Los Angeles Times
Using children as excuse to target LGBTQ+ families
The latest nauseant from MAGA types pretending to care about children was dished up two weeks ago, but amid the internment of kindergartners, the slashing of funds to catch child predators and a measles outbreak at a detention center, you are forgiven for missing it.
4 min |
February 10, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Homes in SoCal are least affordable to buyers
L.A., Long Beach are among hardest places in world to purchase a house, survey says.
2 min |
February 10, 2026
Los Angeles Times
L.A. mayoral candidate Raman resists labels
Mix of stances on issues like housing, policing, transportation confound allies and critics alike
5 min |
February 10, 2026
Los Angeles Times
U.S. assured first medal in mixed doubles curling
Korey Dropkin and Cory Thiesse guaranteed the U.S. its first Olympic medal in mixed doubles curling, reaching the final Monday with a 9-8 victory over Italy.
4 min |
February 10, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Bad Bunny places joy center stage
The Latino superstar lights up a halftime show replete with Puerto Rican imagery.
3 min |
February 10, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Factory farming of fish is brewing super pathogens
THE FEDERAL government recently released new dietary guidelines aimed at “ending the war on protein” and steering Americans toward “real foods” — those with few ingredients and no additives.
5 min |
February 10, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Novo sues Hims & Hers to halt copycat obesity pill
Rival is breaching U.S. patent on its Wegovy drug, Danish firm says. Hims drops its plan.
3 min |
February 10, 2026
Los Angeles Times
A duty to save wild animals from suffering
THE INTERNET occasionally erupts in horror at disturbing images of wildlife: deer with freakish black bubbles all over their faces and bodies, sore-ridden squirrels, horn-growing rabbits.
3 min |
February 10, 2026
Los Angeles Times
A blow to Trump's immigration raids
Standing up to lies and brutality can start with something small, such as a whistle
6 min |
February 10, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Kim fully confident for halfpipe event despite injured shoulder
Reigning Olympic champion says torn labrum may have improved her stability.
2 min |
February 10, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Former first daughter has her ‘dream job’ in L.A.
Barbara Bush, the NBA’s VP of social impact, is helping plan for the All-Star Game.
3 min |
February 10, 2026
Los Angeles Times
L.A.'s warm stretch turning cooler — and rainy
Recent summer-like conditions will end. Showers are forecast to start Tuesday.
2 min |
February 10, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band unites generations
The Long Beach-born group is marking 60 years of music-making with its latest EP.
5 min |
February 10, 2026
Los Angeles Times
DIVERSITY IS NO JOKE FOR THESE COMICS
Joy Sauce launches series on Amazon Prime as part of effort to amplify Asian American voices across media landscape
3 min |
February 10, 2026
Los Angeles Times
At last, his first DGA victory
The directing win for Anderson is believed to be a bellwether for an Academy Award.
4 min |
February 10, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Lead singer of 3 Doors Down
The Mississippi rock band broke out in 2000 with the hit song ‘Kryptonite.’
2 min |
February 10, 2026
Stereophile
Technics SL-50C
Every first love leaves a strong impression. Hopefully it’s a good one.
10+ min |
March 2026
Stereophile
Bob Dylan Through the Open Window
Columbia Legacy has released Vol.18 of the Bob Dylan Bootleg Series. Through the Open Window covers the years 1956–1963. The collection is available as three physical sets: two-CD or four-LP “Highlights” versions that contain 42 tracks, and an eight-CD “Deluxe Edition Box Set” that contains 139 tracks and has a running time of 8 hours, 59 minutes. The “Highlights” package is available streaming at 24/192, but the other 97 tracks are only available in the big box. That big box also includes a 124-page hardback book containing full credits, 100 photos, and liner notes—really a substantial monograph—by Sean Wilentz, professor of American History at Princeton University and author of the book Bob Dylan in America.
