Toes

The Santa Monicas. The San Gabriels. The Santa Anas. Los Angeles and Orange counties are loaded with mountains and mountain trails that are begging to be hiked, run and biked. You could conceivably do these activities in tennis or running shoes, but those...

Parents can do a lot to watch for health problems, as an addition to regular visits to doctors and dentists. Here are some head-to- toe checks to do on a regular basis, pediatricians say: Make sure shoes fit. Because kids' feet can grow so fast, many...

Barefoot running has become a hot fitness trend thanks to evidence that it can reduce injuries and strengthen feet. But ironically, many "barefooters" prefer to keep their feet covered. Fear of injuries from broken glass, rocks and other sharp objects...

If you live in Los Angeles or other fashion-forward places where people are eager to try new things, you have seen them: people running around in shoes that look like gorilla feet, modern ninja footwear or high-tech surf booties. They are the newest...

Home furnishings and interior design industry pros and savvy consumers alike know High Point because of the many furniture manufacturing companies concentrated in and around the North Carolina town and the semi-annual High Point Market that attracts on...

The dollar count may not be done yet, but by sheer body count -- and the number of events that unspooled across New York City on Friday night -- the sophomore installment of Fashion's Night Out was an unmitigated success.......

Resident Image stylist and market editor Melissa Magsaysay soothes your sartorial woes in the weekly Your Stylist blog column Question: I am getting married next May and the wedding is outdoors at a winery. I’m stumped on what shoes to......

Posted by John Chase at 3:16 p.m. Call it the first toe-to-toe between two men expected to run for Chicago mayor: Rahm Emanuel and Tom Dart. And it happened — of all places — at Excalibur. And no, it wasn’t......

It hits, for some of us, the very instant our sole slaps the floor, first thing in the morning -- or middle of the night, for those of us inclined to tiptoe in the dark. Down flaps that ol' foot, that tired foot, that weary foot, and up zips the news...

Imagine you're minding your own business, building a subterranean parking garage, and discover that you have stumbled upon 16 new fossil deposits including a mostly complete adult mammoth skeleton. That's exactly what happened to the Los Angeles County...

Angels Manager Mike Scioscia made official Sunday what has been common knowledge for more than a week: First baseman Kendrys Morales, who is still recovering from a broken bone above his left ankle, will open the season on the disabled......

When a 52-year-old Allentown woman called the city 911 dispatcher and requested an ambulance ride to the hospital three nights ago for her “stubbed big toe,” I’m sure she didn’t expect to draw attention to the costs of emergency...