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America at 250

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Los Angeles, CA - June 09, 2026: Ruby Woo, 33, of unincorporated east Los Angeles stands in front of a 1948 Chevrolet Fleet Line on north Main St. near the historic Olvera Street in a 1940's Pachua style dress on Tuesday, June 9, 2026 in Los Angeles, CA. (Carlin Stiehl/For The Times) What 250 years means: "250 years of America is joy, devastation, pain, suffering, growing pains, heartache, injustices, tears, happiness, growth, homesteading lifestyle, culture. I recognize the fact that we're currently standing on the oldest street in all of Los Angeles, the city of Los Angeles, the county of Los Angeles. This is the birthplace of the city, and I know that this was a land of the natives, the Tongva. I recognize that, recognize them, recognize that this was Mexico, not too long ago, 250 years ago. This was still Mexico, and the birth of this city allowed so much growth of this nation. What they hope for this country: "I hope that the future holds more joy, more opportunity for growth, less injustices for all, recognition of past faults, and denouncing said faults."

Venice, CA - June 10, 2026: David Alcaraz, 56, who lives in Venice sits against a palm tree at Venice Beach on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 in Los Angeles, CA. (Carlin Stiehl/For The Times) What 250 years means: "Freedom, liberty, all of the above, life, love, everything. It's so good here in the US. I've been other places, and there's nothing like the US, let alone LA, California. What they hope for this country: "That people will realize that things are much easier than they want them to be. Basically, God is good, and things can be better. Just people got to realize that. That's all."

Los Angeles, CA - June 14, 2026: Jay Ann Kan, 21, who lives in Westwood, stands in Westwood on Sunday, June 14, 2026 in Los Angeles, CA. (Carlin Stiehl/For The Times) What 250 years means: "I think it's more about recognizing all the accomplishments that we've already had, but also recognizing that there is always room for improvement, and just approaching those things with more of a sense of community." What they hope for this country: "People being more united rather than divided, and just everyone approaching life and people with kindness and more empathy… It's just more united voices and just more representation of different people, like different races, people with disabilities, and just having those voices shape how we implement changes in the country."

Los Angeles, CA - June 12, 2026: Cellist Yoshi Masuda, 39, who lives in Koreatown, sits at a coffeeshop in Koreatown on Friday, June 12, 2026 in Los Angeles, CA. (Carlin Stiehl/For The Times) What 250 years means: "I come from Japan, so 250 years is really not very long in terms of the country's existence. So, well done. That's great. Glad you made it so far. I think, for me, as an immigrant, living in LA, it's a very liberal city, and people have a lot to say about the current state, but I feel like coming here, I'm still here, even after 15 years of being in this country, because I still feel this is a land of opportunities. That's why I'm here… I think that's still the case, and there's not that many countries that still gives us those kind of opportunities. So, for me, I think it's a wonderful place, and long live another 250 years." What they hope for this country: "So many thoughts are going through my mind, so it's hard to say if it's something specific to the states or specific to the world now, but as a musician, all we try to do is to empathize with our audience and the composers, and so I think just more empathy."

Los Angeles, CA - June 12, 2026: Hether Grey, 39, who lives in Los Feliz, stands in Sunset Triangle Plaza in Silverlake on Friday, June 12, 2026 in Los Angeles, CA. (Carlin Stiehl/For The Times) What 250 years means: "It means that we've seen a lot of changes… progress with a lot of hiccups." What they hope for this country: "I hope we get away from everything being about what our jobs are, and move into an evolutionary way, move into, not needing to live our lives for money, so that we can live a little more self-actualized."

Los Angeles, CA - June 12, 2026: Saira Sanchez, 36, who lives in Boyle Heights, stands in front of her fruit cart Little Armenia on Friday, June 12, 2026 in Los Angeles, CA. (Carlin Stiehl/For The Times) What 250 years means: "Well, for me and my family, it represents years of hard work and achievement; like so many immigrants, we came here to fulfill our dreams. In my case, it means seeing my sisters become educated individuals with their own goals and aspirations in this country. We are grateful for the opportunities provided to us, opportunities that foster our personal growth and motivate us to move forward and build a better life. Above all." What they hope for this country: "We hope that we immigrants will be given more opportunities and the chance to remain in this country, since many of us want to get ahead and build a better future, not only for ourselves but also for the new generations growing up here. These are capable individuals who have largely proven themselves to be good students and who are pursuing goals for a better future in this country." ***Translated from Spanish with Google Translate*** Bueno para mi para mi familia significa muchos anos de trabajo de logros donde practicamente todos nosotros los inmigrantes venimos a cumplir muchos suenos en este caso pues practicamente ver a nuestros en mi caso ver a mis hermanas pues ya ser unas personas estudiadas con metas y muchos suenos en este pais y pues estamos agradecidos por las oportunidades que nos brindan para nosotras, para nosotros mismos como personas y pues que nos motivan a salir adelante. Nos brindan tambien apoyos en el sentido donde nosotros podamos crecer, tener un tipo de vida diferente y pues seguir adelante. Mas que nada. Pues esperamos a que pues a todos nosotros los inmigrantes nos den mas oportunidades, nos den la facilidad de poder seguir en este pais, ya que muchos pues queremos salir adelante, queremos tener un mejor futuro para nosotros mismos, para nuestras nuevas generaciones que estan saliendo de este pais, que son personas capaces de poder salir adelante, que son Personas que han demostrado en su mayoria ser buenos estudiantes y que conllevan a tener metas en este pais para un mejor futuro.

