Sustain LAist today!

Your monthly gift during our June member drive powers our local newsroom.
1,535 sustainers of 2,500 goal
Logged in as
Audience-funded nonprofit news
radio tower icon laist logo
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
Subscribe
  • Listen Now Playing Listen
  • Listen Now Playing Listen

This is an archival story that predates current editorial management.

This archival content was written, edited, and published prior to LAist's acquisition by its current owner, Southern California Public Radio ("SCPR"). Content, such as language choice and subject matter, in archival articles therefore may not align with SCPR's current editorial standards. To learn more about those standards and why we make this distinction, please click here.

News

Extra, Extra

mural.jpg
Photo by brandon shigeta via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today.

  • What's the best workout in LA? HuffPo has a list.
  • One person was taken to the hospital after a car went into the LA River.
  • Alicia Silverstone joins the ranks of celebrities with babies named after random living/nonliving things: her son has been given the moniker Bear Blu.
  • A teen who stole over $2,000 from Target needed it to pay for school.
  • Caroline on Crack hits up the new bowling alley at the Roosevelt.
  • "The Daily Show" attempts to get to the bottom of the scandal in which San Fran was stripped of it's unofficial "gayest city ever" title.
  • Laker Pau Gasol confirms that he's still with his longtime girlfriend, Silvia Lopez. THANK GOD.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our connected community. We are free to tell the full truth, to hold power to account without fear or favor, and to follow facts wherever they lead. Our only loyalty is to our audiences and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen our community.

Right now, LAist has lost $1.7M in annual funding due to Congress clawing back money already approved. The support we receive from readers like you will determine how fully our newsroom can continue informing, serving, and strengthening Southern California.

If this story helped you today, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.

Your tax-deductible donation keeps LAist independent and accessible to everyone.
Senior Vice President News, Editor in Chief

Make your tax-deductible donation today