An examination of the gigantic shopping centers that serve as the city’s true public squares, offering controlled temperature, existential dread, and 500 choices for milk tea. The Air-Conditioned Public Square In Quezon City, the gigantic shopping center is not merely a place of commerce; it is the Air-Conditioned Public Square, the true social, political, and …
Bronze in Nagoya, the country’s first esports medal at the Games, forces a generation of parents to revisit the phrase stop playing that MANILA – Filipino parents spent the weekend reconsidering several decades of household policy after the national esports team won bronze in Pokemon Unite at the Asian Games, the country’s first medal in …
News that Heart Evangelista and John Prats will share a film for the first time in two decades sends a generation back to 2002, where it intends to remain MANILA – Employers across the capital are reporting a measurable drop in output among staff in their mid-thirties to early forties following confirmation that Heart Evangelista …
Welcome back, Seafoodies! The seafood party we kicked off on October 1 is still going strong. So far this month we’ve handed you our greatest-hits recipe list and walked you down the entire seafood counter and aisle—and now we’re making it official with a plan, because every good party needs an awesome playlist. Ours has …
With snow maps and swell models both promising a historic winter, Southern California board owners brace for the best season they will ever complain about MALIBU – Forecasts of a potentially record-breaking El Nino have reached the Southern California surfing community, which responded this week with its traditional mixture of excitement, dread and early complaints …
Local craftsman says the wellness community deserves a hollow board of its own, concedes that it rides like a refrigerator VENICE – A local surfboard shaper has unveiled a hollow board filled with 40 liters of cold-pressed celery juice, in what he calls a necessary California response to the news that Australian pro Jack Robinson …
Surfing-as-life-metaphor industry booms on the Westside as clients learn to commit to the wave of a difficult email SANTA MONICA – A Westside life coach who has built a six-figure practice teaching technology employees to “ride the waves of life” confirmed this week that she has never ridden one of the other kind. The disclosure …
Coachella Valley wave pool rivalry escalates as residents who have never seen a tide develop strong opinions about lineup etiquette PALM SPRINGS – The Coachella Valley, a region known for golf, date shakes and afternoons hot enough to fry an egg on the hood of a Tesla, now has two competing surf breaks and all …
Post-Independence Day Reflection The July 5, 1947 edition reflected on Independence Day celebrations and American identity in the post-war era, featuring patriotic articles that were both genuinely heartfelt and amusingly naive. The newspaper captured a moment of peak American confidence before Vietnam, Watergate, and reality set in. Coverage included stories about Fourth of July parades, …
El Segundo startup’s model has never been right and has never once doubted itself, which beta testers describe as eerily lifelike EL SEGUNDO – A South Bay startup has released an artificial intelligence surf forecasting app that calls for excellent waves every day of the year, a breakthrough its founders say brings machine prediction in …