7 min |
March 2026
Stereophile
Kind of a 'pinch me' situation
In these days of industry transformation, acquiring a brick-and-mortar hi-fi store is not for the faint of heart. That's just what 41-year-old Brandon Bartee did in August 2025. Bartee acquired Audio Concepts from Mark Ashworth, who was celebrating the store’s 40th anniversary, all 40 years under his ownership. Ashworth has been consulting for the store since the acquisition and will continue to do so for another few more months. Audio Concepts has been in the same location in North Dallas, near Preston Hollow, an affluent neighborhood about six miles north of downtown, for 37 of its 40 years. The store has four isolated demo rooms and a few other listening areas.
3 min |
March 2026
Stereophile
INDUSTRY UPDATE
UK-based Cambridge Audio has closed its US subsidiary and partnered with Fidelity Imports, based in Manalapan, New Jersey, and Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania.
10+ min |
March 2026
Stereophile
New digs
It's difficult to put a positive spin on moving. A recent survey ranked it as life's most stressful event, ahead of divorce, losing a job, or becoming a parent. Forty-two percent of respondents said it brought them to tears. Thirteen percent said it was worse than a week in jail.
10+ min |
March 2026
Stereophile
Ruark Sabre-R
Like many aging American music lovers, my earliest memories include watching the televised supernova that was The Beatles performing on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964.
10+ min |
March 2026
Stereophile
The passing of two Americana greats
Just before Christmas 2025, American music suffered two irreplaceable losses with the passings of Raul Malo (December 8) and Joe Ely (December 15). While a lot of musicians exist on the artistic and commercial fringes, Malo and Ely were foundational artists, gifted creators and performers who refused to be confined by artistic boundaries. Though not without their struggles, each eventually found widespread respect and success. Each leaves behind a significant body of wonderful recordings.
3 min |
March 2026
Stereophile
Vernon Runs the Hoodoo Down
Once and forever iconoclast Vernon Reid, the Britain-born guitarist for iconic American band Living Colour, is perpetually in pursuit of sonic excellence, regardless the point of entry. “A lot of different things have attracted me—everything from gentle breezes to thunder and lightning,” Reid told me during a recent Zoom interview. “I’ve straddled two centuries where I’ve been on a mission to explore different emotions, different modalities, and different ways of using the guitar.”
3 min |
March 2026
Stereophile
The Rolling Stones v3.0
In the Rolling Stones' long history, the Mick Taylor era was a peak, if not the peak. Taylor, who replaced cofounder Brian Jones in the late 1960s, proved a great musical foil for Keith Richards. He was a technical wizard on the guitar; those fluid higher-octaves riffs and runs were the perfect counterpoint to Richards's jabbing and stabbing and growling style. At heart, he was a bluesman, so a great fit for a band named after a Muddy Waters tune. The run of albums from Let It Bleed through It's Only Rock 'n Roll took the Stones' music in new directions and set the standard for tight, fast, and loose arena rock circa the early 1970s.
3 min |
March 2026
Stereophile
TALE of the TAPE
RHINO LAUNCHES REEL-TO-REEL TAPE SERIES UNDER ITS HIGH FIDELITY BRAND
7 min |
March 2026
Stereophile
HI-FI as ART
Since founding Ojas in the 1990s and applying the name to his audio components, Devon Turnbull has mined a young audience that the traditional hi-fi industry has struggled to reach.
10+ min |
March 2026
Architectural Digest US
Indian Wedding
Teaming up with Mumbai's Æquō gallery, Kelly Wearstler infuses age-old craft with a signature splash of Southern California cool
2 min |
March 2026
Architectural Digest US
LOVE SPELL
FOR HER GROOVY PLEASURE PALACE IN HOLLYWOOD, MUSICIAN SCOUT WILLIS BRINGS FANTASY TO LIFE
4 min |
March 2026
Architectural Digest US
FIT TO PRINT
For the LA-based textile designer Josie Ford, founder of Studio Ford, every collection offers a window into her latest obsession.
1 min |