They’re trying to climb her stairway to heaven. Fans of the late country music icon Dolly Parton have crashed the Dollywood website. The Tennessee amusement park boasts roller coasters, live concerts and an archive of Parton’s most famous costumes, including the real “coat of many colors” that inspired her breakout 1971 hit song. The mourners … Read more
Sections of Highway 101 in San Francisco will fully close on weekends over the next two months — with transportation officials warning drivers to “stay far away.” The California Department of Transportation has been performing repaving work along about 2 miles of the busy highway running between Cesar Chavez Street and the Mission District. Sections … Read more
Videos of people eating at Korean convenience stores are racking up millions of views on YouTube, with new quirky products constantly hitting shelves, turning each visit into a treasure hunt. Now, that viral convenience-store culture has arrived in Los Angeles with the just-opened Mokja in Highland Park. Mokja is a cafe, restaurant, market, and neighborhood … Read more
Travelers heading in and out of California’s favorite desert playground are in for a serious upgrade. Palm Springs International Airport is rolling out a massive $2.2 billion modernization blitz that could stretch through 2036, and potentially double its gate count while preserving its iconic mid-century modern charm. With a surge of vacationers and Coachella-bound crowds, … Read more
Americans’ anxiety about the healthcare industry is on the rise, according to new research. But trust in their providers hasn’t wavered — a new survey of 2,000 U.S. adults who visited a doctor within the past year found that while 43% reported increased anxiety about healthcare, 84% still trust their providers and the information they … Read more
Lake Tahoe is seeing so many visitors that fees could be hiked for everything from parking to hiking — inadvertently affecting the locals who are already struggling with the area’s high cost of living. The US Forest Service is proposing new or increased recreation fees at roughly 40 destinations across the Lake Tahoe region, including … Read more
To survive the back-to-school mom group chat, you’ve gotta be one tough cookie. Sweet text message exchanges between parents have gone sour thanks to a sugary snack that was packed in a small child’s lunchbox, causing one mommy friend group to crumble into chocolatey dust. And the internet is eating it up. The viral mama drama, a … Read more
Three in five millennials admit their financial image of themselves doesn’t reflect their financial reality, new research has revealed. That’s according to a series of three surveys, each polling 2,000 millennials, 500 Gen X and 500 baby boomers. Results revealed that 61% of millennials say there are gaps between how they want to be perceived … Read more
At 2:45 a.m. on a recent weekday, the AMC Lincoln Square on Manhattan’s Upper West Side showed none of the usual signs of winding down for the night. Hours after the city that never sleeps had mostly gone home to bed, a crowd of eager New Yorkers was standing in line to buy buckets of … Read more
Divers have discovered a German wartime submarine 20 miles off the coast of Devon — after it sank 82 years ago. The wreck was initially named an unidentified German U-boat by Ian Taylor and the Skin Deeper team while diving the channel. But it was suspected to be a First World War sailing vessel. A … Read more
On one beautiful August night in NYC, disco rose from the dead — and thousands of dancing queens came out to celebrate, including me. Back in the galvanizing genre’s late 1970s heyday, I was just a couple of years too young to squeeze my way into Studio 54, or any of the other clubs that shook … Read more
These diners have got major beef with the steakhouse. The beef behemoth is facing growing boycott calls after a TikTok went viral alleging a Facebook group called “White and Proud” was targeting black customers. The TikTok, posted by user Sannie Yeanay, read aloud that white servers were deliberately contaminating food. The user said that the … Read more
THE TAKEAWAY Now is the time to get ready for leaf-peeping season, with fall foliage starting as early as September. The timing of leaf-peeping season is largely influenced by elevation and location. The Southern Appalachians are home to one of the longest leaf-peeping seasons in the country. Fall is almost here, and that means peeping season … Read more
DEAR ABBY: After nearly 18 years of marriage, I left my wife. Our daughters were 10 and 12. We had married quickly, and only later did I realize how deeply judgmental her “born-again” beliefs were — so much so that she gradually cut off my entire side of the family. I tried for years to … Read more
Much maligned as an embarrassing mom-mobile, the minivan is making a comeback. The surge in minivan purchases comes as Americans enter a new era of higher car costs, with the average price of a new car hovering around $50,000. Crucially, minivans fall well below that median, while SUVs are hovering far above it. Minivans are roaring … Read more
Afternoon tea is having a moment in California, with luxury hotels across the state putting fresh spins on the centuries-old British tradition. At the Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows in Santa Monica, the oceanfront property serves its afternoon tea with finger sandwiches, warm scones, pastries, and Fairmont’s signature Lot 35 loose-leaf teas. The experience returned … Read more
Influencer turned boxing star Logan Paul has listed his storied, psychedelic California property for just under $3 million dollars, three times the price he paid for it. Paul purchased the remote Mountain Center, CA, retreat known as the “LSD ranch,” in 2019 for $1 million, a half century after counterculture icon Timothy Leary used it … Read more
Bad luck has cursed river cruisers in Europe this summer, who have been literally stuck between a rock and a hard place. Trips on the Rhine and Danube have been severely impacted by, essentially, the lack of river, due to a combination of reduced snow runoff in the Alps over the winter and elevated summer … Read more
Lady Gaga’s techie fiancée Michael Polansky has quietly launched a buzzy startup that harvests human skin left over from plastic surgery to help develop super-advanced cosmetic products. Polansky, the 42-year old entrepreneur and Harvard grad who got engaged to the Mother Monster in 2024, gave details on the skin-scrawling enterprise Outer Biosciences in an interview … Read more
For a flight with less than half an hour in the air, United Airlines’ revived California route comes with a sky-high price tag: $200. The airline brought back daily service between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Bakersfield’s Meadows Field on Aug. 11, per InsideFlyer. The route gives travelers a way to avoid the notoriously … Read more