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LAist’s review of the Cheviot Hills property deal found the purchase stands out not just for its high price tag but for the complexity and secrecy surrounding it.
Inside a secretive $27M property deal to add unhoused beds that’s now under federal investigation
The city- and state-backed deal banned the buyer from ever telling the public who was receiving the taxpayer funds, according to an LAist review of records.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
LAist’s review of the Cheviot Hills property deal found the purchase stands out not just for its high price tag but for the complexity and secrecy surrounding it.
Many Los Angeles families have struggled to find housing over the past several months as options dry up. Now, it’s likely to get even harder in the face of more funding cuts.
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✍️ Elly Yu
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✍️ Elly Yu
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November 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Many Los Angeles families have struggled to find housing over the past several months as options dry up. Now, it’s likely to get even harder in the face of more funding cuts.
🔗 https://ow.ly/y5vx50XwYvV
✍️ Elly Yu
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✍️ Elly Yu
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After 42 years wrongfully incarcerated in the Angola State Penitentiary, Gary Tyler has been living and working as an artist and advocate in Los Angeles for the past decade. via @laist.com
Artist Gary Tyler turns 40 years of wrongful imprisonment into powerful textiles
An exhibition of Tyler’s quilts captures scenes of humanity from within the notorious Louisiana State Penitentiary.
laist.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
After 42 years wrongfully incarcerated in the Angola State Penitentiary, Gary Tyler has been living and working as an artist and advocate in Los Angeles for the past decade. via @laist.com
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Concrete, more associated with freeways and skyscrapers, is now being used in home rebuilding after the Palisades Fire.
Insurance companies offer discounts for using the non-combustible material.
Read about one homeowner's plans in my @laist.com story:
Insurance companies offer discounts for using the non-combustible material.
Read about one homeowner's plans in my @laist.com story:
Why some homeowners rebuilding from the Palisades Fire are choosing concrete
After their more typical wood-framed homes burned, some are now rebuilding with non-combustible materials. And they’re getting discounts from insurance companies.
laist.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Concrete, more associated with freeways and skyscrapers, is now being used in home rebuilding after the Palisades Fire.
Insurance companies offer discounts for using the non-combustible material.
Read about one homeowner's plans in my @laist.com story:
Insurance companies offer discounts for using the non-combustible material.
Read about one homeowner's plans in my @laist.com story:
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As Trump and congressional Republicans roll back federal environmental policy, how can California fill that void?
I discussed on AirTalk @laist.com today (scroll down on this link):
laist.com/news/the-shu...
I discussed on AirTalk @laist.com today (scroll down on this link):
laist.com/news/the-shu...
The shutdown’s end may be in sight, so why are flights still getting cancelled?
Today on AirTalk: Flight cancellations; student AI use; parenting across generations; California climate leadership; beef industry; and falling out of love with your spouse.
laist.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
As Trump and congressional Republicans roll back federal environmental policy, how can California fill that void?
I discussed on AirTalk @laist.com today (scroll down on this link):
laist.com/news/the-shu...
I discussed on AirTalk @laist.com today (scroll down on this link):
laist.com/news/the-shu...
🛍️ What do you remember about Valley Plaza? 🛍️
The North Hollywood mall is getting partially torn down after being declared a public nuisance after years of neglect, but it was once a thriving icon of modern shopping.
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The North Hollywood mall is getting partially torn down after being declared a public nuisance after years of neglect, but it was once a thriving icon of modern shopping.
📷 Cato Hernández/LAist
November 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
🛍️ What do you remember about Valley Plaza? 🛍️
The North Hollywood mall is getting partially torn down after being declared a public nuisance after years of neglect, but it was once a thriving icon of modern shopping.
📷 Cato Hernández/LAist
The North Hollywood mall is getting partially torn down after being declared a public nuisance after years of neglect, but it was once a thriving icon of modern shopping.
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The LAPD has maintained records, including locations of police activity, for more than two decades to improve “inspection and accountability,” but the department now says the public isn’t allowed to see the underlying data.
