Venice Family Clinic Art Walk, a fight to save L.A. youth orchestras and your guide to L.A. culture this week
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CALMATTERS: California restaurants shouldn’t be shocked law banning ‘junk fees’ applies to them | Columns
Last Friday, a friend and I met at a chain restaurant in Sacramento for our customary weekly lunch. Both of…
L.A. Times’ former film critic Justin Chang wins Pulitzer Prize
Former Los Angeles Times film critic Justin Chang was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for criticism on Monday. Chang was honored…
Stars Wars Day, Alice Wang’s extraterrestrial art and more LA culture
Hello and May the 4th be with you! From a cultural galaxy near, near by, the Essential Arts newsletter is…
CALMATTERS: Lagging revenue continues to drive California budget deficit as deadline nears | Columns
As the June 15 constitutional deadline for enacting a 2024-25 state budget approaches, the good news for Gov. Gavin Newsom…
Film, TV production down 7% this year after strikes
Global film and TV production was down 7% during the first quarter of 2024 compared with the previous year, according…
Paul Auster, ‘New York Trilogy,’ ‘Smoke’ writer, dies at 77
Paul Auster, the bestselling postmodern author, noir novelist and screenwriter behind “Smoke,” “Lulu on the Bridge” and “The Inner Life…
CALMATTERS: Key questions about California’s budget deficit remain unanswered as deadlines loom | Columns
The must-follow website this month among California’s politicians, bureaucrats and interest group lobbyists is the “California Personal Income Tax Daily…
CALMATTERS: If Newsom truly follows the science, why not adopt the ‘science of reading’ in California schools? | Columns
When COVID-19 struck California four years ago and people started dying, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared an emergency and assumed unilateral…
What to do in L.A.: ‘Fat Ham,’ Coachella, Virginia Woolf dance
Welcome to another edition of Essential Arts, where the question of the week just might be: How have 99 Cents…