Articles by Scott Gold

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A wildfire near one of the main entrances to Yosemite National Park was burning 28 square miles and still growing, authorities said today. Read more

Los Angeles City Clerk election officials have dismissed a challenge brought in the wake of the Greater Echo Park Elysian Neighborhood Council election. Read more

All along, Carla Andrus’ life seemed landlocked, literally and figuratively: She was born in Utah, raised in Watts and was scraping by in a tiny apartment near downtown L.A. when, one night, her husband came across a magazine ad for classic wooden boats being built in Marina del Rey. Read more

A young, muscled man named Edgar is flat on his back under a maple tree, clad only in camouflage-print underwear. Read more

The narrow streets leading to Earl Ofari Hutchinson’s house are scattered with wind chimes and bird houses and manicured topiaries that look as if they’ve been lifted from a Dr. Read more

If you set off one morning and drive into the desert, past swirling dust devils and Wile E. Coyote rock formations, and then you drive some more, all the way until the paved road ends, you might find yourself at the Karl sisters’ place, where time travel might, or might not, be possible. Read more

Between the economy, gas prices and the heat – it was 108 degrees Tuesday – it was shaping up as a bleak summer in the Coachella Valley. Read more

JARED LEVY, a manager of artists and a music industry marketing strategist, was playing volleyball on the beach a few years back when Eliza Roberts began chatting him up. Read more