Hailey Branson-Potts is a state reporter who joined the Los Angeles Times in 2011. She reports on a wide range of issues and people, with a special focus on rural communities. She grew up in the small ...

Tuesday, March 17 is, of course, St. Patrick’s Day, which is always cause for green-clad revelers to take to the street. There are lots of fun possibilities here, with live Irish music at Skylark’s, ...

Wood End Lighthouse waits at the tip of Cape Cod, accessible only to those willing to navigate a mile-long path of massive granite boulders that’ll test your balance, your determination, and possibly ...

Things have gotten safer over Pierhead lighthouses 120 years of service, no longer are lighthouses the sole beacon of hope to ...

(Atlantic)Harking back to Oye Como Va, Move On Up and other 20th-century classics, Mars’s homages are beautifully performed but bereft of new ideas ...

L.A.’s Changüí Majadero plays Afro-Cuban roots music, with soaring trumpet solos, sweet female vocal harmonies and a steady ...

Waving kids. Proud parents. And a colorful parade full of strollers, bicycles, wagons and floats. Thousands of children and their families rode through downtown Fort Myers on Sunday, Feb. 15, for the ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A graduate student discovered a new way to generate a highly sought-after variety of carbon, graphene, by studying a century-old Thomas Edison patent ...

The battery won't power cars as the famous inventor intended, but it's still got a lot of potential. Reading time 3 minutes Great minds often think ahead of their time. This was certainly true for ...

EAST TAWAS, Mich. — Michigan is looking for the next Tawas Point Lighthouse keepers. Applications are being accepted now. The lighthouse is located in Tawas Point State Park. That’s on the east side ...

Feb 3, 2026 Feb 3, 2026 Updated Feb 4, 2026 EAST TAWAS, Mich. (WJRT) - The Tawas Point Lighthouse is seeking teams of four to apply for the 2026 Lighthouse Keeper Program this summer and fall. Winners ...

Below are schedules, scores and pairings for the 2025-26 Indiana girls high school basketball sectional tournaments. The Scorers Table will be hosting live postgame shows Friday and Saturday, plus a ...