LAPD refuses to release crime map records, says data could lead to 'public panic'
First Amendment lawyer says LAPD denial goes against principles of public records law.
ow.ly
November 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The LAPD has maintained records, including locations of police activity, for more than two decades to improve “inspection and accountability,” but the department now says the public isn’t allowed to see the underlying data.
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The first of many celebrations for the Bullseye 25! A spectacle of a live show we just taped at @laist.com - at their Crawford Family Forum.
Jesse talked with Roy Wood Jr. and Jason Mantzoukas. There was music from Rebecca Sugar. And standup comedy from Al Madrigal! www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPOx...
Jesse talked with Roy Wood Jr. and Jason Mantzoukas. There was music from Rebecca Sugar. And standup comedy from Al Madrigal! www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPOx...
Al Madrigal, Roy Wood Jr. Jason Mantzoukas & Rebecca Sugar - Bullseye Live at LAist with Jesse Thorn
YouTube video by Bullseye with Jesse Thorn
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November 4, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The first of many celebrations for the Bullseye 25! A spectacle of a live show we just taped at @laist.com - at their Crawford Family Forum.
Jesse talked with Roy Wood Jr. and Jason Mantzoukas. There was music from Rebecca Sugar. And standup comedy from Al Madrigal! www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPOx...
Jesse talked with Roy Wood Jr. and Jason Mantzoukas. There was music from Rebecca Sugar. And standup comedy from Al Madrigal! www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPOx...
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Do you know which shuttle the first pizza in SPACE traveled on? 🍕🚀
Hosts: J. Keith van Straaten & Helen Hong
Guest: Kristin Pilotte
Expert: Dr. Don Thomas
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Hosts: J. Keith van Straaten & Helen Hong
Guest: Kristin Pilotte
Expert: Dr. Don Thomas
@maximumfun.org @laist.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Do you know which shuttle the first pizza in SPACE traveled on? 🍕🚀
Hosts: J. Keith van Straaten & Helen Hong
Guest: Kristin Pilotte
Expert: Dr. Don Thomas
@maximumfun.org @laist.com
Hosts: J. Keith van Straaten & Helen Hong
Guest: Kristin Pilotte
Expert: Dr. Don Thomas
@maximumfun.org @laist.com
Trying to understand how much your rent can go up? For tenants in Southern California, it’s confusing. To sort it all out, we’ve put together a short guide on rent control laws across Southern California.
✍️&📸 David Wagner
✍️&📸 David Wagner
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Trying to understand how much your rent can go up? For tenants in Southern California, it’s confusing. To sort it all out, we’ve put together a short guide on rent control laws across Southern California.
✍️&📸 David Wagner
✍️&📸 David Wagner
The Los Angeles Dodgers are World Series champions! They outlasted the Blue Jays in a dramatic, 11-inning Game 7 at Rogers Centre in Toronto.
more details on LAist.com
more details on LAist.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:35 AM
The Los Angeles Dodgers are World Series champions! They outlasted the Blue Jays in a dramatic, 11-inning Game 7 at Rogers Centre in Toronto.
more details on LAist.com
more details on LAist.com
Need a last-minute Halloween costume? Try out being an LAist member this year.
Go ahead and support us by donating at LAist.com/Donate and choose a special gift for yourself this Halloween this season.
Go ahead and support us by donating at LAist.com/Donate and choose a special gift for yourself this Halloween this season.
October 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Need a last-minute Halloween costume? Try out being an LAist member this year.
Go ahead and support us by donating at LAist.com/Donate and choose a special gift for yourself this Halloween this season.
Go ahead and support us by donating at LAist.com/Donate and choose a special gift for yourself this Halloween this season.
After the Dodgers made the deal to ditch Brooklyn, Los Angeles officials used eminent domain and other political machinations to wrest that land away from its owners.
The ugly, violent clearing of Chavez Ravine before it was home to the Dodgers
Never forget. Before Dodger Stadium was a legendary baseball venue, the area was home to generations of families, most of them Mexican American.
ow.ly
October 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
After the Dodgers made the deal to ditch Brooklyn, Los Angeles officials used eminent domain and other political machinations to wrest that land away from its owners.
