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July 14, 2017
Zan Romanoff
How Eve Babitz and Francesca Lia Block Made Los Angeles Literary
The novels "Sex and Rage" and "Weetzie Bat" shine a light on the City of Angels.
April 28, 2017
Jo Livingstone
How Video Shaped Our Understanding of the L.A. Riots
On the riots' 25th anniversary, two new documentaries underscore the role that the medium has played in our cultural memory.
February 1, 2017
Clio Chang
Day six of the Muslim ban is just as chaotic as day one.
April 22, 2016
E. Tammy Kim
Can Feminist Sculpture Redeem L.A.’s Gentrifying Arts District?
“Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women, 1947–2016” is the first show at Hauser Wirth and Schimmel.
February 11, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Southern California Gas Co. says it has sealed the leak at its Aliso Canyon facility.
February 10, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Flint Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg
The Aliso Canyon gas leak shows that environmental disasters are happening across the country.
January 29, 2016
Adam Peck
Los Angeles will be a one-team football city (for now).
January 18, 2016
Rupert Neate
One Man’s Plan to Capitalize on California’s Drought
Scott Slater wants to pump billions of gallons to LA and other drought-hit cities—and make $2.4 billion in the process.
January 13, 2016
Adam Peck
Football is coming to Los Angeles.
December 15, 2015
Theodore Ross
Los Angeles public schools were closed today due to a “credible terror threat.”
September 30, 2015
Sharon Mizota
At the Broad Museum, All is Vanity
The billionaire’s new Los Angeles museum is a beautiful lens awaiting a vision.
May 20, 2015
Danny Vinik
Critics Were Completely Wrong About the "Fight for $15" Movement
March 3, 2015
Cristian Farias
Another Police Killing, Another Twitter Hashtag. But #HomelessLivesMatter Isn't Enough.
September 26, 2014
Will Self
I Am Sorry for My Hipster Generation's Utter Destruction of Culture
September 5, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
Is Obamacare Making Insurance Cheaper In Your City?
New report shows prices falling in some places, but there's a catch
January 13, 2014
Nancy L. Cohen
Step Aside, New York City. Los Angeles's Populism Is for Real.
City to consider the highest minimum wage in the country
September 2, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
Los Angeles is the Labor Movement's Great Success Story
July 18, 2013
Marc Tracy
The L.A. Review of Books Declares War on the N.Y. Review of Books
June 4, 2013
Lili Loofbourow
Dear TV: 'Mad Men' Season Six Episode 10, Post 2
The children of 'Mad Men'
June 3, 2013
Evan Kindley
Dear TV: 'Mad Men' Season Six Episode 10, Post 1
'Mad Men' does Joan Didion

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