Neighborhoods
‘Lead Contamination: An Old Foe Rises from the Ashes of the Eaton Fire,’ Live With Francois Tissot At Caltech’s Earnest C. Watson Lecture Series
Learn about investigations into lead contamination after the 2025 L.A. Fires and how they can help communities prepare for future disasters, at Francois Tissot’s Watson Lecture.
This 20-Year-Old Sawtelle Art Show Is Made of Over 2,000 Post-it Notes
Every December, thousands of well-known and emerging artists from around the world scale down their work on three-by-three inch Post-it notes and display them at Giant Robot 2 in Sawtelle. “Everything’s the same price,” Giant Robot owner Eric Nakamura says. “It’s all $30 each, so it makes it more fun and kind of democratic.”
What 94-Year-Old Canter’s Deli Means to These Legacy Staff Members
Canter’s staff shaped the deli into what it is today: a place where a stranger is treated like a regular, and a regular is treated like family. Here we speak with three employees with a combined 133 years working at the Fairfax landmark.
The 24 Best Tamales, From East L.A. to Long Beach
L.A. is the most competitive U.S. city when it comes to tamal season. Here’s your guide to the best banana leaf tamales, sweet tamales, and more.
No Sign, No Menu, and Alcohol-Free: Inside Downtown L.A.’s Hidden Tea Speakeasy
This tea bar quietly opened in May this year, quietly carving out a hidden third space for the tea-obsessed and the sober-curious alike.
CBP Briefly Detains U.S. Citizen While at His Construction Job in Baldwin Park
"They told me that they dropped me back off, but no, they just dropped me off somewhere random,” the man explains, after being interrogated inside of a vehicle.
Border Patrol Detains Three at La Puente Chilaquiles Stand Before Seizing Its Cash Box
A screaming woman in an apron was seen running from the stand into the safety of a nearby firetruck, while the stand's other employees weren't so lucky.
‘If We Don’t Laugh, We’ll Cry’: Meet the Indigenous Activists Behind L.A.’s Chapter House
In 2020, executive director and environmentalist Emma Robbins founded The Chapter House, now home to an annual drag show, Indigenous art galleries, and improv comedy events.
The Huntington Library’s Photo Collection Inducts Its First Filipina American Photographer In 2025
The Huntington Library was established over 100 years ago, and now the new Valerie J. Bower exhibit is opening long-awaited doors for L.A. artists.
L.A. TACO Mix Series: Liquid Earth
Originally from La Mirada, and currently operating out of both coasts and beyond, this DJ has built his reputation on legendary sets that evolve as they build, creating an entirely new world on the floor.
