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deliciousness
June 2, 2021
NYC Is About to Add 4,000 Street Vendors. Los Angeles Has Ideas to Borrow. More communal kitchens, more permit options, more flexibility on the streets.
By Alissa Walker
How a Denser Los Angeles Can Still Look Like Los Angeles Where the neighbors don’t want towers, a city competition provides some alternatives.
By Justin Davidson
climate change
May 21, 2021
The Straightforward Way to Make California’s Wildfires Less Deadly State senator Henry Stern proposes a simple plan: Don’t build houses where they’ll burn.
By Alissa Walker
origin stories
May 21, 2021
How a Bookstore Became the Unlikely Birthplace of Alt-Comedy In the 1990s, a group of misfit comedians who didn’t fit in at clubs created their own.
By David Peisner
Peatónito the Pedestrian Superhero Is Finishing Up Grad School at UCLA Mexico City’s masked defender of walkers is now tackling the dangerous streets of Los Angeles.
By Alissa Walker
L.A. Built a Tiny-House Village for the Homeless. Some Aren’t So Sure About It. The city’s good intentions come with restrictions and, possibly, an ulterior motive.
By Alissa Walker
the grub street diet
Apr. 16, 2021
Edited by Chris Crowley
movie theaters
Apr. 12, 2021
L.A.’s Beloved ArcLight Cinemas, Pacific Theatres Will Close Permanently “Despite a huge effort that exhausted all potential options, the company does not have a viable way forward.”
By Halle Kiefer
public space
Mar. 26, 2021
Last Night in Echo Park On the scene as the LAPD evicted an enormous community of unhoused residents from the shore of Echo Park Lake.
By Alissa Walker
Don’t Hold the Oscars at Union Station There’s a bigger, better idea sitting right in front of us.
By Alissa Walker
What Eric Garcetti Might Borrow From ‘Mr. Mayor’ Five good L.A. ideas he can take from Neil Bremer’s imaginary governance.
By Alissa Walker
Well, That Really Doesn’t Look Good for Armie Hammer The disgraced actor moved out of his family home in L.A. — and it seems the movers left a bound-up mannequin in the trash.
By Amanda Arnold
James Franco Sexual Misconduct Lawsuit Reaches a Settlement Deal Franco was accused of coercion into sexual acts in his position as an acting teacher.
By Rebecca Alter
preservation
Jan. 26, 2021
L.A. Doesn’t Need to Save Every Unremarkable Little Building When NIMBYs sneakily invoke nostalgia for something that’s neither old nor architecturally significant, it’s time to say no.
By Alissa Walker
A Black Woman Was Assaulted by a Mob of Trump Supporters The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating the violent attack as a hate crime.
By Amanda Arnold
Disney, Warner Bros., Universal, CBS Delay TV Production in Los Angeles A bevy of shows set to resume production on January 4 have been delayed due to surging COVID-19 cases in L.A. County.
By Chris Murphy
L.A. County Health Department Asks Film Industry to ‘Strongly Consider Pausing’ As COVID-19 cases continue to surge in Los Angeles, productions are being advised to “focus on lower-risk work for now.”
By Zoe Haylock
Premiering Soon: The Real Health Department of Beverly Hills The city wants to start its own department independent of Los Angeles County, mostly so it can reopen its restaurants.
By Alissa Walker
Now That an Urban Planner Is on the City Council, Can She Help Fix Los Angeles? Nithya Raman is calling for systemic change — including breaking up her own district.
By Alissa Walker
the grub street diet
Nov. 20, 2020
Edited by Chris Crowley
Thank You for Your Service, Brad Pitt Still he refuses to leave us in peace.
By Claire Lampen
the grub street diet
Oct. 30, 2020
Edited by Chris Crowley
my city life
Oct. 29, 2020
I Waited So Long for This Target Store to Open That I Don’t Want It Anymore It took over a decade for L.A. to pave a strip mall and put up a parking lot.
By Alissa Walker
‘Guy in a Jetpack’ Spotted Flying Over L.A. Once Again Who is the mysterious jetpack guy, and why does he keep coming back to LAX?
By Hannah Gold
design hunting
Oct. 9, 2020
How to Decorate a Los Angeles Bungalow With an App and a Tap of the Finger The 26-year-old founder of the home-decor app Hutch used it to decorate her Spanish-style West Hollywood home — and it took her all of one week.
By Wendy Goodman
How Does UGG Make You Feel? The brand partners with the Hammer Museum to Launch Made in L.A. 2020.
By Devine Blacksher
It’s Official: No Trick-or-Treating This Year At least in L.A., where the health department has banned trick-or-treating, haunted houses, and parties because of COVID-19.
By Madeleine Aggeler
L.A. Deputies Fatally Shot a Black Man During a Biking Stop The sheriff’s department says deputies opened fire on Dijon Kizzee after they saw him drop his gun.
By Claire Lampen
L.A. Mayor Cuts Power at TikTok House in Vain Attempt to Stop Parties Bryce Hall, Noah Beck, and Blake Gray were left in the dark Wednesday.
By Zoe Haylock
keeping up with the royals
Aug. 17, 2020
Apparently Prince Harry ‘Absolutely Hated’ Living in L.A. The Sussexes reportedly wanted to move somewhere a little more private.
By Claire Lampen
The Major School Districts That Will Remain Online-Only This Fall Public schools in Chicago, L.A., and San Diego will not return to campus next semester, with COVID-19 still spreading in California and Illinois.
By Matt Stieb
the grub street diet
July 17, 2020
Edited by Chris Crowley
niche drama
July 14, 2020
Is L.A.’s Trendiest Brunch Spot Serving Horrible Moldy Jam? Sqirl employees say the eatery has been hiding a mold problem. The restaurant insists that it’s just part of the jam-making process.
By Amanda Arnold
Everything You Need to Know About Eating Moldy Food “When the spores find their way to a jelly or a jam that’s not stored well, they’re really happy.”
By Rachel Sugar
vulture sports
July 3, 2020
By Rebecca Alter
the grub street diet
July 3, 2020
Rosalind Chao Reads Recipes to Take Her Mind Off the News “I’m not one of those cooks who can just throw things together.”
Edited by Chris Crowley
class of 2020
June 18, 2020
Scenes From a Joyful High-School Graduation Parade Photographer Alexis Hunley captured an exuberant mood as a community-organized event honored recent graduates of several neighborhoods in Los Angeles.
By Alexis Hunley
the grub street diet
June 12, 2020
By Chris Crowley
street vendors
June 4, 2020
Street-Vendor Organizations Declare Support for Black Lives Matter “We condemn the violence and brutality police are using against those fighting for the right to exist.”
By Chris Crowley
george floyd
June 1, 2020
As Protests Continue, Chefs Pledge Solidarity “Our window can be replaced. George Floyd can’t”
By Chris Crowley
shutdown diaries
May 12, 2020
We Opened a Restaurant During the Pandemic “We did some weird experiments. What restaurant builds the menu by cooking things and letting them sit in a takeout container for 30 minutes?”
As told to Foster Kamer
the grub street diet
Apr. 24, 2020
Comedy Writer Bess Kalb Finally Made #TheStew “I just said out loud to myself, ‘It’s time.’”
By Chris Crowley
the quarantine diet
Apr. 1, 2020
By The Editors
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