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Aug 27, 2026
For nearly 80 years, the city of L.A. has run an asphalt plant. Now it wants to make money off it — but voters must approve.
Aug 26, 2026
AltaMed — pivotal to healthcare for the poor in L.A. — employs six members of the CEO’s family.
Aug 20, 2026
A hulking black play structure appeared at the newly renamed Michelle and Barack Obama Sports Complex only to disappear weeks later. Six months on, the park sits fenced and empty.
Plus, Meta settles a giant lawsuit, a pioneering L.A. architect gets his due and Burning Man faces a blazing fire.
21 bars in seven days. Can they possibly be great? Can they even be good?
Aug 24, 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
Then built an interactive map of the 100+ ratings.
Jul 9, 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
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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