Food
For John Cleveland, who runs Post & Beam in the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza with wife Roni Cleveland, Thanksgiving season begins with his mincemeat cookies.
Entertainment & Arts
Perez’s material combines deeply personal narrative with sociopolitical insight. Before releasing his new special “Misunderstood,” in 2025, he headlines New Year’s Eve at the two-year-old Stand Up Comedy Club.
UCLA Sports
John Hawks returns to UCLA volleyball and talk about repeating as champion, succeeding John Speraw and the difficulties of new NIL rules.
High School Sports
Banning football standout Steven Perez talks about his season and the terrific Marine League matchups ahead (Eric Sondheimer / Los Angeles Times)
Movies
Also this week: Tributes to Kris Kristofferson continue with ‘A Star Is Born’ in 35mm, a celebration of the unique writer and performer Zoë Lund, and China’s ‘Black Dog.’
Music
Pisano’s career spanned seven decades and included sharing the stage or recording studio with many jazz luminaries, including Chico Hamilton, Herb Alpert, Peggy Lee and Frank Sinatra.
The title star of ‘Being John Malkovich’ looks back on the ‘iffy call’ to make the movie that would introduce audiences to future Oscar winners Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman.
The Pilots moved all-purpose threat Steven Perez to quarterback behind Salvador Zamora and a powerful line to dominate the Dons in the season opener.