Features
LOS ANGELES PROVIDES FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Don’t look now, but a fresh generation of chefs, ingredients and food trends is helping Los Angeles to overtake San Francisco as the West Coast’s food and restaurant capital. By Tamara Palmer
THE BROWNING OF ORANGE COUNTY’S WHITE LEGACY
Unimaginable a generation ago, the formerly rich, white, conservative enclave of Orange County is now dominated by Hispanics and Asians—and they’re reshaping everything about the county. By Gustavo Arellano
HOW NEAL CASSADY BECAME JACK KEROUAC’S MAN OF LETTERS
Thought lost for a half century, Neal Cassady’s famed “Joan Anderson Letter” reemerges—and takes its place as a cornerstone of Beat literary history and controversy. By David L. Ulin
CRIMINAL HIVE MINDS
In agriculture, bees are big business—and they’re attracting big crime. Who’s stealing the bees of the Central Valley? By Byard Duncan of Reveal/Center for Investigative Reporting
NOT JUST ANOTHER TALKING HEAD
Jerry Harrison was an anchor of the Talking Heads. Now he’s found his own path as a musician, businessman and investor. A conversation with Will Hearst
ATOMIC BOMBSHELL
Unraveling a mystery: Why was Marilyn Monroe lounging by a silent film star’s pool and repeating “I hate a careless man”? By Cari Beauchamp
FINDING COUNTERCULTURE SUCCESS IN FAILURE
Fifty years ago, Stewart Brand’s Whole Earth Catalog became a publishing sensation. But it wouldn’t have happened if his mentor, Dick Raymond, hadn’t given him room to fail. By John Markoff
GOING WHERE OTHER COMPOSERS FEAR TO TREAD
John Adams has made a career of composing modern operas about contemporary subjects like Nixon, terrorists and the atomic bomb. By Jeff Kaliss
PORTFOLIO: Jim Heimann
California Crazy. Photography collection of Jim Heimann
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