Martha Groves
Martha Groves, who covered the Westside for the Los Angeles Times, left the newsroom in 2015. A native Hoosier, she became a Metro reporter after many years as a Business writer and editor. She previously worked for the Philadelphia Inquirer and the late, lamented Chicago Daily News.
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Rui Satamura’s high school yearbooks evoke bitter memories -- of being called a “Jap” and spending two years in an Arizona internment camp.
March 20, 2019
A cookie-cutter wedding just would not cut it for urbane lovebirds Brittany Mrsnik and Jason Barnes of West Hollywood.
Dec. 15, 2015
Time was that eager brides-to-be hovered near newsstands to pick up hot-off-the-presses magazines to help steer their nuptial planning.
Dec. 15, 2015
When Aaron Wolf began interviewing synagogue members and shooting footage for a documentary about the restoration of Wilshire Boulevard Temple, he considered himself a fallen-away Jew.
Nov. 29, 2015
Encounters between rats and mountain lions generally have predictable outcomes.
Nov. 11, 2015
A once-photogenic mountain lion whose carcass was found by a runner in Point Mugu State Park on Sept. 30 died of exposure to rat poisons, the National Park Service confirmed Tuesday.
Nov. 10, 2015
Francine Cohen was only a toddler in France when her Jewish mother was put on a government-owned train to the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.
Nov. 5, 2015
Malibu’s Broad Beach, long a magnet for Hollywood A-listers and corporate chieftains, could once again live up to its name after decades of deterioration caused by pounding storms and high tides.
Oct. 26, 2015
After many visits to Kauai, my daughter, her godfather and I decided to add some new adventures this summer to the usual snorkeling, biking, hiking, kayaking and eco-touring.
Oct. 17, 2015
After months of often rancorous meetings with veterans, Westside residents, health professionals and elected officials, the U.S.
Oct. 16, 2015