L.A. Times Festival of Books


Susan Feniger’s Street Food Cooking Demonstration Saturday, April 20 at 12:30 p.m. Cooking Stage After traveling the globe and experiencing a variety of cultures and different types of food, celebrity chef Susan Feniger will share selections from her repertoire of favorite street food recipes. Putting her own twist on international finger food, Feniger has come […]

Pre-summer film slate looks strong


Last week, 42, the Jackie Robinson biopic, managed an excellent $27.5 million opening, which not only is the largest box-office opening for a baseball film but also the second-largest for any sports film ever. On the other hand, Scary Movie 5 failed to generate much interest with $14.1 million, far less than what the fourth […]

USC men’s tennis team deserves more credit


I was browsing USCTrojans.com looking for column topics yesterday morning and saw the usual suspects: football, basketball, football and football. But then I saw a headline that said “Trojan Tennis Takes on the World.” I was intrigued, mainly because I had forgotten all about USC tennis, specifically the men’s team. The Trojans have won four […]