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How short stories became Hollywood's hottest format.
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May 11, 2026
A guerrilla artist has made the Eastside his canvas. His medium: Strange signs.
May 5, 2026
It's become one of America's most notorious escalators. To find out why, I went all the way to the top.
Apr 30, 2026
With Xavier Becerra now the presumptive frontrunner in the governor’s race, California Dems could elect a (sort of) Angeleno for the first time in a generation.
May 13, 2026
Plus, Bass fired her chief heat officer, a pioneering NBA player dies at 47 and a cosmetics mogul turned Catholic priest.
"The 'Cheers' of Los Angeles," where railfans and Dodger fans meet.
May 12, 2026
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Joseph Freeman went viral for bashing Sigma Chi. But there’s a darker story off screen. Why hasn’t UCLA stopped him?
Apr 29, 2026
Bill Essayli is the face of Trump’s immigration and fraud crackdown in Southern California. Defending his own family’s fraud case, with the ACLU’s help, pitted him against the office he now leads.
Apr 21, 2026
How Hollywood built a press machine out of friendly conversations, discreet edits, and the tacit understanding that no one is going for the jugular.
Apr 6, 2026
Two? Three? FOUR?
Mar 22, 2026
The cult leader’s portrait was put up almost two years ago. We found the guy who made it.
Apr 8, 2026
How a handful of strange bedfellows, united by ambition and frustration with the mayor’s leadership, scrambled to marshal a challenge to Mayor Karen Bass.
Mar 19, 2026
