Gendy Alimurung

The knit crawlers are coming. Yarn Crawl Los Angeles planning committee chairwoman Stephanie Steinhaus and veteran knitter Libby Butler-Gluck are sitting in Steinhaus' Burbank store, Unwind, taking stock of the progress they've made in preparing for the city's biggest knitting event, now in its third year. For four days in......

Nine-year-old Melody sits on a metal stool in the parking lot of her elementary school, Serrania Charter for Enriched Studies in Woodland Hills, one crisp February morning. Her hair - fine, wavy, chipmunk brown - ordinarily hangs down to her knees. Today it is pulled back into a tight ponytail......

He was a selfish man, Dr. Rajiv Parti confesses, an arrogant, manipulative man. Until three years ago, when a near-death experience "changed my life forever." Speaking to a roomful of people gathered at a small church in Santa Monica for the Afterlife Convention, he hopes that they may learn from......

The Very Reverend Dr. John R. Hall, 38th Dean of Westminster Abbey, appointed by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, is visiting Los Angeles for the first time, on a fundraising and "friend-raising" mission. To be exact, he is at the Getty Center on this warm Monday night, preaching to the...

Luke Haynes gave up a career in architecture to become a full-time quilter. "Pay cut? More like pay guillotine," he says, with a hearty laugh. "It went from something to nothing." Still, what he lost in financial stability, he gained in artistic fulfillment. Quilting appealed to his creativity and egotism......

The Krampus is the beast demon of Christmas, who likes to frighten children and spank pretty young women. Basically, he is Santa Claus' naughtier, hairier, lesser-known European cousin, who behaves inappropriately at parties. This year, artists Al Ridenour and Al Guerrero are bringing him to Los Angeles. They believe he......