Pilar Marrero

Echo Park Lake reopened to the public this week after two months of being closed for repairs, with some obvious changes.

LA City Councilman Joe Buscaino is running to replace Mayor Eric Garcetti, and he held his first official campaign event on Monday along the Venice Beach boardwalk.

The cost of living surged 5% last month, according to the Department of Labor. That’s the highest inflation rate we’ve seen in more than a decade.

More than half of all American adults have been vaccinated, according to the Biden administration, and life is seemingly speeding back to normal.

Vice President Kamala Harris visited Central America this week. She told would-be migrants in Guatemala “do not come” (to the U.S.), which drew criticism from progressive democrats.

Josh Barro talks with panelists Rachel Bovard, Elizabeth Bruenig

A gunman in San Jose killed nine people and then himself at a light rail yard on Wednesday.

Josiah Citrin, the Michelin-starred force behind Mélisse and Citrin in Santa Monica, lost his 23-year-old son Augie to an opioid overdose in December.

In Hollywood, merger mania continues, this time with a tech twist. Amazon is buying the storied MGM Studios, and the library of 4,000 movies and TV shows that comes with it.