + Flour.
1 min |
December 14, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Ventura’s effort comes up short in state bowl
Despite a late surge led by quarterback Garcia, Cougars lose Division 3-AA game.
2 min |
December 14, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Rio Hondo can't get Sonora off its back
Two small-school giants took center stage in the first game of the CIF state championship bowl tripleheader Saturday in Mission Viejo and showed how to play big-time football.
2 min |
December 14, 2025
Los Angeles Times
What’s in the works for CNN if Trump gets say
The president has attacked the network for years and wants new leadership.
5 min |
December 14, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Scott documentary reflects on sportscaster’s legacy
Before Stuart Scott, the exclamation “boo-yah” was used to express joy.
6 min |
December 14, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Young hiker still lost on Whitney
His family has made desperate appeals on social media for help
8 min |
December 14, 2025
Los Angeles Times
BEATDOWN GOES ON
The Huskies again trounce a Trojans team playing without its star Watkins
2 min |
December 14, 2025
Los Angeles Times
This is no time to make nice with China
AS THE SUN RISES on a new Trump-era geopolitical chapter, Washington confronts a defining choice: Will America view the People’s Republic of China and its regnant Communist Party through the rose-colored lens of transaction and diplomacy, or will it soberly recognize Beijing as America’s foremost geopolitical adversary in a multi-generational cold war?
4 min |
December 14, 2025
Los Angeles Times
City and LA28 still arguing over costs of Games
L.A. ON THE RECORD
3 min |
December 14, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Effects of the Federal Reserve's interest rate cut
The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point Wednesday for the third time since September, bringing its key rate to about 3.6%, the lowest in nearly three years.
3 min |
December 14, 2025
Los Angeles Times
What's in the works for CNN if Trump gets say
The president has attacked the network for years and wants new leadership.
5 min |
December 14, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Valenzuela gets these readers' votes for Baseball Hall of Fame
Very sad and disappointed to read about Fernando Valenzuela falling very short of necessary Hall of Fame votes.
3 min |
December 14, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Indiana quarterback Mendoza wins Heisman Trophy
Fernando Mendoza, the mercurial quarterback of No. 1 Indiana, won the Heisman Trophy on Saturday night, becoming the first Hoosier to win college football’s most prestigious award since its start in 1935.
3 min |
December 14, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Ducks tally first but not again in loss to Devils
Stefan Noesen, Paul Cotter and Cody Glass each scored to help the New Jersey Devils beat the Ducks 4-1 on Saturday and snap a five-game home losing streak.
1 min |
December 14, 2025
Los Angeles Times
NFL drafts plan for officials to hone their game
A memo sent to all 32 teams calls for more accountability and ability to cut bad refs.
1 min |
December 14, 2025
Los Angeles Times
A win-win for Rams, Lions
Dueling again, Stafford and Goff both have thrived since big trade
3 min |
December 14, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Israel says it killed a top Hamas commander in strike near Gaza City
Israel said Saturday that it killed a top Hamas commander in Gaza after an explosive device detonated and wounded two soldiers in the territory's south.
2 min |
December 14, 2025
Los Angeles Times
THE SONGS THAT KEPT POP GOING
POP MUSIC was not at all safe this year from the encroachments of an AI industry determined to slop-ify everything it can. Yet the proliferation of great songs — written, performed and savored by people — raised the hope that all is not lost. Here are the 25 best of 2025.
3 min |
December 14, 2025
Los Angeles Times
WHY ALBUMS WILL ENDURE
PILING ON, stripping down, looking back, pushing ahead: Musicians found all sorts of uses for the album form this year, long after the jukebox in your pocket first threatened its existence.
2 min |
December 14, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Exiting a situationship
I PURSUED A COMMITMENT WITH AN UNAVAILABLE MAN
4 min |
December 14, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Australia banned kids from social media. Shouldn’t we all?
LAST WEEK, Australia became the first country in the world to enact a social media ban for kids under 16.
4 min |
December 14, 2025
Los Angeles Times
THESE COMEDY SPECIALS STAND ABOVE THE PACK
WOW, 2025 —in the race to dismantle civilization, you certainly outdid yourself.
10+ min |
December 14, 2025
Los Angeles Times
CRACK THESE SPINES
BOOKS CAN be a refuge from (waves arms) all this, even when they take you deeper into the darkness of 2025.
8 min |
December 14, 2025
Los Angeles Times
MOVIES THAT WOWED
FUNNY THING about this year's best films: Half of them are adaptations.
8 min |