Nothing says “welcome back” like new restaurants to explore around Westwood.
By the time summer’s sweltering heat cools down, an assortment of restaurants will have opened their doors.

Daisy Chain Fields is set to bloom Saturday.
Founded by Olivia Rodrigo, the music festival will unite a lineup of women artists across genres and generations at Great Park in Irvine.

Wildfires are known for their unpredictable, destructive nature.
But in the ashes of a wildfire exists the potential for rebirth and growth.
Author Carri Karuhn explores that tension in her upcoming Nov.

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For Peter Parker, it was a brand new day. For many longtime fans of the character, though, it was just another Monday.
Director Destin Daniel Cretton delivered the elite action he featured in “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” while showcasing the interconnected New York of Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk and Jon Bernthal’s Punisher, as well as the message that no one should struggle alone, in the latest movie in the Spider-Man franchise.

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“Tony” is as refreshing as a pot of ice-cold seawater to the face.
Director Matt Johnson, known for his mockumentary style, embraces a more deliberate visual language for his biopic on Anthony Bourdain’s early years.

This post was updated Aug. 23 at 11:39 p.m.
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1,618 miles. That’s how far three high school boys drove in a yellow taxi cab to chase their punk rock dreams.

A UCLA alumnus’ MFA thesis project trades saving kingdoms and defeating fire-breathing dragons for a far more introspective mission: confronting the systems that shape our identities and the world around us.