Riders traveling on Metrolink trains will have to shell out more money for tickets starting Monday. The commuter rail service increased its fare prices for the first time in 13 years because of “rising operating and maintenance costs, reduced post-pandemic ridership, and declining state and federal funding support,” according to Metrolink. Starting Oct. 5, the … Read more
Apparently, that’s how the cookie crumbles. Chip City, the viral New York bakery chain that ballooned from a Queens storefront into a multi-state cookie empire, backed by millions from Danny Meyer’s investment firm, appears to have abruptly shuttered stores across New York City and other major markets — just days after its co-founder sued the … Read more
New York is the undisputed best at a lot of things, like pizza, or bagels, or thinking we’re the best at everything. But when when it comes to fall vibes, let’s be honest, we’re not even in the competition. Face facts: A tree outside your bedroom window and a $9 pumpkin spice latte on the … Read more
The greater Los Angeles area boasts more museums than any metropolis in the world — over 800, with 100 in LA proper alone — but none of them offer a $210 R2D2 cookie jar, until now. The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opened last week, adding a sprawling $1 billion campus to Exposition Park, already … Read more
Mo Money Mo Problems? Not for Diddy. Disgraced music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is reportedly living high and large inside the Fort Dix federal prison in New Jersey — with access to a cell phone, booze and people catering to his every need, NBC News reported. While he’s serving a 50-month sentence for prostitution-related offenses, … Read more
A lakeside village in central New York has been named the nicest place in America. Each year, Reader’s Digest invites readers to nominate towns and cities where people really lean into their neighborliness, coming together to affect positive change — and Liverpool, NY, anchored on the shores of Onondaga Lake, took the gold for goodwill. … Read more
The opening of the new People Mover train at Los Angeles International Airport has been pushed back — yet again — from October to sometime January. The 2.25-mile automated train, which would move people in between terminals, was actually supposed to open back in 2023. It’s part of a $3.3 billion project that includes transportation … Read more
For 10 years, Janet Elias shelled out $100 a month to an Alley Pond, Queens homeowner for a coveted amenity: a guaranteed parking spot in their driveway every day from 7:30 am to 3 pm. A New York City public school teacher since 2005, Elias was a technology instructor at nearby PS 46, where she … Read more
Wearing nothing but underpants, I’m standing in front of a dozen or so high-res cameras in a SoHo basement. A woman’s voice rings out above me: “A bright light will shine for a few moments. Please close your eyes.” I’m at the brand new Neko Health on Lafayette Street, where the machine (and a doctor) … Read more
A nasty flea-borne disease making a comeback in Los Angeles has hospitalized six people in a new outbreak. Health officials are investigating the latest outbreak of flea-borne typhus in the Wilshire Center area as the bacterial infection continues to resurface across LA County, FOX LA reported. The new cluster comes just months after another outbreak … Read more
People wait all year for the Feast of San Gennaro. Vendors pay thousands of dollars for the chance to be there. And then, almost overnight, Little Italy comes alive. Food stands spring up along 11 blocks, the smell of sausage and peppers fills the air, music spills into the streets and an estimated million people … Read more
Passengers at San Diego International Airport faced long lines and crowded terminals Tuesday morning as a technical issue slowed the ticketing process. An airport spokesperson confirmed that the airport remains open and flights are still arriving and departing despite the delays. Around 8:30 a.m., the airport posted an update on social media advising travelers to … Read more
There’s a red-sauce-fueled resurgence happening in Little Italy. For decades, the neighborhood seemed to be shrinking. Once a sprawling 30-block enclave of Italian immigrants, the neighborhood has shrunk to five blocks along Mulberry Street between Canal and Broome. Astronomical rents pushed out multigenerational businesses that had been fixtures for a century. Italian families moved elsewhere. … Read more
California flight attendants are up in arms over a new Federal Aviation Administration plan that could strip them of their state-mandated meal breaks, with unions blasting the move as “plainly unlawful.” The FAA wants to exempt pilots and flight attendants from state meal-break laws, arguing that federal airline rules override local requirements, InsideFlyer reported. That … Read more
Samuel L. Jackson provided what fans are calling the “perfect reaction” after coming face to face with a life-sized figure of his beloved “Star Wars” character during opening night gala of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Saturday. In a viral clip captured by Deadline, Jackson is seen walking through one of the museum’s sprawling … Read more
Carnegie Deli’s back after a 10-year absence — and not a New York Minute too soon. Historic West Midtown without pastrami on rye was like a ballpark without hot dogs. Starbucks and contemporary eateries like Locanda Verde and high-end chocolate shop Laderach have none of Carnegie Deli’s pickle-barrel aura. I didn’t much care when … Read more
When the Wall Street elite needed a place to regroup after the devastation of 9/11, they didn’t head to a private hotel suite or some nondescript office building. Instead, many gathered at a restaurant owned by a family of Italian immigrants. San Pietro is a cozy, elegant eatery on East 54th Street just off Madison … Read more
Downtown line culture has officially invaded the Upper East Side — where suddenly everyone is losing their minds over frozen yogurt. On Lexington Avenue, the partition ropes are out, the branded cones are in place, and hungry daytrippers are lining the block while bewildered, curious residents brush past a snaking line forming near their multimillion-dollar … Read more
Executives at H&M will meet with animal rights group PETA following a wild fracas at New York Fashion Week over the weekend that included a top executive at the Swedish fashion giant’s upscale COS label, The Post has learned. During the bizarre incident, COS managing director Daniel Hermann helped to restrain a PETA protester as … Read more
A notorious homeless encampment that has clogged up streets in Berkeley since at least 2023 may finally be cleared, after advocates fought in court to keep the sprawling camp in place. The city of Berkeley on Tuesday began clearing the encampment, located at 8th and Harrison streets, with notices informing residents that tents, structures and … Read more