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A California law may help travelers recoup money they've lost

An L.A. woman was to fly from LAX to Toronto and back. The airline canceled the flight. It won't give her a refund nor will the booking agency.




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Brown butter works magic on this easy mac and cheese

Brown butter, which is simply butter cooked until toasty in smell and taste, enriches this easy mac and cheese recipe with a crunchy top.




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Column: Why we cook when the world doesn't make sense

Food gives us the immediate sense of satisfaction and comfort. Most important, it shows us that there is still beauty in simple things.




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Famed Basque restaurant Noriega Hotel in Bakersfield to close permanently

The restaurant, which served traditional Basque cooking enjoyed family-style, had been in business for 89 years.




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SOS: How to make Milo & Olive's addictive garlic knots

Milo & Olive gives us the recipe for their giant garlic knots, which the restaurant now also offers as a take-and-bake item




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Op-Ed: Ramadan in the time of the coronavirus

The solitude of social distancing gives the faithful an opportunity to reflect on the core principles of Ramadan.




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Easy desserts to make during quarantine

These simple sweets hit the spot every time.




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Bon Temps in the Arts District closes permanently, a casualty of the shutdown

Lincoln Carson has decided to close his lauded Arts District restaurant permanently because of the coronavirus outbreak.




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Join us for a live Cinco de Mayo cocktail demo

Join us on YouTube for a live cocktail demo at 5:30 p.m. PDT on Cinco de Mayo with Bricia Lopez, Pablo Moix and Christy Vega.




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Rotting food. Hungry masses. Chaotic supply chains. Coronavirus upends the U.S. food system

During the coronavirus crisis, food producers, distributors and retailers in California, producer of much of the U.S. food supply, scramble to adapt.




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All hail the old-school way of making Caesar salad

This classic Caesar salad recipe includes whole romaine leaves, homemade croutons and a coddled egg, but with an option to use mayonnaise instead.




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Surviving the Shutdown: San Pedro Fish Market has sold over 15,000 shrimp trays since stay-at-home started

San Pedro's historic waterfront market is offering discounted shrimp trays to draw in customers




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Want to make dinner in five minutes? Then it's time for scrambled eggs

This buttery, silky scrambled egg recipe comes together in five minutes and uses chopsticks to make cooking easy.




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I can make that: The excellent rice pudding at Pasjoli

Jenn attempts to make the rice pudding from Pasjoli in Santa Monica.




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Quarantined Laila Lalami tries "Middlemarch," falls asleep with "The Bell Jar" instead

In a coronavirus quarantine diary, 'The Other Americans' author Laila reads 'The Bell Jar,' recommends Kiese Laymon's 'Heavy' and watches 'Devs.'




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Op-Ed: If marijuana is essential during the coronavirus shutdown, why not books?

As are bread and milk, gas and aspirin, alcohol and marijuana, books should be available, with safety precautions in place, at the usual places we buy them in our neighborhoods.




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Mystery author Charles Finch gets stoned, masters Steely Dan and becomes a "candle guy"

In our latest quarantine diary, Charles Finch contemplates Kierkegaard, watches "Love Is Blind," gets the Led out and develops a candle habit.




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L.A. author Kathryn Scanlan on whether we're still 'The Dominant Animal'

Kathryn Scanlan, taut new story collection, "The Dominant Animal," probes power relationships in uncertain times. She talks about L.A. and COVID-19.




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Ross Thomas, the criminally neglected spy-caper author behind "Briarpatch"

Ross Thomas delivered 25 novels populated by colorful, chameleonic characters. Among them: "Briarpatch," now a USA Network series.




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Q&A: Author Cynthia Ozick will spend her 92nd birthday 'contemplating mayhem'

Cynthia Ozick, essayist and acclaimed novelist, shelters from coronavirus and discusses anti-Semitism, the Spanish flu and longevity.




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Tiger Woods makes golf history at the 2019 Masters: A look back

Sunday is when Tiger Woods made golf history, but Saturday is when he won the 2019 Masters and reestablished himself as golf's king.




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Home wrestling, masked dinners and lots of books: Kevin Wilson's Tennessee quarantine diary

The author of "Nothing to See Here" enjoys BennY RevivaL, furniture-breaking wrestling moves and lots of books in his quarantine diary.




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Apocalypse, you say? Writer Mark O'Connell has been there, done that

Author Mark O'Connell visited preppers, paranoiacs and prophets worldwide for "Notes From an Apocalypse." Now he says "the world will go on."




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New manga subscription service launches with a quarantine-friendly 2-month free trial

Read "Attack on Titan," "Somali & the Forest Spirit," "Fire Force," "Arte" and more with Mangamo, a new mobile manga subscription service.




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Marisa Meltzer still doesn't love her fat body — and that's OK

The journalist and author of "This Is Big: How the Founder of Weight Watchers Changed the World (And Me)" discusses the limits of "fat acceptance."




