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Home sharing, backyard cottages and renting out rooms help seniors find housing

Demographers project Southern California's senior population will grow by 1.2 million by 2030 and by an additional 852,000 the decade after that.

Homeowner Bobbie Hill, center, with her ex-husband, Mike Hill, grandson, Wyatt, 21, and tenants Wen Wei, 26, and Tatiana Woliung, 24. Hill has been renting rooms to students in her two-story home Claremont home for at least 25 years. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

A photo of Yoko Ono with her late husband, former Beatle John Lennon, is part of the exhibit “Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind” at The Broad in Los Angeles. (Photo by Marla Jo Fisher, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Yoko Ono finally gets a solo show in Southern California

In “Escape,” the new show from Jacques Heim’s Diavolo: Architecture in Motion,” 22 dancers move through space in interaction with large physical structures. The show runs at Diavolo’s studio L’Espace in downtown Los Angeles through June 14. (Photo by Cheryl Mann)

Why LA’s dance company Diavolo: Architecture in Motion has an ‘Escape’ plan

This image released by Polk & Co. shows Hiran Abeysekera in the role of Hamlet at the National Theatre in London on Sept. 25, 2025. (Sam Taylor/Polk & Co. via AP)

From Taylor Swift to the Oscars, 400-year-old ‘Hamlet’ flourishes in the age of TikTok

By Associated Press

May 8, 2026 at 10:40 a.m.

He’s on screen, onstage, on tour, online and in song. “Hamlet” — William Shakespeare’s masterpiece...

The upcoming 2026/27 season at the historic Pasadena venue will include productions of “The Visit,” “Passing Strange,” “Real Women Have Curves: The Musical” and more.
Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Pasadena Playhouse reveals 2026/27 season with ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ and more

By Holly Alvarado

May 7, 2026 at 6:49 p.m.

The season opens Sept. 9 with a new production of "The Visit," Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s dark...

Actress Krista Marie Yu plays Linda Low in the East West Players and Japanese American Cultural Center production of “Flower Drum Song,” as revised 2026 by David Henry Hwang.
(Photo by Mike Palma for the East West Players, April 2026. Used by permission.)

David Henry Hwang brings ‘Flower Drum Song’ into the 21st century

By Marla Jo Fisher

May 4, 2026 at 9:02 a.m.

The groundbreaking 1958 musical has been criticized as outdated, but the playwright says, 'I felt...

People wait in line to tour the William S. Hart Museum at Hart Park in Santa Clarita during a grand reopening celebration of the historic mansion museum on Friday, April 10, 2026. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, April 23-May 1

By Holly Andres

April 23, 2026 at 8:38 a.m.

Here are some activities and entertainments in the San Fernando Valley and greater Los Angeles...

A Noise Within theater volunteer, Maggie Chatman, right, helps scan tickets with employee Rose Finn in pasadena on Sunday, February 8, 2026. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Theater volunteers find their life’s ‘second act’ — and keep local venues humming

By Contributing Writer

April 2, 2026 at 3:41 p.m.

Up and down the Southern California coast and out to San Bernardino and Riverside counties,...

The cast of the the Broadway musical “The Outsiders.” The national touring come comes to the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles as part of the 2026-27 Broadway in Hollywood season. (Photo by Matthew Murphy)

The Pantages will stage LA premieres of ‘The Outsiders’ and ‘Death Becomes Her’

By Peter Larsen

March 7, 2026 at 3:16 p.m.

'The Who's Tommy' fills out the season with bonus runs of 'Hamilton' and 'The Lion...

The Asics Los Angeles Marathon Lifestyle Expo is free and open to the public on March 6 and 7 at Dodger Stadium. Registered marathon runners are required to pick up their bibs on either day in advance of the marathon on Sunday, March 8, 2026. In the file photo, LA Marathon participants and fans took cover under plastic to check out shoes on a rainy day at the Marathon Expo at Dodger Stadium on Friday, March 14, 2025. The 40th LA Marathon took place on March 16, 2025 on a route from Dodger Stadium to Century City. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, March 5-13

By Holly Andres

March 5, 2026 at 6:01 a.m.

Here are some activities and entertainments in the San Fernando Valley and greater Los Angeles...

Sean Bell, Leo Roberts, Major Attaway, Blake Segal, Chris Collins-Pisano, and Ellis C. Dawson III appear in the North American Tour of “Spamalot.” (Photo by Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman)

Review: Monty Python’s ‘Spamalot’ is clearly ‘not dead yet’ in Costa Mesa

By Christopher Smith

February 20, 2026 at 12:37 p.m.

Audience members cheer familiar bits from 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' and the troupe's...

The 33rd annual Presidents Day celebration is held on Feb. 16, 2026 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley. In the file photo, Peter Small greets guests while portraying Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt during the 32nd annual Presidents Day event at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. Visitors enjoyed live music, presidential lookalikes, crafts and carnival games during the free event in Simi Valley. (Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)

Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, Feb. 12-20

By Holly Andres

February 18, 2026 at 11:24 a.m.

Here are some activities and entertainments in the San Fernando Valley and greater Los Angeles...

Broadway icon Patti LuPone comes to Southern California for shows in Costa Mesa, Los Angeles and Palm Desert between Feb. 18-23 with the 25th anniversary Matters of the Heart concert tour. She is seen here accepting the award for best featured actress in a musical for “Company” at the 75th annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 12, 2022, at Radio City Music Hall in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Patti LuPone discusses Southern California shows and dogs at the theater

By Peter Larsen

February 11, 2026 at 4:32 p.m.

The theater legend is touring the 25th anniversary of 'Matters of the Heart' tour

Will Swenson plays the title role in “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” on stage at La Mirada Theatre through Feb. 22. (Photo by Jason Niedle, TETHOS)

Broadway star Will Swenson teams with Jason Alexander in La Mirada

By Christopher Smith

February 2, 2026 at 4:01 p.m.

The actor who originated the role of Neil Diamond in 'A Beautiful Noise' is being...

Eddie Izzard brings her solo performance of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” to the Montalbán Theatre in Los Angeles for seven nights from Jan. 22-31. (Photo by Amanda Searle)

To create a thrilling kind of ‘Hamlet,’ Eddie Izzard decided to go it alone

By Peter Larsen

January 15, 2026 at 11:00 a.m.

The British performer brings her solo show of Shakespeare's play to LA for seven performances...

Cal Mitchell as the Lion, Elijah Ahmad Lewis as the Scarecrow, Dana Cimone as Dorothy, D. Jerome as the Tinman, and Alan Mingo Jr. as the Wiz the North American tour of “The Wiz” which plays Segerstrom Hall in Costa Mesa from Jan. 13-25. (Photo by Jeremy Daniel)

‘The Wiz’ brings updated enchantments to Segerstrom Hall in Costa Mesa

By Peter Larsen

January 7, 2026 at 9:31 a.m.

Veteran actor Alan Mingo Jr. who plays the Wiz and newcome Dana Cimone who plays...

Ben Platt sings during the opening night of his two week residency in Los Angeles, “Ben Platt: Live at the Ahmanson” on Friday, December 12. Photo Credit: Makela Yepez / Center Theatre Group.

Ben Platt surprises LA crowd with Demi Lovato during residency show at the Ahmanson

By Carolyn Burt

December 15, 2025 at 8:59 p.m.

“Ben Platt: Live at the Ahmanson” is a theater kid's dream come true as he...

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