If a job is worth doing, it’s worth doing right. The always proper Oliver Hardy might say the same thing about the task at hand, right before completely botching it. A similar impulse led me back to ...

One . . . more . . . step. Almost there. Top of the hill. Don’t step on the smashed guavas. Step over the giant philodendron. Ignore the snapping dog. More than 75 years ago, Laurel and Hardy ...

An intersection in Silver Lake recently designated as historic for its connection with the 1932 film, “The Music Box,” will receive a sign in the coming months honoring the fact, Los Angeles city ...

The pandemic had some people climbing the walls. Me, I climbed stairs. Of the 42 walks in “Secret Stairs: A Walking Guide to the Historic Staircases of Los Angeles,” it had taken me 10 years to ...