Venice, CA - June 10, 2026: Artist JennEm (Jennifer Malsch), 35, who lives in Marina Del Rey, poses at the Venice Skate Park at Venice Beach on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 in Los Angeles, CA. (Carlin Stiehl/For The Times) What 250 years means: "I think, when I look back on 250 years of American history, much of which is very tumultuous and painful for many groups, the best thing that you can do is look at the progress that we've made, and how far we've come, and if you look at it with an optimistic lens, in that you know light, it makes me hopeful for what we can accomplish in the next 250 years." What they hope for this country: "I hope that we can find some way to turn around this pattern of increasing inequality and find some way to level it out to help most Americans who I think are struggling right now, but again we've made strides before and I think you know there are pockets of light happening right now in the country, so I think I'm hopeful that those, those little pockets are gonna spread to bigger pockets, and then we could really accomplish big things."

Venice, CA - June 10, 2026: Basil Hennessey, 32, who lives in Santa Monica, stands in front of a freshly painted graffiti piece he made at Venice Beach on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 in Los Angeles, CA. (Carlin Stiehl/For The Times) What 250 years means: "250 years of American means to me specifically, as an Angelino, that we reached the goldmine, we reached the West Coast, that was Manifest Destiny. We got to where we wanted to go, and this is the final destination. Maybe we didn't foresee Hawaii in the future, and that was just the final destination for that time and that moment In the future we can always venture off and try to find new land, but as of now, this is probably the best location that I could think of in America, weather wise, culture wise. Just everything about LA feels like home. This feels like the place to be." What they hope for this country: "I just hope that we're able to continue that manifest of proper living. We don't want to just accept good enough, like with being under Britain's rule. We don't want to be accepting of slavery. We got to continue to improve, do better, see a better future. Yes, the grass is always greener on the other side. We can get there, we can get to that grass on the other side. So just gotta keep on pushing forward."

Los Angeles, CA - June 09, 2026: Jada O'Conner, 21, who lives in the South Bay, stands in Little Tokyo on Tuesday, June 9, 2026 in Los Angeles, CA. (Carlin Stiehl/For The Times) What 250 years means: "I think that with every year that passes, it's important to do things differently, so that you can see how change can come about. Sometimes doing things the same doesn't always work in our favor." What they hope for this country: "More fun, that's it. More fun."

Santa Monica, CA - June 10, 2026: Fidel De La Torre, 16, who lives in Santa Monica, hangs inverted on the bars at The Original Muscle Beach on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 in Los Angeles, CA. (Carlin Stiehl/For The Times) What 250 years means: "250 years of America means to me a melting pot of different cultures, like America's very diverse… I feel like that's the strength in the country, because like by having a mix of different cultures, you have different experiences… you learn more about different cultures and about where different people come from. I think it's important because by doing so you can give everyone an opportunity to be successful, because I feel like a lot of people come to America to find jobs, and I feel like that's good, because everyone's given an equal opportunity." What they hope for this country: "I hope in the future we move towards more inclusivity and more equity, because I know right now there's things happening like ICE raids, where they're separating families, and I feel like there's a notion about immigrants that they're criminals or dangerous, but in reality they're just people trying to make a living. I feel like in the future we should move more towards inclusivity instead of kind of like treating people differently because of their differences."

Los Angeles, CA - June 09, 2026: Eliana Peretz, 22, who lives in Fairfax, stands in Downtown outside the Los Angeles Public Library on Tuesday, June 9, 2026 in Los Angeles, CA. (Carlin Stiehl/For The Times) What 250 years means: "I'm proud that we could become a nation that's bigger than what our founders envisioned, that we could expand from their vision and build upon those initial values of freedom and things, and see that expanded for all groups and all people, like women, people of color. All these people were not included in America's original vision, but that doesn't mean that the people who have fought so hard to include them aren't Americans, and I'm really proud that we could be able to build such a great nation." What they hope for this country: "My hope for the future of the country is unity, kind of growing beyond party politics and seeing what makes us so great as America. My hope is that each and every American and everyone who resides in our great country will all get the same level of freedom and opportunities, and everyone can have a chance at the American dream."