Ten years ago today, what became the largest known gas leak in U.S. history was discovered in the foothills of the Santa Susana Mountains above the San Fernando Valley. Has anything changed?
Nosebleeds, rashes and the smell of rotten eggs: Inside the aftermath of the largest methane leak in US history
Regulations on gas storage facilities have been tightened since the detection of the Aliso Canyon leak, which started in 2015 and lasted nearly four months. But residents remain worried about long term health effects.
ow.ly
October 24, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Ten years ago today, what became the largest known gas leak in U.S. history was discovered in the foothills of the Santa Susana Mountains above the San Fernando Valley. Has anything changed?
The lack of direct, long-term financial aid for rebuilding is one of the biggest issues facing fire survivors who are underinsured or not insured at all, several experts told LAist.
An uninsured Altadenan is determined to rebuild. Will the obstacles be insurmountable?
Most survivors of January's fires face a massive gap in the money they need to rebuild, and funding to help is moving too slowly or nonexistent.
ow.ly
October 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The lack of direct, long-term financial aid for rebuilding is one of the biggest issues facing fire survivors who are underinsured or not insured at all, several experts told LAist.
Green card holders who file for citizenship after Oct. 20 will have to answer twice as many questions correctly during the civics interview that tests their knowledge of U.S. history, politics and government.
(from NPR)
(from NPR)
The test for US citizenship is about to get harder
The Trump administration says more difficult questions and other changes to the naturalization process will ensure only immigrants who are 'fully assimilated' will gain citizenship.
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October 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Green card holders who file for citizenship after Oct. 20 will have to answer twice as many questions correctly during the civics interview that tests their knowledge of U.S. history, politics and government.
(from NPR)
(from NPR)
The hit podcast 'Spooked' comes to L.A. this Thursday! Host Glynn Washington and guests celebrate spooky season with a night of LIVE storytelling magic.
Join us for amazing, true-life supernatural stories from people who can scarcely believe it happened themselves.
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Join us for amazing, true-life supernatural stories from people who can scarcely believe it happened themselves.
🎟️ laist.com/events/spook...
October 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The hit podcast 'Spooked' comes to L.A. this Thursday! Host Glynn Washington and guests celebrate spooky season with a night of LIVE storytelling magic.
Join us for amazing, true-life supernatural stories from people who can scarcely believe it happened themselves.
🎟️ laist.com/events/spook...
Join us for amazing, true-life supernatural stories from people who can scarcely believe it happened themselves.
🎟️ laist.com/events/spook...
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Gov. Newsom has signed a law clarifying that landlords must clean debris from fires and other disasters.
State Sen. Sasha Renée Pérez said the bill was driven by tenant complaints and @laist.com's reporting on confusion over post-Eaton fire clean-up.
State Sen. Sasha Renée Pérez said the bill was driven by tenant complaints and @laist.com's reporting on confusion over post-Eaton fire clean-up.
Newsom signs law clarifying that landlords must clean fire debris
Local officials told renters they couldn’t force landlords to clean ash-covered homes. A new state law, inspired in part by LAist’s reporting, clarifies who’s responsible.
laist.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Gov. Newsom has signed a law clarifying that landlords must clean debris from fires and other disasters.
State Sen. Sasha Renée Pérez said the bill was driven by tenant complaints and @laist.com's reporting on confusion over post-Eaton fire clean-up.
State Sen. Sasha Renée Pérez said the bill was driven by tenant complaints and @laist.com's reporting on confusion over post-Eaton fire clean-up.
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Can you answer these trivia questions about Candyman’s song “Kockin’ Boots” ?
Hosts: J. Keith van Straaten & Helen Hong
Guest: Marc Evan Jackson
Expert: Candyman
📸: M.C. Valada
@maximumfun.org @laist.com
Hosts: J. Keith van Straaten & Helen Hong
Guest: Marc Evan Jackson
Expert: Candyman
📸: M.C. Valada
@maximumfun.org @laist.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Can you answer these trivia questions about Candyman’s song “Kockin’ Boots” ?
