VIDEO: Who saved the 76 ball? And how? I'll show you.

Erika Schickel's very funny new book just got a rave review but she can't quite bring herself to write about it. Too self-serving, she says. Too me-me-me. So here's a bit about Erika...

Shore Books is a quirky new book store on Second Street in Long Beach.

Have you heard the one about the dolphins in Santa Monica Bay?

LAO video: Stan Chambers talks with me about citizen journalism and the Kathy Fiscus story that created live televison news coverage in L.A.

This month, Charlie Collins logged his 50th year as an employee of The Apple Pan, making him a living memorial to a time when there was truth in the promise of the “American dream” for most anyone.

What a strange feeling to walk around on the foundations of the beach houses that burned on Malibu Rd.

I don’t think there was anybody in the mystery community quite like Barbara Seranella. Oh sure, a lot of us...

I expect few other than yours truly will express a pang of loss Monday when the Suncoast Motion Picture Company store at Westside Pavillion closes its doors for the last time. Then again ...

LAO video: Produce may not be the only casualty of the cold -- Los Angeles area jobs are at risk.

Dear Sportswriters and Athletes, Could we come to an understanding about the reigning sports cliché of the 21st Century? Could...

I mean, it's a lot less exciting to "create the world anew" in Boulder, Colorado, or even, say, Seattle.

It was small, plastic and yellow, gamely navigating through the rocks and bushes along a stretch of the LA River...

LAO video: Rick Orlov gives me a sneak peek at tomorrow's column.

LAO video: Our team coverage of last night's Malibu fire continues.

I love dogs as much as anyone, but, as more and more people categorize their working class dogs as "accessories," don't we have to ask where all this is headed?

Exclusive LAO video report: The workers in the Los Angeles Times pressroom have voted to be represented by a union for the first time in nearly four decades.

"Pulp Fiction" trivia track includes more fiction than was intended.

Welcome to the Hotel California. You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave your Crackberry alone.