Los Angeles

A requiem for the death penalty

California’s death penalty was dysfunctional, but it did serve one important purpose.

Mar. 21from Zócalo's Connecting California

If you have driven by the intersection of Sunset and Western over the last few years you may have noticed a yellow-wrapped, half-finished big box.

Hollywood’s long-dormant Target may finally be completed

Design

If you have driven by the intersection of Sunset and Western over the last few years you may have noticed a yellow-wrapped, half-finished big box.

Mar. 20from Design and Architecture

A look at black films that came out of the 1965 Watts Uprising

Los Angeles

A look at black films that came out of the 1965 Watts Uprising

The Watts Uprising of 1965 left 34 people dead. Most of the news coverage at the time was by white people who didn't understand the neighborhood.

Mar. 20 from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Disney officially owns 21st Century Fox

The $71 billion deal strengthens Disney's portfolio and gives it even more leverage to compete against other streaming powerhouses.

Arts

Disney officially owns 21st Century Fox

The $71 billion deal strengthens Disney's portfolio and gives it even more leverage to compete against other streaming powerhouses.

Mar. 20 from NPR

California has new transparency laws, and newsrooms are pouncing

Before former Governor Jerry Brown left office, last year, he put his pen to a couple, new transparency laws. Both have to do with public access to internal police investigations and…

Los Angeles

California has new transparency laws, and newsrooms are pouncing

Before former Governor Jerry Brown left office, last year, he put his pen to a couple, new transparency laws. Both have to do with public access to internal police investigations and…

Mar. 19 from LA Observed

It's a dog's life in DTLA

The creation of place is as much about the social experience as the physical, especially when it comes to home. And home to many means the company of a pet.

Los Angeles

It's a dog's life in DTLA

The creation of place is as much about the social experience as the physical, especially when it comes to home. And home to many means the company of a pet.

Mar. 19 from Design and Architecture

'Poppy Apocalypse': A California city swarmed by selfie stick-toting tourists

More than 100,000 people descended on Lake Elsinore, Calif., over the weekend for a chance to frolic among the flowers. City officials strained to keep up.

Environment

'Poppy Apocalypse': A California city swarmed by selfie stick-toting tourists

More than 100,000 people descended on Lake Elsinore, Calif., over the weekend for a chance to frolic among the flowers. City officials strained to keep up.

Mar. 19 from NPR

Real-deal Lebanese cooking at Hayat’s Kitchen

In search of Lebanese cuisine, Bill Addison recently paid a visit to the new location of Hayat’s Kitchen in the Hollywood Hills, where he discovered fresh kibbeh nayeh and an…

Food and Drink

Real-deal Lebanese cooking at Hayat’s Kitchen

In search of Lebanese cuisine, Bill Addison recently paid a visit to the new location of Hayat’s Kitchen in the Hollywood Hills, where he discovered fresh kibbeh nayeh and an…

Mar. 16 from Good Food

Hollywood’s Love Affair With Racism

When it comes to matters of race, the entertainment industry fails its increasingly diverse audience, time and again.

Politics

Hollywood’s Love Affair With Racism

When it comes to matters of race, the entertainment industry fails its increasingly diverse audience, time and again.

Mar. 15 from Scheer Intelligence

LA County pushes for pet-friendly housing

If you’ve ever had to search for a place to rent, you know the phrase: “no pets allowed.”

Housing and Development

LA County pushes for pet-friendly housing

If you’ve ever had to search for a place to rent, you know the phrase: “no pets allowed.”

Mar. 13 from Design and Architecture

What’s next for California universities after the college admissions scandal?

Los Angeles

What’s next for California universities after the college admissions scandal?

This week, federal prosecutors charged 50 people in what the Department of Justice is calling the “largest college admissions scam ever.”

Mar. 13 from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Big changes on the horizon for Santa Monica elections

Think of Santa Monica and there are a number of things that come to mind: an idyllic, beachside setting; a tech-saturated economy; a bastion of liberal politics.

Los Angeles

Big changes on the horizon for Santa Monica elections

Think of Santa Monica and there are a number of things that come to mind: an idyllic, beachside setting; a tech-saturated economy; a bastion of liberal politics.

Mar. 12 from LA Observed

New life for old buildings: MOCA, a Hollywood library, Target Husk

Design

New life for old buildings: MOCA, a Hollywood library, Target Husk

MOCA’s new director Klaus Biesenbach plans to restore “luminosity” -- and, maybe, water -- to the Grand Avenue building, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning Arata Isozaki.

Mar. 12 from Design and Architecture

Meet Target Husk, the half-built big-box store with a mind of its own

What’s it like to be a Target store that was never completed?

Los Angeles

Meet Target Husk, the half-built big-box store with a mind of its own

What’s it like to be a Target store that was never completed?

Mar. 12 from Design and Architecture

MOCA director to restore “luminosity” to Isozaki-designed museum

The Pritzker Prize for 2019 has been awarded to Arata Isozaki, the 87-year-old Japanese architect with a career ranging from brutalist libraries to an inflatable purple concert hall.

Design

MOCA director to restore “luminosity” to Isozaki-designed museum

The Pritzker Prize for 2019 has been awarded to Arata Isozaki, the 87-year-old Japanese architect with a career ranging from brutalist libraries to an inflatable purple concert hall.

Mar. 12 from Design and Architecture

Justice Department charges rich parents bribing and cheating to get their kids into top universities