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What can marble walls and a parking garage drive-thru tell us about the history of L.A. development?
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Jun 23, 2026
Los Angeles expects the best when it comes to produce. So why is a more ethical banana out of our reach?
Jun 16, 2026
Why L.A.’s piñata makers have been churning out ICE agent piñatas for the last year.
Jun 15, 2026
The untold story of the eight hours when Palisades fire suspect Jonathan Rinderknecht welcomed two detectives into his home — and went hiking with them.
Plus, inside the Palisades fire suspect's interrogation, the new matchmakers and a very strange McDonald's.
Many residents of Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles said they are hot, tired, scared — and want answers about what is burning and when it will be put out.
Jun 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
