News
The venerable Boyle Heights department store has closed its doors for good, and locals will miss it. Angelenos share their memories of a place that was inextricably tied to the experience of growing up on the Eastside.
Climate and Environment
Climate and Environment
Health
Arts and Entertainment
Arts and Entertainment
Our reporting is free for everyone, but it’s not free to make.
LAist only exists with reader support. If you're in a position to give, your donation powers our reporters and keeps us independent.
Ask Us Anything
We're here to explain L.A. Your questions drive our journalism:
-
How Can I Start A New Career?
-
"I'm overdue for my second vaccine dose. Help?"
-
How do I talk to my parent about getting vaccinated?
-
"What's the deal with all the 'KOOK' signs?"
The Brief
Subscribe to the Morning Brief
Delivered weekday mornings, we brief you on what you need to know about LA today.
In-Depth Coverage
-
Transportation and MobilitySome Los Angeles communities actually experienced more traffic violence compared to 2019, especially drivers killing pedestrians. -
Climate and EnvironmentDisturbed by unrelenting heat waves, massive wildfires, disappearing beaches, and worsening droughts? Here’s what you need to know.
-
Climate and EnvironmentWe’re launching a community science project and we want you to participate!
-
Arts and EntertainmentWhat you can and can't expect at Disneyland/California Adventure, Universal Studios Hollywood, Six Flags Magic Mountain, and Knott's Berry Farm.
-
HealthA large nursing home business — and the state-run system designed to regulate it — were failing California’s most vulnerable even before the pandemic struck, advocates and patient families said. That failure intensified as COVID-19 gripped the state.
-
Special ReportsWe ran and biked the whole thing, meeting nature-loving Angelenos along the way.
More Stories
-
News
During last summer’s CZU Lightning Complex fires, nearly 97% of Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Northern California burned. The breadth of devastation forced park officials to ask when — or if — it will reopen. -
News
California had the largest share of the more than 2,800 anti-Asian incidents reported to Stop AAPI Hate since the mass shooting in March that killed six women of Asian descent in the Atlanta.
-
Food
We eat burritos for breakfast. Why not hamburgers?
-
Climate and Environment
In the Inland Empire, warehouse developers have nearly exhausted the supply of vacant land near the freeways and are now infiltrating residential neighborhoods
-
Climate and Environment
As warehouses saturate the land along SoCal freeways, the warehouse industry faces increasing pressure from the public and government to clean up its polluting ways.
-
News
With a million followers donating thousands of dollars, a young Latino makes TikTok videos to raise money for Los Angeles street vendors.
-
News
Cal Expo hosts two mass vaccination locations and is one of the largest vaccination sites in the state.
-
Criminal Justice
Reform advocates have hailed L.A. District Attorney George Gascón’s new policy as striking a blow against mass incarceration, while many in law enforcement say he’s endangering the public.
-
News
A doctor answers questions about the variant being found in India, ShakeAlert is now statewide, and a beloved local waterpark will reopen in time for summer.
-
News
A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says most of the cases are asymptomatic or mild.
-
News
The pandemic gutted L.A. County's tourism industry.
-
Transportation and Mobility
Bus service was cut 20% during the pandemic and ridership remains at about 55% of pre-COVID levels.
New From Our Reporters
