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If the CD 4 council member becomes mayor, she’d leave an open council seat. In one of L.A.’s toniest districts, the behind-the-scenes jockeying to fill it has begun.
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Oct 2, 2026
There are strange carvings on the walls of Major League Baseball’s third-oldest ballpark. Even the Dodgers didn’t seem to know where they came from.
Sep 30, 2026
A roast comic has become Santa Monica’s most notorious street performer — and the campaign to shut him down is getting hotter.
Sep 28, 2026
Ring cameras, flashlights and nosy neighborhood WhatsApp groups encroach on a steamy L.A. tradition.
Oct 5, 2026
Plus, egg sandwiches with Jane Fonda, an exorbitant Erewhon x LACMA hoodie, and a sexually suggestive gubernatorial ad.
Oct 6, 2026
What three scientists say you need to know.
Sep 22, 2026
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A private company has cleared dozens of homeless encampments in Venice — with persistence, cash payments, and a team that includes former gang members. Clients love them. The people they move do not.
Jul 27, 2026
The festival promised John Legend, Janelle Monáe and more than a hundred events across Los Angeles. Instead, it was canceled on the day it was supposed to begin. How organizer Martin Ludlow’s 15-year vision came crashing down.
Aug 15, 2026
A Fourth of July season disaster last year revealed a sprawling alleged fireworks trafficking network — and raised urgent questions about why state and local officials failed to stop it sooner.
Jun 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
Then built an interactive map of the 100+ ratings.
Jul 9, 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
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