Jen Chung

Lactivists are loving Time magazine's cover, showing L.A. mommy blogger Jamie Lynne Grumet nursing her nearly-four-year-old son. And they have some interesting thoughts about everyone being comfortable with older children suckling from their moms.

Last month, the San Diego Zoo welcomed its first jaguar cubs since 1989! Two cubs were born on April 27 and the zoo says, "The two unnamed siblings will remain in the den for a couple of months until they are able to walk outdoors on their own. Keepers have yet to determine the sex of the cubs."

Jamie Lynne Grumet points out that chimpanzees, our closest primate relatives, typically breastfeed for six times longer than they gestate for. Which means humans would breastfeed for nearly five years.

Warner Bros. just released a trailer for The Gangster Squad, the period-set film about the LAPD trying to keep out East Coast mobsters. Sean Penn plays mafioso Mickey Cohen, while Ryan Gosling plays a cop trying to take him down. And it looks like Gosling's character falls for Cohen's girl, played by his previous on-screen romantic interest Emma Stone—what do you think the 1940s vernacular for "Hey Girl" is? The film also stars Josh Brolin,...

The Justice Department cited an example of a Maricopa County officer slammed a pregnant Latina woman—who was in her driveway—into her car repeatedly.

Rendering of the Whole Foods planned for Malibu The desire to offer high-end organic food to the community of Malibu will clash with some residents that just don't want to see the grocery behemoth in their "rural way of life." A public scoping meeting about the project will be held at Malibu's City Hall on May 22, to discuss what should be considered in the environmental impact report, and the natives seem restless. Debate...

From the Vidal Sassoon documentary Vidal Sassoon, the iconic hair stylist, died at his Mulholland Drive home in Los Angeles. Sassoon, who grew up in poverty in the East End of England, rose to fame when he created a geometric version of the bob cut in 1963, a move away from the overworked hairsprayed bouffant hairstyles of the time. Sassoon said, "My idea was to cut shape into the hair, to use it like...

Britney Spears on tour last year (via BritneySpears.com) Britney Spears, teen pop icon-turned-trainwreck-turned comeback kid, has apparently finalized a deal to be a judge on The X-Factor alongside Simon Cowell and L.A. Reid. According to E!, "Spears will get $15 million for one season's worth of work. She had agreed in principle to the deal weeks ago and had spent the last several days working out the fine print." A source said, "The contract...

The death of Beastie Boys founder Adam Yauch, who was also an independent film producer and an advocate for Tibetan freedom and less fortunate people, has upset legions of fans and their fellow musicians. Last night, during their concert at the Hollywood Bowl, Coldplay performed a cover of "Fight For Your Right (To Party)".

As his family, his Chargers teammates and the San Diego community continuity continue to reel over news of this death, details are emerging about football player Junior Seau's final hours. His ex-wife Gina Seau told San Diego Union-Tribune that she and "their three children all received texts from him Tuesday with the same message: 'I love you.'" Outside his home, Seau's mother wailed, "Junior, Why didn’t you tell me you were leaving?" Seau's body...