From the Magazine in Los Angeles

Stanley Plumly and Andrew O'Hagan Win Big in LA

Online Only, posted 4.29.08

A Close Call for Beyond Baroque Ends in Victory

Online Only, posted 3.06.08

Jean Valentine, Junot Díaz Among Finalists for Los Angeles Times Book Prizes

Online Only, posted 3.05.08

California Complex

1.01.08

Showtime's Californication—a series about a best-selling writer (played by David Duchovny) who succumbs to the glitzy West Coast lifestyle—is renewed for a second season and leaves contributor Ken Gordon wondering, "What's the appeal?"