3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1371+ words) As a kid growing up in rural Oklahoma, I feared what lurked beneath the lake water. Despite the fact that nothing bad ever happened to me in a lake, my fear stayed with me into adulthood. I’ve met several Californians…...

6+ day, 45+ min ago   (184+ words) Los Angeles Times Los Angeles is a cat town for these feline fanatics L.A. is often called a dog town, but for these cat fanciers, felines rule. In this clowder of stories, we explore all things cat in the Southland. See…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (828+ words) MILLINOCKET, Maine — More than 14 million older adults fall every year in the U.S., perhaps none so often as 91-year-old Dale Sanders. By his count, Sanders fell 71 times while reclaiming his record as the oldest hiker to complete the Appalachian Trail....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1645+ words) Joe Porter toured the squat apartment building in L.A.’s Koreatown five years ago, excited to be leaving his parents’ house in Arkansas. The rent on the studio was cheap — about $1,500 a month — and the leasing agent, he said, told him…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (327+ words) Gov. Gavin Newsom’s sprawling Sacramento-area mansion is up for sale. The 12,700-square-foot mansion in Fair Oaks — an unincorporated community in Sacramento County bordering the American River — has been listed for $7.5 million. News of the listing, which is being handled by…...