1+ hour, 11+ min ago  (500+ words) The Minions took over theaters this weekend as Universal Pictures and Illumination's "Minions & Monsters" won the top spot at the box office, though with a lower-than-expected domestic haul. The animated movie, which follows the Minions' takeover of Hollywood, took in…...

1+ hour, 21+ min ago  (429+ words) The founder and owner of the Ecology Center in San Juan Capistrano, Evan Marks, is a certified Deadhead. A tape listening station and Grateful Dead posters reside in a room at the farmhouse visitor center on campus. There's a certain…...

4+ hour, 51+ min ago  (726+ words) As thousands of Southern Californians drove to Fourth of July parties, they passed a patriotic display enjoying its own anniversary. The 664-foot-wide by 120-foot-tall Prado Dam Bicentennial Mural, located near the intersection of the 91 and 71 freeways near Corona, turned 50. The…...

11+ hour, 47+ min ago  (83+ words) Los Angeles Times Inside the all-star America250 concert at the L. A. Coliseum Mikael Wood is pop music critic for the Los Angeles Times. Mark E. Potts is the senior editor for video at the Los Angeles Times. A native of Enid, Okla. , Potts…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (86+ words) Los Angeles Times Opening night at a new South L. A. exhibit, "We The People" Quincy Bowie Jr. is a video fellow at the Los Angeles Times. The proud Alabama native graduated from USC, where he studied journalism and documentary. In his…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (73+ words) Los Angeles Times American royal wedding: Fans gather outside of MSG for Taylor Swift's wedding Brenda Elizondo is an audience engagement fellow at the Los Angeles Times. She was previously a video content creator and reporter for L. A. Times Food and…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (928+ words) NEW YORK'Manhattan was sweltering at 100 degrees and preparing to mark 250 years since the United States declared independence from Great Britain. But on Friday, the city seem transfixed for what might be the closest the country gets to a royal wedding:…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (460+ words) This summer of extraordinary milestone anniversaries, noting especially the 250th celebration of the American Independence Day on July 4th, 1776, our coverage of life and times in the modern era of the USA today spotlights a cultural liaison between Costa Mesa, greater Orange…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (111+ words) Los Angeles Times Our Gen X music critic explains Madonna's new album to our Gen Z video journalist Rebecca Castillo is a content creator for the Los Angeles Times. Previously, she was a special projects lead for the Times' High…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (687+ words) The Jack Johnson concerts, performed before capacity crowds during the Coast Film and Music Festival in November, may have marked the beginning of a new era of off-season use for the Irvine Bowl. A 2, 600-seat amphitheater tucked into the canyon…...