Column: 'We are in the presence of a saint': A homeless man's mission to feed L.A.'s cats and birds

Augustine Hurtado earns tips playing harmonica at the Santa Monica Pier and spends almost all of it on animal feed. "We are in the presence of a saint,” a friend says.

How a homeless woman and her 'emotional support duck' survive on the streets of L.A.

For Autumn McWilliams, life on the streets isn’t easy. But a Pekin duck named Cardi D shows her ‘unconditional love.’

Pasadena's only gay bar is back with no cover, karaoke and drag

After 15 months of being closed because of the coronavirus outbreak and coming close to going out of business, the Boulevard, the only gay bar in Pasadena, is open once again, with no social distan...

A Disney animator draws on his Salvadoran boyhood of beauty and brutality

José Zelaya, the Disney Television Animation's only Salvadoran designer and digital animator, as a boy dreamed he would "work for Mickey Mouse."

L.A. County ready to flip peacocks the bird

Their feathery displays adorn and agitate a swath of the San Gabriel Valley, but peacocks may soon face the wrath of the Board of Supervisors.

The world's greatest cardsharp reveals all

A Vegas legend, Steve Forte is revered by magicians and gambling experts as the most skilled person ever to deal, shuffle and manipulate a deck of cards.

Pop-up proms are the spring rage: parking lot venues, snack food and card games

Campus parking lots and athletic courts become venues in a scramble to put on last-minute proms for high schoolers grown accustomed to isolation and distance learning.

Picture perfect: Photo booth documents one high school's prom

A lot of students didn't get to have a prom this year. When Agoura High School decided to proceed with theirs, The Times sent a photographer.

Against all odds, one man's spirit shines through on the streets of downtown L.A. in time of COVID

Finding joy in the time of COVID-19 can be hard. Steven Traylor, who used to be homeless, finds his happiness dancing through the streets of downtown L.A.

Genius or folly? One man's three-decade quest to build a replica of Monticello in the middle of...

Dan Sisson has spent more than three decades planning and building a replica of Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s iconic home, in an isolated timberland in eastern Washington.

Stay out! 10 images of caution tape in places you wouldn't expect to see it

It’s our visual prompt to stay away, but stay-at-home orders have given new purpose to caution tape.

Along a scenic highway, a road map of California's hopes and anxieties

Up and down State Route 33, which runs from Ventura to Stockton, rural Californians fear for the future.

75 years after being freed from Auschwitz, he can't stop going back

Fewer than 2,000 Auschwitz survivors are still alive. One is returning to Poland from Southern California for the fourth time.

This craft brew pub thrives, thanks to a secret ingredient: Workers with disabilities

A craft beer pub and a pizzeria in suburban Denver are run almost entirely by people with disabilities. The bartenders have autism, Down syndrome and cerebral palsy. Some are blind, deaf or have...

Mark Duplass doesn't think Netflix can get Ray Romano awards attention. So he's doing it himself

Mark Duplass is mounting a one-man campaign to bring awareness to Ray Romano's performance in the Netflix drama "Paddleton."

Column: Rats at the police station, filth on L.A. streets — scenes from the collapse of a city...

The good news is that two trash-strewn downtown Los Angeles streets I wrote about last week were cleaned up by city work crews and have been kept that way, as of this writing.

Column One: Late to the pool, 97-year-old swimming champion has since lapped everyone

She got into college with extra help — without cheating — and extraordinary effort

Emma Taylor doesn’t remember exactly when she drew the poster that defined her young life.

City Beat: The loneliness problem in L.A. starts with traffic. Could it end with a walk?

It’s hard to imagine how some people stave off loneliness in Los Angeles.

They vowed to be friends for life. When one died at war, the other fought years to bring him home