Los Angeles, CA - June 09, 2026: Billy Alch, 66, who lives in Skid Row, stands in Little Tokyo on Tuesday, June 9, 2026 in Los Angeles, CA. (Carlin Stiehl/For The Times) What 250 years means: "We were founded on 'Give me liberty or give me death,' and everyone will give up all their liberties because they're told so. So, I think our country, until we learn to stand up for ourselves and be honest, our country's going downward." What they hope for this country: "People learn to tell the truth to each other rather than pretend they like each other."

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Here are L.A.’s 2026 Michelin winners, and the world’s first three-star Mexican restaurant

L.A.’s Kato earns its second star, two local chefs are rising-star talent, a San Francisco restaurant just became Michelin’s first three-star Mexican restaurant in the world, and other accolades from this year’s 2026 California Guide reveal.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 13: Chef Joshua Gil attends Level 8 Grand Opening Party At Moxy Downtown LA on September 13, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for Level 8)

Trailblazing Alta California chef Joshua Gil dies at 50

A hand pulls a square slice of meatball-and-jalapeño-topped tavern style pizza at Rance's Chicago Pizza in Long Beach

9 great places to try Midwest-style tavern pizza in L.A.

Goop Kitchen executive chef Kim Floresca prepares a winter salmon bowl in the L.A. Times Test Kitchen.

How to cook salmon. 6 recipes for the ‘gateway fish’

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World & Nation

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Supreme Court turns away Alan Dershowitz’s defamation suit against CNN

Justice Clarence Thomas says the court should ‘reconsider’ past rulings that protect press from libel suits.

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, MARYLAND - JULY 01: U.S. President Donald Trump's sons Donald Trump Jr. (L) and Eric Trump arrive on July 01, 2026 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Trump is traveling to North Dakota to attend the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library dedication on his first trip using the new Air Force One aircraft gifted to the U.S. by Qatar's government. (Photo by Finn Gomez/Getty Images)

As Trump reports $2.2 billion in 2025 income, ethics experts raise alarms

E. Jean Carroll arrives to federal court in New York, Tuesday, May 2, 2023. Carroll on Monday wrapped up three days of testimony in the trial stemming from her lawsuit against former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Supreme Court refuses Trump’s appeal of E. Jean Carroll’s $5-million sexual abuse verdict

The Supreme Court in Washington, Sunday, June 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Supreme Court limits police use of cellphone data to find crime suspects

UNITED STATES - APRIL 2: EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, left, and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., participate in a discussion to announce microplastics and pharmaceuticals will be listed as contaminants in drinking water, at the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington on Thursday, April 2, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

After bold pledge, EPA shelves microplastics testing in U.S. drinking water

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Plants & Home

MT. WASHINGTON, CA - MAY 20, 2026: In this drone view, architect Diego Cano Lasso and wife Belen Rodero, left, purchased two contiguous vacant lots in Mt. Washington and recently completed construction, as an owner-builder, on the second of the two homes, right, which they rent out. Photographed in Mt. Washington, CA on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

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He dreamed of a Midcentury compound on an ‘unbuildable’ L.A. hillside. It took 12 years

Diego Cano-Lasso and his family have brought new life to a Midcentury post-and-beam ideal, building two neighboring homes on a steep Mt. Washington hillside once considered ‘unbuildable.’

LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 14, 2026: Julia Lee, Loyola Marymount University Professor, poses for a portrait in her garden at her home in Cheviot Hills on Thursday, May 14, 2026, in Los Angeles, CA. Lee decided in 2022 to remove her front lawn in Cheviot Hills and replace it with native and drought-tolerant plants. (Kayla Bartkowski / Los Angeles Times)

Her water bill was ‘insane.’ So she tore out her lawn and planted a ‘wabi-sabi’ wonderland

LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 11: Artist Julie Burton at her ADU work studio in Los Angeles on Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (Ariana Drehsler / For The Times)

In her Silver Lake ADU, this L.A. artist turns glass and clay into something magical

LOS ANGELES, CA-JUNE 19, 2026: Julio Miranda-Martin's poses in the living room of his Hollywood apartment in Los Angeles, on Friday, June 19, 2026.

He turned his one-bedroom West Hollywood apartment into an entertainer’s paradise

A man and woman hold a dog in a stylish dining room.

More is more is more in this L.A. ‘barn’ exploding with thrifted finds and maximalist flair

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Obituaries

LeRoy Irvin, former Rams cornerback who holds NFL punt return record, dies at 68
British sitcom star Penelope Keith, star of ‘The Good Life’ (a.k.a. ‘Good Neighbors’), dies at 86
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