Olympic flag arrives in L.A. and LA28 focuses on prep for Games
The charter flight left Paris on Monday morning, carrying Mayor Karen Bass, local Olympic organizers and a few dozen athletes home from the 2024 Summer…
Watch ESPN’s Malika Andrews’ calm on-air reaction to L.A. earthquake
ESPN’s Malika Andrews was interviewing basketball analyst Rebecca Lobo on-air Monday afternoon, and then an earthquake shook things up.A magnitude 4.4 earthquake hit Los Angeles…
L.A. city attorney is searching employee emails, staffer alleges
Los Angeles City Atty. Hydee Feldstein Soto has been reviewing the emails of her employees without their knowledge, contributing to a climate of fear within…
L.A. officially accepts Olympic handoff to close Paris Games
PARIS — No other city in the world can do what Paris has done over the last three weeks, staging the drama of Olympic competition…
How the 2028 Olympics should showcase L.A.: 9 wild ideas
Inspired by the profound (and often profoundly silly) Frenchness of the Paris Games, we — like much of the internet — have been thinking about…
Snoop Dogg, Billie Eilish, RHCP at Olympics closing ceremony
Southern California musical all-stars Billie Eilish, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Snoop Dogg will be featured during the Olympics closing ceremony that will help…
Karen Bass touts ‘car-free’ L.A. Olympics, but there’s a catch
PARIS — Rush hour all but disappeared. There was less traffic on the freeways and not as much stop-and-go on surface streets.Longtime residents of Southern California…
Should Los Angeles County ditch the Civic Center?
Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. It’s Rebecca Ellis bringing you the latest in county news with…
The Paris street no food lover should miss
Paris notes to keep the Olympic spirit going. Plus, reader taco picks, Michelin stars and something we all need in the midst of summer —…
Is L.A. too ugly to host the Olympics? You can be a part of saving it
If you overlook the polluted Seine, Paris looks so pretty on TV, so quintessentially Parisian, that it raises the question: How will Los Angeles compare…
Isaac Psalm Escoto finds the intersection between L.A.’s art galleries and graffiti
“My car got impounded again. I am so sorry I’m late,” said Isaac Psalm Escoto, practically running into Jeffrey Deitch, a contemporary art gallery on…
It’s rattlesnake season in L.A. Here’s how to stay safe
My good friend Bob and I were hiking to Strawberry Peak when she abruptly said, “Stop.” That’s our code for danger. Bob and I hike…
Sebastian Maniscalco makes history as Intuit Dome’s first stand-up comic
No vision board, no grand plan, no dreams of greatness. The only thing comedian Sebastian Maniscalco really knew when he came to Los Angeles from…
L.A. schools board will send $9 billion in school bonds to voters in November
The Los Angeles Board of Education on Wednesday voted unanimously to put a $9-billion school construction bond on the ballot in November — the largest…
L.A. artist Ed Ruscha on his plant board and love for plants
Ed Ruscha loves plants. If you know his art, this fact might come unexpected. He’s not a landscape artist. He’s never wanted to paint a…
‘Bubble zones’ proposed to keep back protesters at abortion clinics and synagogues in L.A.
Protesters would need to give 8 feet of space to people entering abortion clinics, schools or places of worship across swaths of Los Angeles County…
5 great campsites near L.A. that are local favorites
Los Angeles is brimming with special slices of nature, tucked high in the mountains or along the coast. So when we put together a guide…
Best fish tacos and seafood tacos to try in Los Angeles
In my mind, the debates over the status of the Baja California-style fish taco in Los Angeles might come down to simple geography. Fish tacos…
Ms. Lauryn Hill and the Fugees cancel 2024 tour
Ms. Lauryn Hill and the Fugees have called off a U.S. tour that was set to begin Friday.Concert dates listed on Ticketmaster were updated Tuesday…
IU, the ‘Taylor Swift of K-pop,’ caps first world tour in L.A.
“How many minutes do we have left?” IU urgently called offstage to her staff.Los Angeles was the last stop of her first world tour and…