Mel Melcon
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Mel Melcon started out with the Los Angeles Times in 1984 as a summer intern, worked on a freelance basis from 1985 to 1997 and then was hired full time. Melcon likes to capture the offbeat and funny side of life in his images. He left The Times in 2024.
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For 22 years, the Conscious Life Expo has been a meetinghouse for astrologers, channelers, aura readers, quantum life coaches, psychics, hypnotists and “starseeds” — people who believe they are galactic volunteers that have taken on a human form to help “the children of Gaia.”
Feb. 19, 2024
An early February storm delivered rain to much of the region but meant days of snow for mountain communities.
Feb. 11, 2024
Hermano Drive snakes up a steep hill in Tarzana. The tucked-away enclave is the only one in L.A. where a city ordinance specifically bars skateboarding.
Jan. 11, 2024
Soraya Yousefi’s art career started by accident, but she’s found her stride making whimsical bowls and cups in her Northridge home studio.
Dec. 15, 2023
Idyllwild has an unusual political tradition: Its mayor cannot be human. Here’s how this California mountain town came to be governed by a golden retriever.
Nov. 20, 2023
Want to traipse around Hollywood on a bus tour and improve your selfie game at the same time? TMZ now offers a special tour for doing exactly that.
Nov. 16, 2023
Sheep docents at the San Marcos Foothills Preserve explain to passersby why there are hundreds of merino sheep munching away on the grasses — and allay fears over the controversial practice.
Oct. 13, 2023
A Venice ice bath studio played matchmaker to more than 100 singles, inviting them to speed date in cold plunge pools. Did things heat up in the freezing cold?
Oct. 11, 2023
Family-run Doc Johnson has been making pleasure products in North Hollywood since 1976 and is the country’s largest sex toy manufacturer.
Oct. 11, 2023