Rick Prelinger

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Despite all the problems presented by the car, it still represents personal freedom and mobility.

No More Road Trips?

Despite all the problems presented by the car, it still represents personal freedom and mobility.

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LA spends tens of millions of dollars settling sidewalk injury lawsuits each year. But the city says that actually fixing the sidewalks would cost more.

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Reporter Jessica Roy delivers the bad news about those plastic kitchen utensils. Anne Byrn composes an exhaustive guide on Southern baking.

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From easy, creative meals to the science of flavor to the best baking, these cookbooks cover a diverse array of topics — and they make great gifts.

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You cannot live by mashed potatoes and mac and cheese alone!

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Jude Law enters his lawman era (and joins to tell us about it), Aasif Mandvi talks “Waiting for Godot,” and Ilana Glazer has The Treat.

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A red tide of Santas swept Koreatown and North Hollywood for LA’s annual SantaCon — a combo of performance art, pub crawl, and Christmas.

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The Long Beach International Tamales Festival is December 14. How the event came to be is one of triumph, commitment, and never quitting.

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Though one can debate the reasons, statistics and precedent of nuclear war, what is often left out of the conversation is the reality of it: destruction of the world as a whole.

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Colman Domingo on “Sing Sing,” Rodrigo Prieto on “Pedro Paramo,” and Carrie Courogen on a rule-breaking artist.

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