About 10 years ago, Julie Zemel started worrying about her mother, Mimi, who lived alone in an apartment in Chicago and often was stuck indoors for months due to the weather. “It wasn’t safe for her to live so far away from me.” At that time, apartments were affordable in Northeast Los Angeles, and Zemel talked Mimi into moving. “It …
The 29th Los Angeles Times Festival of Books returned to USC with a first-ever livestream of activities. Henry Winkler in the Los Angeles Times Portrait Studio at the Festival of Books. Author John Green in the Los Angeles Times Portrait Studio at the Festival of Books. Miss Los Angeles Kaelani Amputch-Curtis in the Los Angeles Times Portrait Studio at the …
So you’ve torn out your lawn and created a native plant garden to conserve water and restore habitat for struggling birds and insects. That’s because invasive, nonnative weeds are tough, quick-growing and constantly competing for light, nutrients and water against slower-growing native plants, said Schwartz, who blogs under the name Eric Ameria at L.A. “This is actually a really good …
