Become a diamond or get launched into space — here are 7 alternatives to traditional burial or cremation

When an individual dies, many individuals might consider the 2 most typical choices for the deceased individual’s physique: burial or cremation. However for individuals who need to do one thing eco-friendly, comparable to human composting, or distinctive, like blasting their stays into orbit, extra choices have gotten obtainable and authorized. And extra frequent: The Nationwide … Read more

How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Chrishell Stause

In Sunday Funday, L.A. individuals give us a play-by-play of their best Sunday round city. Discover concepts and inspiration on the place to go, what to eat and how you can get pleasure from life on the weekends. Weekends aren’t very gradual for Chrishell Stause, the actor and actual property agent who stars on Netflix’s … Read more

How to use leftover eggshells for your plants and garden

We’ve all been consuming a whole lot of eggs currently, if gross sales information are to be believed. You like what’s within them. However do you know your vegetation love what’s outdoors? So don’t toss these shells. Whether or not you’re rising a victory backyard or tending an indoor houseplant menagerie, there are methods to … Read more

Outdoor Asian LA helps bring nature to members of the AAPI community

Whereas attending UC San Diego from 2015 to 2019, Christina Roh seen that “the outside wasn’t seemingly as accessible to the AAPI group. Plenty of Asian college students didn’t appear as inclined to eager to expertise seashores and hikes as different outdoorsy associates.” Roh, 25, felt passionately that her friends have been lacking out, so … Read more

40 of the coolest L.A. plant stores

From longtime family-run plant shops equivalent to Mickey Hargitay Crops and Sundown Nursery to latest startups together with Latinx With Crops and Tansy, plant shops seize the essence of L.A. — a shocking, welcoming, multicultural combine that imbues each neighborhood within the metropolis with goodwill. Crops have given us consolation after we sought refuge at … Read more

L.A. Times’ 101 best California experiences

Have a look at us. Our mountains are snowier, our hills greener, our waterfalls wetter, rivers fuller and blooms bolder than they’ve been in years. On this drought-paused, pandemic-restriction-lifted, spring-awakening second, California wants a superb head-to-toe inspection. I do know we have now loads of worries, however in 4 many years of touring the state, … Read more

Yosemite to Joshua Tree: Top 10 experiences in California

My massive California 101 listing is alphabetical, however inside that sprawling group of favorites, I’ve a tighter group of higher favorites — my very own prime 10, formed by desert dawns, summer time surf and the tang of tri-tip on a gradual Thursday night time. (Have I given one away?) These are locations I discover … Read more

Maps don’t tell all. An L.A. artist looks at what’s left out

Clarissa Tossin, “Corso del Fiume delle Amazzoni fino a Marte,” 2023, Archival ink on Amazon envelope. (Brica Wilcox) This story is a part of “Clearance,” a design problem that peels again the layers of aspirational structure in L.A., and envisions a extra stunning future that lives rather less on the nostril. Learn the entire problem … Read more

An L.A. rooftop makes any day a special occasion

This story is a part of “Clearance,” a design concern that peels again the layers of aspirational structure in L.A., and envisions a extra stunning future that lives rather less on the nostril. Learn the entire concern right here. It’s 11:55 p.m., New Yr’s Eve. I can already hear the parade of fireworks approaching from … Read more