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Dudamel's curly mop of brown hair has a touch of gray now, but at 41, over a decade into his time as the L.A. Phil's music and artistic director, it roils atop his head with as much vigor as when he conducted in his 20s. A YOLA orchestra led by Dudamel performed with Coldplay at the Super Bowl L halftime show in 2016. IN DUDAMEL'S 13 YEARS WITH THE L.A. PHILHARMONIC, AUDIENCE SIZE AND REVENUES HAVE SKYROCKETED GUSTAVO DUDAMEL HAS BEEN LURED BACK ONTO THE stage for his second encore. During the pandemic, the Phil expanded free online access to Dudamel's concerts; the 2021-22 season opening gala, virtually streamed from Disney Hall, garnered 2.2 million views. [Extracted from the article]

IN THE LAST DECADE, MOCHARY has built a career on guiding a good percentage of the tech industry's youngest and most prominent CEOs toward being better managers, feeling more comfortable in the role, and even achieving professional joy. Certainly, Armstrong may have benefited from heeding Mochary's admonition never to act out of fear or anger if one can possibly help it, or from adhering to the coach's best practice for receiving negative feedback, one of the pillars of his program. " In June 2019, six months after Dubugras began his coaching sessions with Mochary, he completed a fresh round of funding that valued Brex at $2.6 billion. He did get AngelList cofounder Naval Ravi-kant, who recommended Mochary to Coin-base's Armstrong, who recommended him to Altman. [Extracted from the article]

BY THE TIME Scott Glover set his sights on the nation's prescription drug abuse epidemic, he had already proved himself to be one of the most talented investigative journalists in [...]

RODEO DRIVE IN BEVERLY HILLS styles itself as the intersection of luxury, fashion, and entertainment--a tourist mecca where well-heeled shoppers flock to make five- or six-figure impulse buys. For a [...]

THE LITTLE TIKES log cabin my son received for his third birthday was a little lacking in authenticity --121 pounds of fancifully molded plastic and not a toothpick's worth of [...]

As the most famous helicopter news pilot in American history, BOB TUR prided himself on being the ultimate alpha male. Except all along, he knew he wasn't ZOEY TUR JOINED [...]

IN 1964, NO OTHER CITY seemed more capable of reflecting the bright optimism of Ronald Reagan's America than Los Angeles. The top-grossing films that year--Beverly Hills Cop, The Karate Kid, [...]

ON THE FINAL night of the Republican National Convention, Jorge Herrera arrives in blue scrubs at the Elephant Bar in Torrance and orders an ahi salad and a margarita. Donald [...]

SOMETIME DURING MY third circumambulation of the Serra Retreat labyrinth, the realities of contemporary Malibu receded from my senses. The one visible manse in the distance dematerialized into a dollop [...]

ON A CLEAR WINTER MORNING THE Brentwood headquarters of Truthdig.com is a refuge of serene natural beauty. Floor-to-ceiling glass affords panoramic views of the oaks and sycamores of Mandeville Canyon, [...]

THE WALLS OF Father Gregory Boyle's office at Homeboy Industries are encrusted with family photos. Somewhere there's a snapshot of his 88-year-old mother, Kay, though she's all but lost among [...]

LAST SPRING Jake Gyllenhaal showed up at the Silver Lake offices of writer-director David Ayer to pitch himself for the lead role in End of Watch--a cop movie whose $8 [...]

The way L.A. schools superintendent John Deasy sees it, he could make 100 percent a his high school graduates ready for a four-year college, rid the beleaguered district of lousy [...]

AMUSE-BOUCHE ROBYN SEWITZ is almost done flipping through the latest Bon Appetit this Sunday afternoon when she makes a discovery she just has to share with her son. Brushing back [...]

AS ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER steps down this month, California voters can only marvel that a leader of such apparent strength is leaving the Golden State such a weakling--its institutions eroded and [...]

When TV news producers or opinion page-editors find themselves in need of a Muslim American voice to weigh in on matters ranging from the Israeli-Palestinian peace process to Iran's nuclear [...]

MY WATER BROKE THREE MONTHS EARLY. It wasn't complete bed rest, but practically. That lasted only a week. Then the infection set in, and the baby started to abort. So [...]

Why would a former two-term governor and lifelong politician want to run a state that can't be governed? A Q&A with Jerry Brown When considering his career, California attorney general [...]

