LA brings a different energy to Erick the Architect’s music

“I think the freedom of California … you can walk 10 minutes and see some mountains, we'll go to the beach. Those definitely helped my writing and made me feel less contrived or trapped by some of the things that might have been holding me back a bit in New York City,” says Erick Elliott. Photo by Ellington Hammond.

Erick Elliott’s (a.k.a. Erick the Architect) first solo album, “I’ve Never Been Here Before,” features big-name collaborators like James Blake and George Clinton. 

The Supreme Court appeared divided after oral arguments over a Grants Pass, an Oregon law that bans camping in public areas. Lower courts say it amounts to “cruel and unusual punishment.”

Private companies are buying farmland in rural Arizona. The goal isn’t to farm crops but to access water from the Colorado River.

In Las Vegas today, construction began on a train that would get travelers from Rancho Cucamonga in San Bernardino County to the Las Vegas strip in about two hours.