How California's county fairs have become cotton candy for fraud, theft and mismanagement

More than a third of California's 77 county fairs have been plagued by an array of problems in the last decade.
The New York Times

She Has Taken 30 Years to Write a 7-Part Novel About 1 Day. It’s a Sensation.

The Danish author Solvej Balle’s experimental opus reframes the tedium of contemporary life as a source of unexpected wonders. Solvej Balle in her garden in Denmark.Credit...Giulia Mangione for The ...

Best Christmas songs of all time. 40 holiday classics, ranked

As we head into December 2025, both Brenda Lee and Bobby Helms are in the Top 5 on Billboard’s Holiday 100 — for 1958’s ...
Los Angeles Times

A $30 minimum wage? It could be coming, California

A coalition of labor and left-leaning activists announced Tuesday in L.A. that they hope to have the county Board of Supervisors take up a proposal to mandate the higher wage soon, phasing the ...