Culture

By Steve Proffitt
March 4, 2010

While most egg donor Web sites are very discreet, we found one that puts it all out there to see. And some of the donor's photos are not what one might expect.

By SoCal Connected Staff
February 25, 2010

OK. A woman director won an Oscar. But still, less than one out of ten Hollywood movies is directed by a woman. Why the business of making motion pictures remains a boy's club.

By SoCal Connected Staff
February 18, 2010

Writer Gustavo Arellano shares a tale about his father, the environment, and unemployment.

By Brian Frank
February 11, 2010

Girls boxing? Must be some newfangled "thang." But no. "Bruising Peg" and other "heroic females" had today's prizefighters beat—by more than a century.

By SoCal Connected Staff
February 11, 2010

Award season means the appearance of a whole new crop of issue-based lapel ribbons. Our funny man, Brian Unger cracks the color code.

By SoCal Connected Staff
February 11, 2010

By day she works with developmentally challenged infants. By night, she clobbers opponents in the ring. The LA Times' Steve Lopez on a real "Million Dollar Baby."

By Brian Frank
February 4, 2010

TIMELINE: Where do America's wild horses come from? We take you back to prehistory to find out.

By SoCal Connected Staff
February 4, 2010

He inspired a book and a movie. Now, see and hear The Soloist perform, and get an update from Steve Lopez, the man who wrote the book.

By SoCal Connected Staff
January 28, 2010

After years of inaction, the LA City Council finally approves a tough pot clinic ordinance. But will it really shut down most of the city's 100's of cannabis clubs?

By Brian Frank
January 13, 2010

New websites from government and non-profit sectors put the attention back on driving.

By SoCal Connected Staff
January 6, 2010

LA Times columnist Steve Lopez gets a doctor's recommendation for medical marijuana, and offers some to the City Attorney. It's all a part of his big adventure inside LA's cannabis clinics.

By SoCal Connected Staff
December 17, 2009

Commentator Marcos Villatoro shares the story of the cultural confusion his adopted daughter feels - born in Guatemala, but raised in LA.

By SoCal Connected Staff
December 10, 2009

Romance. Spectacle. Danger. The hallmarks of Cirque du Soleil. Go behind the scenes, and find out how they really do it.

By Val Zavala
December 8, 2009

Tips on getting along with other people. From a master. Choreographer Twyla Tharp's secrets of successful collaboration.

By Steve Proffitt
December 8, 2009

In real estate, there is high end. And then there's ridiculous. Take a look at some uber-mansions currently for sale in the area.

By Brian Frank
December 3, 2009

Plain croissant or double bacon cheeseburger? What's got more fat? More calories? Find out how much you know about making smart food choices.

By Mary Donkersloot, RD
December 3, 2009

We're having an epidemic of childhood obesity. Get some practical advice from a local expert in child nutrition.

By SoCal Connected Staff
December 3, 2009

Food trucks. From down-home to upscale, these mobile diners are a big part of living - and eating - in Southern California. Haute cuisine on the curb, coming right up.

By Steve Proffitt
December 3, 2009

Californians invented the cheeseburger, the fortune cookie and ...Pinkberry's. Take a brief look at some of the great moments in So Cal food history.