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A roast comic has become Santa Monica’s most notorious street performer — and the campaign to shut him down is getting hotter.
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Sep 28, 2026
L.A.’s mayor has a partner she rarely speaks of but occasionally travels to visit.
Sep 23, 2026
From the Central Valley to San Diego County, these three tight races could help decide which party controls the House.
Sep 29, 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
Plus, Magic Mountain closes down the X2 rollercoaster for good, L.A.’s libraries are sued, and Long Beach prepares for yet another hurricane.
A Miracle Mile mystery that has the neighborhood's 342-person WhatsApp group abuzz with speculation.
Aug 25, 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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