Hosts: J. Keith van Straaten & Helen Hong
Guest: Marc Evan Jackson
Expert: Candyman
📸: M.C. Valada
@maximumfun.org @laist.com
Hosts: J. Keith van Straaten & Helen Hong
Guest: Marc Evan Jackson
Expert: Candyman
📸: M.C. Valada
@maximumfun.org @laist.com
art form
Animation still can’t quite shake off the perception that it’s just for kids or not "real" cinema. By showcasing the wide diversity of animated films, one festival hopes to combat that view.
🔗 https://ow.ly/HgFn50Xahc2
✍️ Monia Bushman
📷 Courtesy Animation Is Film
Animation still can’t quite shake off the perception that it’s just for kids or not "real" cinema. By showcasing the wide diversity of animated films, one festival hopes to combat that view.
🔗 https://ow.ly/HgFn50Xahc2
✍️ Monia Bushman
📷 Courtesy Animation Is Film
October 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
art form
Animation still can’t quite shake off the perception that it’s just for kids or not "real" cinema. By showcasing the wide diversity of animated films, one festival hopes to combat that view.
🔗 https://ow.ly/HgFn50Xahc2
✍️ Monia Bushman
📷 Courtesy Animation Is Film
Animation still can’t quite shake off the perception that it’s just for kids or not "real" cinema. By showcasing the wide diversity of animated films, one festival hopes to combat that view.
🔗 https://ow.ly/HgFn50Xahc2
✍️ Monia Bushman
📷 Courtesy Animation Is Film
After an appeals court again blocked the government's attempt to deploy the National Guard in the Chicago area, Vice President JD Vance says the Trump administration will "litigate this as much as we can."
Vance says administration will keep fighting to send National Guard to Chicago
On Saturday, a federal appeals court blocked the Trump administration from deploying federalized National Guard troops in Illinois.
ow.ly
October 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
After an appeals court again blocked the government's attempt to deploy the National Guard in the Chicago area, Vice President JD Vance says the Trump administration will "litigate this as much as we can."
Billy Idol's been busy. He's touring in support of his new album, 'Dream Into It,' and a new doc on his life premiered at Tribeca Film Festival. He stopped by LAist to talk about his long career and what's next.
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✍️ Laura Hertzfeld, Josie Huang
📷 Scott Legato/Getty Images
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✍️ Laura Hertzfeld, Josie Huang
📷 Scott Legato/Getty Images
October 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Billy Idol's been busy. He's touring in support of his new album, 'Dream Into It,' and a new doc on his life premiered at Tribeca Film Festival. He stopped by LAist to talk about his long career and what's next.
🔗 https://ow.ly/lfGr50Xah9t
✍️ Laura Hertzfeld, Josie Huang
📷 Scott Legato/Getty Images
🔗 https://ow.ly/lfGr50Xah9t
✍️ Laura Hertzfeld, Josie Huang
📷 Scott Legato/Getty Images
Preparations were underway Sunday for a ramp-up of aid entering the war-battered Gaza Strip under a new ceasefire deal that many are hoping will signal an end to the devastating 2-year-long war.
Preparations begin to ramp up aid in Gaza as ceasefire brings hope for end to 2-year war
Preparations were also underway Sunday for the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza and Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.
laist.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Preparations were underway Sunday for a ramp-up of aid entering the war-battered Gaza Strip under a new ceasefire deal that many are hoping will signal an end to the devastating 2-year-long war.
The days of discreetly engaging in nerdy hobbies for fear of ridicule are long gone, thanks to LGS — or local game stores.
🔗 https://ow.ly/XZex50XagML
✍️ Dan Sheehan
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🔗 https://ow.ly/XZex50XagML
✍️ Dan Sheehan
📷 Dan Sheehan/LAist
October 13, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The days of discreetly engaging in nerdy hobbies for fear of ridicule are long gone, thanks to LGS — or local game stores.
🔗 https://ow.ly/XZex50XagML
✍️ Dan Sheehan
📷 Dan Sheehan/LAist
🔗 https://ow.ly/XZex50XagML
✍️ Dan Sheehan
📷 Dan Sheehan/LAist