Before Jayson Blair plagiarized quotes and fabricated material in his articles for The New York Times, there was Stephen Glass. Glass was an ambitious journalist who fabricated events in his articles to achieve success at various publications, earning large sums of money and a reputation for always writing the perfect story. Read more...

Sometime around the age of 13, when a combination of societal expectation and hormonal fluctuation so decrees, trick-or-treating on Halloween ends. Disapproving neighbors accuse you of being “too old” to beg for candy. Read more...

Driven to the ground. That is how Frank Manis, tour guide on the Haunted Hollywood Ghost Walk Tour, described the demise of the Haunted Hearse tour that preceded his current business. Read more...

With fog machines abounding and ornate candles illuminating the route to the bathroom, Bar Sinister is the spot in Los Angeles for finding your inner goth persona. Read more...

Those who venture into Kerckhoff Coffee House on Tuesday nights will find the familiar study spot transformed into a venue for experimental music. Each Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. Read more...

A man passed away last week. He was a man whom I, like thousands of others, had never met, but felt I knew as intimately as my best friends, as I felt he knew me. Read more...

Cy Tymony wants to be MacGyver. But it’s not the women or the glory the quirky author is after; it’s the clever ingenuity MacGyver uses to turn ordinary objects into helpful creations Tymony finds so intriguing. Read more...