2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1197+ words) We’d been married for 12 years. The early years of discovery (“How’d you get that scar?”) and spontaneous trysts behind questionable Hollywood landmarks had given way to dishwasher fights (“You can’t seriously think that goes there?!?”) and bimonthly scheduled date nights…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (236+ words) A 41-year-old man died Wednesday evening, following an incident while bodysurfing at South Crescent Bay that same day in Laguna Beach, officials said. Marine safety staff pulled the unconscious man from the surfline at about 4:20 p.m. on Wednesday, according to a…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (675+ words) And yes, while the Olympics are one point of public familiarity, that’s just one small part of our collective cultural consciousness around the sport. “Everyone has some kind of relationship to fencing,” said Mary Sola Spohn, the owner of Swordplay…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (556+ words) That’s one of the guiding principles behind tai chi, a hundreds-year-old Chinese martial arts practice that today is considered a form of meditative movement. It’s also a “gold standard” for balance training, says Ann Swanson, a tai chi instructor and…...