I told my two roommates I was taking full sabbatical from dating. Taking a 'man-cation' was not a difficult decision. My last two dates had been total duds.

Zero-waste refill stations let you reduce plastic waste and potentially save money because you pay only for what you take. Here's where to find them.

Stroll and get inspired at 2020 Southern California garden tours.

There's sloppy play and misfires. At times, it's like you're watching a blooper reel. But L.A. Wildcats games are a Lambeau-leaping hoot. And a great value.

Millions of people around the world might be working from home for a while. Try to enjoy it.

Together we had woven a 10-year on-again-off-again story so obnoxious, the jokes we made about being like a couple straight out of a sitcom started feeling like a twisted reality.

Just because you're staying home doesn't mean you have to be lonely. How to set up video chats for a dinner party, game night, karaoke session and more.

Let's lean in to "hygge," an Norwegian word for "well-being," cozy togetherness," "fun," "safety and shielding from the world," "the absence of annoyance" and the notion that your home is, literally and metaphorically, giving you a "hug."

Plant nurseries are now offering curbside service: 'A resurgence of victory gardens'

It's not easy searching for virtual alternatives to social interactions and intimacy during a time of unprecedented social distancing. Here's how a pandemic is changing the game.

Theodore Payne offers 30-plus virtual tours of native plant landscapes.

Goodwill SoCal has closed its doors and appealed to Los Angeles residents to stop leaving discarded items at donation centers. It can create a health hazard.

Garden Calendar: Virtual edition! Yes, there is still plenty to see during this time of coronavirus.

People are decluttering while hunkering down at home. An expert shares tips on how to get organized during the coronavirus pandemic.

Many employees working remotely in the midst of the coronavirus crisis are competing with roommates for limited space, internet connection and attention.

Designer and lifestyle influencer Justina Blakeney doesn't have a therapist and that's OK; she can talk to her tillandsia.

Doesn't really pay for me to be appealing to my captors. They are snarky, and increasingly restless. They pass the long evenings mixing up different flavors of White Claw just for kicks, the way Millennials will.

A Malibu beach house designed by noted moderist architect Jerrold Lomax gets a makeover from Lomax's onetime protégé Zoltan E. Pali.

TV writer and producer Valerie C. Woods muses on benefits of being at home — and how you can be OK with it during coronavirus era.

I am in Florence, Italy, at culinary school, in a country besieged by the virus. Should I stay or should I go? There is no wrong answer.

Humor is my coping mechanism. It works well during the day. But, at night, it is hard not to lie in bed and worry.

There was only one way to avoid my coronavirus spiral, which had me thinking again and again about the end of "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World," about waiting for an asteroid to destroy the planet.

When can we go back to work? No one knows. Until then, try to be good to yourself.

Working from home with a bunch of plants is strange. Here's how my days go.

Art, kids and wildlife bring harmony to a Long Beach garden. Plus 10 tips on what to do in the garden while quarantined.

"Does loving your second child diminish the love you have for your first? Of course not."

My daughter would've been married this weekend. Like a lot of life events, it was postponed. But when it comes, what a day it will be.

Celebrate World Bee Day by participating in a global count of pollinators, including honeybees, with a free app available May 1.

If you're bummed over coronavirus beach closures, build one in your own backyard as the season's first heat wave hits SoCal.

You'll have to declare brutal warfare on the ants in your yard while embracing a tiny parasitoid wasp that eats its living prey from the inside out.

For the first time in my dating history, the lack of a second date had nothing to do with its inevitable lack of sex. So why do I remember Anthony so fondly? He's the boy who reminded me what I was worth, at the moment I desperately needed to hear it.

I come from a long line of stubborn, learn-the-hard-way women who never fit in, so maybe that's why I'm not a fan of Mother's Day.

Local health officials give catastrophic estimates of potential coronavirus deaths if stay-at-home orders aren't followed.

How does the Los Angeles Times coronavirus tracker work? The people who built and maintain it explain.

Blood centers are ramping up efforts to collect plasma from people who recovered from COVID-19 in hopes their coronavirus antibodies could save lives.

One in three cases of COVID-19 in Sacramento County have been linked to church gatherings, public health officials said.

The program had worked with labs in Wuhan, China, and around the world to detect deadly viruses that could jump from animals to humans.

China's multibillion-dollar wildlife industry is driven by corporate interests and traditional Chinese medicine companies whose animal-based remedies are prescribed as treatment for the coronavirus.

The CDC now recommends that the public wear cloth face masks while also urging that high-grade equipment be reserved for medical personnel.

Inhaled nitric oxide appeared to kill the coronavirus that caused severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, and it might work on COVID-19 as well.

As with many foreign doctors on the front lines of the pandemic in America, Vakkalanka's H-1B visa is tied to his employment, and he fears he could lose his status and get deported if he remains sick.

Coronavirus continues to spread, but the Trump administration disbanded the team that could have helped.

Miles de profesionales médicos extranjeros en un limbo inmigratorio

As Bay Area coronavirus infection rate eases, the focus turns to Southern California, especially L.A. County, with 6,000 cases and rising: a good week to "skip shopping altogether."

It's our visual prompt to stay away, but stay-at-home orders have given new purpose to caution tape.

Several groups of researchers are testing different methods to divert critically ill COVID-19 patients from needing ventilators in the first place.

Dr. Colleen Kraft was part of the Emory University team that successfully cared for America's first Ebola patients. She now is a cool-headed stalwart who is soothing nerves during the coronavirus pandemic.

The public should realize that COVID-19 cases are likely to rise when stay-at-home orders are eased, officials said.

With mechanical ventilators in short supply, doctors are scrambling to find alternatives for patients fighting the coronavirus. Here are some of their options.

Contrary to viral videos, the FDA says to not use dish soap to wash fruits and vegetables because soap is not meant for human consumption and could make you sick.