1932 Children’s Map of Los Angeles “The Wonder City”

“ They're trying to underreport what is happening and trying to skew the numbers. We already know the number is higher than it's ever been,” Rep. Rob Menendez told the media in a press call on August 3.

Memo Torres and Aisha Wallace-Palomares

August 5, 2026

Dumpling crawl? Sometimes they have lacy, crispy skirts, and sometimes they are chewy, broth-filled bombs of delicious joy. Either way, you’ll find the best dumplings in Los Angeles among the neighborhoods that make up the SGV.

Wendy Zeng and Jim Thurman

August 5, 2026

Every year, the collective hosts the Congreso, a multi-day gathering where clowns from across the United States and Latin America swap techniques, attend workshops, discover new products, and uplift one another, even hosting an Oscars-style awards show on the final night in one last hurrah.

Lauren Bethke

August 5, 2026

Los Angeles may lack the Jamaican restaurant scene of New York or Miami, but there some insanely delicious family-run Caribbean meals hiding in our strip malls and Black family-owned storefronts if you know where to look.

Shylah Featherstone

August 4, 2026

The City Council voted 3-2 to install a network of cameras that photographs and logs the license plate of every vehicle entering and leaving the city.

We hope this register offers a moment to remember the names and stories of the victims. For each one, we’ve included the backstory we were able to gather alongside the official account from government agencies.

Aisha Wallace-Palomares, Memo Torres, Izzy Ramirez, and Odessa Hairapetian

August 3, 2026