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Review: A western romance novel about a brawling Texas fiddler pulls its punches

Paulette Jiles delighted with her convention-breaking western romance, 'News of the World.' Her follow-up, 'Simon the Fiddler,' is just old-fashioned.




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Dystopian fiction has always been real for Ray Bradbury prize winner Marlon James

Marlon James, whose novel "Black Leopard, Red Wolf" pioneered queer fantasy, thanks Mary Shelley and "Moby Dick" for predicting our current crisis.




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Journal the pandemic and those weird grocery store trips — with help from Michelle Obama

Writer turns to guided journal for Michelle Obama's "Becoming" to grapple with anxiety and cabin fever during coronavirus crisis.




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Michelle Obama will read your kids a story by video on Mondays

Former First Lady Michelle Obama will be reading children's books in a weekly series of videos for Penguin Random House and PBS Kids through May 11.




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Mom, 13 cats, Bogart, a restless dog and no WiFi: Rick Bragg self-isolates in Alabama

The journalist has plenty of space in Alabama, but it still gets lonesome. Luckily there's Larry McMurtry, Humphrey Bogart and Jerry Lee Lewis.




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Laura Lippman comforts herself with old YA, actor Venn diagrams and costume selfies

What crime novelist Laura Lippman is reading and watching in quarantine




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'Station Eleven' author Emily St. John Mandel joins the L.A. Times Book Club May 19

Emily St. John Mandel chronicles a global pandemic and financial crisis in her novels, 'Station Eleven' and 'The Glass Hotel.'




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They came to make art in isolation; the pandemic forced them to stay

While guests of Provincetown's Fine Arts Work Center are stuck through June, canceled residencies across the U.S. endanger an artistic ecosystem.




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Android TV Boxes: The Ultimate Guide

Are you looking in to buying an Android TV Box and you don't know where to begin? Maybe you already have one but you have questions on how to set it up and install the best apps.

The post Android TV Boxes: The Ultimate Guide appeared first on Kodi Tips.




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The Ultimate Guide to Real Debrid

December 23rd: Real Debrid's Christmas promo is live! Click here for all of the details.
Real Debrid is the most popular option for Kodi users who want to access HD media with less buffer. Come learn about Real Debrid's cost, sign up process, setup, fidelity points, alternative, and more!

The post The Ultimate Guide to Real Debrid appeared first on Kodi Tips.




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Letters to the Editor: The coronavirus is America's chance to become a mature nation

America's optimism may have blinded it to the coronavirus. Now, with suffering a part of our daily life, we have a chance to become a mature nation.




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Letters to the Editor: Hubris and bad leadership made America a perfect target for the coronavirus

Warning memos were written. Research was funded. But what good is any of this if American leaders fail to act?




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Letters to the Editor: Why just a running mate? Joe Biden should name his entire Cabinet

These are extraordinary times, and Joe Biden has a number of legislators, mayors and governors who could fill an entire Cabinet.




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Letters to the Editor: I had to make many, many calls about my unemployment benefits. This is a crisis

Countless people have applied for unemployment benefits they cannot get. This can create a crisis worse than the coronavirus outbreak.




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Letters to the Editor: A Yosemite with no people and only animals is a sight to behold

Bears, deer and other animals are roaming freely in areas once packed by Yosemite tourists. It appears the coronavirus is teaching us something about humans.




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Letters to the Editor: You can order TP on Amazon, but you might not actually receive it

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.




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Letters to the Editor: Yeah, Trump is lazy, but underestimating him is dangerous

The president might not like to work, but the people who think and act for him are very effective at their jobs.




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Letters to the Editor: Every American needs an N95 mask more than a stimulus check

Cloth masks are not nearly as effective as N95 respirators and they give wearers a false sense of security against the coronavirus.




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Letters to the Editor: State governors, listen to your mayors who don't want to reopen

State preemption has been used against local governments on a number of issues; it would be a mistake for that to happen now amid coronavirus fears.




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Letters to the Editor: It's time to trade mass lockdowns for more tailored protection measures

Our healthcare system has not been overwhelmed. It's time to return to normal for most people while taking measures to protect the vulnerable.




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Letters to the Editor: Enforcing Trump's anti-immigrant policies makes no sense in a pandemic

The spouses of immigrants need economic help too so they can stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic.




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Letters to the Editor: Coronavirus isn't making cancer less deadly. Patients need treatment now

If you're a cancer patient, you should not avoid treatment because of the pandemic. Surgery and follow-up care cannot wait.




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Letters to the Editor: Your N95 mask might be worthless without a proper fit test

Healthcare providers undergo a complicated process to make sure their N95 masks are doing their job. Members of the public may have a false sense of security.




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Feedback: What readers think about petition to name Dr. Anthony Fauci 'sexiest man'

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.




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Letters to the Editor: It's finally time to demand Trump's resignation over coronavirus

It's too dangerous to have Trump remain president for another eight months during a pandemic. Let Mike Pence take over.