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Yusef Robb remained in the mayor’s internal communications channels for a week after beginning crisis PR work for the company that manages the Boyle Heights warehouse.
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Jul 22, 2026
More than 50 restaurants and bars in L.A. now import ice cubes from Japan. “Ice is like a bartender’s fire.”
Jul 20, 2026
LADOT claims it voided the bum tickets — but refused to share the data to prove it. Many were issued in one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods.
Jul 13, 2026
The County of Los Angeles has agreed to pay out at least $14 million to prosecutors who say they were improperly sidelined, reassigned or otherwise suffered after criticizing the former D.A.'s reforms.
Jul 23, 2026
Plus, the Cinerama Dome returns, Newsom appoints a podcaster, and rats abound in Boyle Heights.
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Jul 9, 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
