Nancy Gerrish, 78, reclines on her cherished waterbed with her dog Penny in her Los Feliz home. Gerrish has had a waterbed for 28 years after first sleeping on a friend's waterbed. (Genaro Molina / ...

The bed in Nancy Gerrish’s bright Los Feliz home appears perfectly normal — carved wooden headboard, fuzzy brown blanket, cream-colored bed skirt. The sheets are a tasteful leopard print. A few ...

The waterbed was invented by a San Francisco State University graduate student in 1969, and it quickly captured the American imagination. It soon became a symbol of the sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll ...

LOS ANGELES — The bed in Nancy Gerrish's bright Los Feliz home appears perfectly normal — carved wooden headboard, fuzzy brown blanket, cream-colored bed skirt. The sheets are a tasteful leopard print ...

Waterbeds were a fad that arrived in the 1970s and didn't stay popular for very long. Some people still find the idea of sleeping on water attractive though, and wonder if it makes more sense to ...

Paul Thomas Anderson has surveyed L.A.’s San Fernando Valley from every angle in films like “Boogie Nights,” “Magnolia” and “Punch-Drunk Love.” For his latest, “Licorice Pizza,” which opens wide on ...