Measles cases on the rise in U.S., a risk to unvaccinated infants

Measles cases are having a banner year in the U.S. So far this year, 118 cases have been reported to the Centers for Disease...

After brain damage, the creative juices flow for some

Artist Katherine Sherwood was just 44 when a hemorrhage in her brain's left hemisphere paralyzed the right side of her body —...

The California Cook: Mighty, mighty bread crumbs

I've just discovered the magic of fresh bread crumbs. You might say it's about time, after 30 years of cooking. But I would remind you...

Restaurant review: Aburiya Toranoko in Little Tokyo

At the Lazy Ox Canteen on the edge of Little Tokyo, the happy clamor of downtown denizens tucking into chef Josef Centeno's Ox burgers,...

A deep sense of kinship with Virginia Woolf

In the picture, I am probably 10 years old. I'm wearing blue jeans and a bright red sweater, and I'm perched on the stump of a redwood tree,...

Upcoming 'Pan Am' TV show capitalizes on '60s airline style

Pan American Airways, the giant airline that virtually defined air travel from 1927 until its demise in 1991, will get a "Mad Men"-like...

Horse herpes: The virus behind the outbreak

As an outbreak of highly contagious horse herpes infects horses across Western states, leaving some horses dead and prompting event...

Ready, aim, fire that crème brûlée

One of the most appealing things about open kitchens — and the trend of letting the rest of us see into the inner machinery, the smoke...