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Is It Possible to Get In-N-Out Delivered?

We explore the thriving black market for double-doubles on Facebook Marketplace.

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Oct 7, 2026

Inside the Shadow Primary to Replace Nithya Raman

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.

Julia Wick

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Oct 2, 2026

Does Anyone Make Out in Cars Anymore?

Ring cameras, flashlights and nosy neighborhood WhatsApp groups encroach on a steamy L.A. tradition.

Lauren Bans

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Oct 5, 2026

A Great L.A. Novelist, Often Overlooked Here, Is Huge In Italy

A remote mountain town hosts an annual literary festival devoted to John Fante, whose Ask the Dust might have been forgotten if not for Charles Bukowski

Max Kutner

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Oct 9, 2026

A once-forgotten L.A. literary legend is huge in Italy

Plus, suburban prostitution, Stahl House struggles, a Hollywood bailout and more.

Matt Hamilton

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Oct 9, 2026

What’s Up with Dodger Stadium’s Mysterious Concrete Murals?

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.

Nate Rogers

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Sep 30, 2026

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“Protected by Ghost Town”

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.

Hayes Davenport

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Jul 27, 2026

How the Inaugural LA Jazz Festival Fell Apart

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.

Julia Wick

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Aug 15, 2026

The Illegal Fireworks Pipeline Behind L.A.’s Nightly Explosions

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.

Jessica Garrison

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Jun 29, 2026

Trump's Man in L.A.

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.

Matt Hamilton

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Apr 21, 2026

We Found L.A. Politicians’ Yelp Reviews

Then built an interactive map of the 100+ ratings.

Tomo Chien

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Jul 9, 2026

How Many Cars Are Allowed To Turn Left at a Yellow Light?

Two? Three? FOUR?

Lauren Bans

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Mar 22, 2026

Why Is There a Mosaic of Jim Jones Outside a Silver Lake Elementary School?

The cult leader’s portrait was put up almost two years ago. We found the guy who made it.

Hayes Davenport

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Apr 8, 2026

Five Days That Blew Up The L.A. Mayoral Race

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.

Julia Wick

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Mar 19, 2026

Politics

Inside the Shadow Primary to Replace Nithya Raman

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.