Dr. Anthony Fauci deserves something like combat pay for guiding the nation with his scientific expertise while also doing enough not to get fired.

A writer criticized atheist activist Ron Reagan. In a sign of the times, that letter drew howls of protest from readers.

A reader says it's nice to know she wasn't the only one who was apparently duped after she bought packages of toilet paper on the Amazon Marketplace.

No Democratic candidates called for social distancing before Super Tuesday, and now the left is Monday-morning quarterbacking the president.

Even when he was being impeached, Trump still had a job to do. Nothing justifies his failure to take early action against the coronavirus.

A 2006 law requiring the Postal Service to pre-fund future retirees' health benefits has accelerated the agency's financial decline.

Calendar Feedback: Is competence sexy? Readers on whether it trivializes Dr. Fauci to call him 'sexy.' Plus, differing opinions on the Peter Zumthor design of LACMA.

If most beaches in Southern California are closed, so should those in Orange County, which attracted thousands of people on a hot weekend.

The Los Angeles County district attorney says work was already underway on reducing L.A.'s jail population before a zero-bail order was issued.

An Inglewood teacher distributes food to families before doing hours of instruction work online. She deserves praise and help.

Tech companies make money from our information. Why would their development of COVID tracking apps be any different?

If there are still crowded flights and TSA agents are not required to wear masks, how will we ever be able to return to normal?

Calls to open all beaches because Californians have a right to them are silly and dangerous. Gov. Newsom is making the right call.

Readers weigh in on a cellist's front-porch concerts and TV ads in coronavirus time, pop-up bookstores vs. bookmobiles; renegade designs for anew LACMA and more.

"right to literacy": children learn to read mostly at home

Californians feel hopeless, so some are protesting. The solution is to limit access to public spaces without completely closing them.

The Brown Act doesn't give officials any excuse they want to shut out the public from their meetings.

Sweden's death rate is high compared with those of its neighbors, who took much more drastic and appropriate action against the pandemic.

The president brooks no criticism and disregards inconvenient facts, much like the Chinese government he opposes.

Costume designer Arianne Phillips and Quentin Tarantino had a no tie-dye mindset going into the late-'60s-set film 'Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood.'

The Oscar-nominated animation shorts often share emotional themes, but they are a creatively diverse collection.

The five Oscar-nominated live-action shorts of 2020: 'Brotherhood,' 'Saria,' 'Nefta Football Club,' 'My Neighbors' Window,' 'A Sister.'

The motion picture academy's new museum should include an exhibit of the painful racist images created to maintain a system of dehumanization.

The success of Greta Gerwig's "Little Women" has been a boon for Orchard House, where Louisa May Alcott lived.

"Hair Love" filmmakers Matthew A. Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver discuss their animated short, which is nominated for a 2020 Oscar.

The Times examined the filmographies of the last five years' worth of lead-actor academy award nominees to see how many female filmmakers they've worked with.

Before the Oscars on Sunday, watch the wildly different and entertaining acceptance speeches Brad Pitt and Joaquin Phoenix have made this awards season.

"Jojo Rabbit" filmmaker Taika Waititi is the first person of Māori indigenous descent to win an Academy Award. He dedicated his win to indigenous children.

Join us backstage at the Academy Awards for behind-the-scenes bits with a jubilant Bong Joon Ho, an emotional Joaquin Phoenix, Billie Eilish, Spike Lee, Maya Rudolph and others.

"The Neighbors' Window" starts as an exercise in vicarious living and ends up as an experience in experiencing lives together.

"Joker" isn't the movie I'd give Joaquin Phoenix an Oscar for, but his greatness as an actor can't be denied.

While honoring last year's Governors Awards recipients, new Oscar winner Taika Waititi also saluted Los Angeles' ancestral lands during the 2020 Oscars.

The rules for the international feature category mean director Bong personally won three Academy Awards in the stunning "Parasite" march to glory.

Actress Rose McGowan called out Natalie Portman's Oscars cape that honored female directors, prompting Portman to defend her work made mostly with men.

Feelings about Oscar "In Memoriam" snubs from Luke Perry to "Lolita's" Sue Lyon, plus the best picture win for "Parasite," Kirk Douglas remembrances and lingering thoughts about Shakira and Jennifer Lopez at the Super Bowl.

Cynthia Erivo, Jamie Foxx, Louis Gossett Jr., Lena Waithe and HBO's 'The Wire' cast were honored at the 2020 American Black Film Festival Honors on Sunday.

The coronavirus pandemic has shut down theaters, which may result in big changes for the Oscars.

In his first in-depth interview as Academy Museum director, Bill Kramer talks budget, construction time lines and, most important, what you'll see inside.

Following 13 years of ownership, David Chokachi of 'Baywatch' fame has sold his Spanish-style home in the Miracle Mile area for $1.515 million.

After two years in Hollywood Hills, former Laker Tarik Black has put his three-story home on the market for $2.195 million.

In Palm Desert, singer-actress Abbe Lane and her husband, theatrical agent Perry Leff, have sold their golf course retreat for $2.91 million.

NFL lineman Matt Kalil, who was an All-American at USC, has paid $3.812 million for a gated estate in Pasadena.

After asking $30 million for their Bel-Air abode, actress JoBeth Williams and director John Pasquin have bought a Pacific Palisades home for $9.8 million.

From her sunny home studio in Glendale, Mimi G is building an online sewing empire, one stitch at a time.

Actor Joshua Morrow of "The Young and the Restless" fame has sold his remodeled home in Lake Sherwood for $4.85 million.

The eight-acre parcel of land on Kauai, which shelters a collection of tropical fruit trees, went for $4.2 million, about 60% more than Fleiss paid in 2016.

The oceanfront home of billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad is for sale in Malibu at $75 million.

L.A. Kings star Anze Kopitar has sold his Manhattan Beach home for $2.9 million, over $1 million more than he paid in 2008.

Actor Kevin Sorbo, famous for playing Hercules, is asking $3.95 million for his Mediterranean villa in Westlake Village.

In Newport Beach, baseball super-agent Scott Boras has paid $3.925 million for a stylish home a few blocks from the ocean.