Opinion
Brick-and-Mortar Restaurants Need to Stop Blaming Street Vendors
The truth is, the city isn't particularly motivated to encourage or assist small brick-and-mortars or street vendors. What really gets them salivating is corporate investment.
I Was an Airborne Cameraman for Decades. This Is Why We Need to Retire News Choppers
We are mourning the losses from NBC4 and Telemundo 52's recent helicopter crash, yet not asking the question: Is the benefit of in-air reporting worth the risk?
Opinion: Long Beach’s ‘Vibe City’ Rebrand Is a Slap in the Face to Locals Living in Poverty
The city recently came under fire for threatening to defund its public library to mitigate its debt, but it had no issue passing a $150,000 marketing campaign for Long Beach calling it "Vibe City."
West Hollywood Sold Its Soul to Flock Cameras
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.
How Many Sexual Abusers Have We Cheered For During the World Cup?
My condemnation of FIFA isn’t an indictment of soccer—it’s an indictment of the wealthy men who set the professional standards of the game, the smug puppet masters who treat FIFA like their frat house.
Opinion: Is Canceling Noma L.A. Louder Than Reforming the Systems That Made It?
Reflections from an editor caught In the crossfire.
Is ‘I Love L.A.’ the Kind of Show L.A. Really Deserves?
For a show named after loving the city, let's hope season two can actually love the city a little more for who and what it is, not for just what it appears to be on cellphones.
ICE Raids Are Driving Customers Away From L.A. Restaurants, But We Can Still Save Them
How is this one of the toughest years for food businesses in a generation at the exact same time Latino culture is having its biggest, loudest, most mainstream moment in American history? Instead, restaurants, many of which are Mexican—the heart of that culture, the vanguard—are barely hanging on.
Opinion: The GOP is The Soviet Regime’s Ugly Stepson
When courts hand near-limitless power to one man, when soldiers and ICE agents patrol the streets like enforcers at a political rally, the republic isn’t being defended; it’s in dress rehearsal for an authoritarian remake.
How My Weird Dodgers Superstition Helped L.A. Win It All
"I heard another barrage of explosions when Will Smith crushed the homer to take the lead in the 11th. But I still didn’t look. It was around this point in the night that I realized it was a silly superstition, my not watching, but there was something deeper going on."