ON THE INTERNET YOU CAN WATCH A FOUR-MINUTE VIDEO CLIP OF AYMAN ARIF DANCING. The venue is a bedroom in his Northridge home; his stage, a comforter patterned with sunflowers. [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For the past year Assembly Speaker Karen Bass has led a political life fraught with irony.A lifelong activist, Bass won an assembly seat in 2004 representing California's 47th […]

Your second term at City Hall doesn't even begin until next month, but we know you're already plotting to leave us--at least if you think you've got a fair shot […]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] GIFTS Y-Que Trading Post Need an Arnold Schwarzenegger coloring book? A Bacon vs. Tofu action figure set? How about a FREE LINDSAY T-shirt? The answer is no, Nobody […]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] So this is what the faith of our fathers has come to. Through the lattice of chain-link, through a locked gate, my eyes wandered in, lingering a moment […]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IT'S NOT AS IF Mark Verge hadn't gotten fair warning. "Never go into the bar business," his wife, Lani, had admonished him countless times. The Verges began their […]

[ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Knock 'Em Down MANY OF L.A.'S BOWLING HOT spots underwhelm with Elvis-heavy imagery and parboiled hot dogs. Not Hollywood's LUCKY STRIKE LANES, which promises young bowlers a glorious […]

BOY, DO YOU HAVE YOUR WORK CUT OUT FOR YOU, TRYING TO WIN THE OFFICE basketball pool is hard enough; settling on the greatest thing in Los Angeles is something […]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "This is real hard-core mountain biking," Eric Bana yells over his shoulder, his Aussie tenor cutting through the morning drizzle. Not a boulder, not a double-parked car, not […]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE SIGHT OF JULIE CHRISTIE THESE LAST TEN years is a joy that has been largely limited to her neighbors in rural Wales--aging hippies and farming couples who, […]

THE VEHICLE CARRYING PAUL HAGGIS TO HIS Friday-morning interview on CNN is a latter-day Hollywood cliche, a chauffeur-driven Prius that puts all the stretch Lexuses and Lincolns on the road […]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Welcome to Los Angeles magazine's first-ever Walk of Shame Awards, in which we celebrate the best examples of dim-wittedness, moral bankruptcy, and poor judgment that our citizenry has […]

LONG BEFORE CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow and his crew were being bootlegged on DVD, merry bands of Angelenos were crossing swords, guzzling grog, and causing mayhem in organizations such as the […]

The clock upon the bronze dome of the Abercrombie & Fitch building strikes six, the bells announcing that all the dirt and chaos and crime of Los Angeles are hereby […]

Yes, the Big One may come. And you may get discovered. And you may get into Mozza. And if you're four cars back in the left-turn lane with no arrow, […]

When Californians are bilked by a major energy company or our nation goes to war over weapons of mass destruction that don't exist, it's not that hard to find out […]

THE WAITRESS AT DOMINICK'S IN WEST Hollywood commits the cardinal sin of presenting Bill Maher with the dessert menu. "Dessert?" the comedian says, nodding in my direction. "We're not on […]

* IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, THIS ISSUE DOUBLES AS A FLOTATION DEVICE ILLUSTRATIONS BY MCKIBILLO YOUR PDA IS STOLEN * SCENARIO: Your BlackBerry is full of famous friends' […]

BILLY COTTRELL WOULD TELL YOU THAT THE MOST logical place to begin this story is 17 years ago at Beverly Hills Elementary School--which happens to be in Concord, North Carolina, […]

We jumped through hoops to find 101 of the greatest things Los Angeles has to offer 1 NEW BAR The Hollywood bar boom of the last decade has passed. Like […]

FOR THEIR SENIOR PROJECT ON DOWNTOWN LOS Angeles, the Buckley School's class of 2004 have been treated to a taste of life after graduation as they would like it to […]

I'VE STOOD ON MY HEAD. I've said I'd eat a bug if customers could get a better deal on a car. I've never really had to eat one, but I've […]

1 CHEESE PLATE IT CRUMBLES, IT OOZES; ITS many surfaces can be caked in earth, leaves, ash, straw, and mold. No, it's not the creature from black lagoon--it's a good […]

CALL IT SHORE LEAVE. FROM NOW UNTIL LABOR DAY, we are all struck by the desire to touch starfish in tide pools, lick creamy cones on boardwalks, and pitch pup […]

LEANING AGAINST A BRICK WALL, THE ACTOR Nick Stahl suffers one lost layer of blush to the tip of his snub nose, gently administered by a seasoned professional. Most noses […]

On a gloomy winter afternoon, Los Angeles's most powerful civic leader and richest man sprints his way through the Museo Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain, just as the day before he […]

Although everything from palm trees to heirloom tomatoes to transplanted New Yorkers can thrive on Los Angeles soil, the city's climate is not too hospitable to holiday traditions. It's the […]

LET'S BEGIN WITH THE BRUTE FACTS of Valley secession. If the referendum wins at the polls this month, Los Angeles stands to lose almost half of its land mass and […]

Surrounded by the moody nudes a disfigured war veterans that dominate the walls of his downtown loft, Jason Lee was supposed to be talking about his arts foundation this morning. […]

THIS LIST COULD HAVE clocked in at 1,001, and we would have barely scratched the surface. We love living in Los Angeles, and here are 100 reasons--in no particular order--why […]

ON A SATURDAY NIGHT, CITYWALK MAY BE the most vital public space in Los Angeles. Marooned atop Universal City, these three blocks lead to nowhere, but they're bustling, electric, alive. […]