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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.
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Jul 27, 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
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
The application was submitted six weeks after the fire, as residents continue to endure foul odors, vermin and disruption from rotting food at the site.
Jul 28, 2026
An L.A. County lifeguard explains his line of work.
“It’s the height of hubris to say 'I’m going to park here and it won’t be a problem for anybody else.'”
Jul 22, 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
