https://laist.com/news/los-angeles-activities/jazz-salon-cheap-los-angeles-athletic-club 2026-08-08 LAist eng 2026-08-08T08:00:00-04:00 For $10, you can watch jazz legends play a near-private show in downtown LA https://laist.com/news/los-angeles-activities/fireman-prayer-charles-henri-avelange-composer 2026-08-09 LAist eng 2026-08-09T08:00:00-04:00 How the LA fires turned a composer's 20-year dream into an anthem for firefighters Wildfires, LA fires, anthem https://laist.com/news/job-market-hiring-sequels-food-friday-rasarumah-filmweek-romance-novels 2026-08-07 LAist eng 2026-08-07T11:52:18-04:00 How to make it in this job market, good (and bad) sequels, Malaysian food, FilmWeek and more AirTalk, AirTalk, FilmWeek , Food Friday, Malaysian food, Rasarumah, hiring, job market, jobs, movies https://laist.com/news/housing-homelessness/koreatown-gains-80-new-affordable-housing-apartments 2026-08-07 LAist eng 2026-08-07T12:30:00-04:00 Koreatown gains 80 new affordable housing apartments affordable housing, affordable housing apartments, housing development, koreatown, ktown, los angeles, rent https://laist.com/news/education/la-college-students-face-a-tough-housing-market-so-why-are-so-many-beds-at-csu-los-angeles-empty 2026-08-07 LAist eng 2026-08-07T13:30:00-04:00 LA college students face a tough housing market. 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Not everyone agrees AirTalk, Places to go in California, Prettiest CA towns, Prettiest California towns, Travel, most beautiful places in California https://laist.com/news/food/laist-tries-rasarumah-southeast-asian-fusion-food 2026-08-07 LAist eng 2026-08-07T18:39:07-04:00 Looking to try a variety of Southeast Asian flavors? Rasarumah is a one-stop shop for it AirTalk, LAist mini-bites, AirTalk, Food Friday, Historic Filipinotown, Rasarumah, Southeast Asian food https://laist.com/news/los-angeles-activities/mundo-maya-day-returns-to-macarthur-park-a-year-after-immigration-raids 2026-08-07 LAist eng 2026-08-07T18:30:00-04:00 Mundo Maya Day returns to MacArthur Park a year after immigration raids celebration, culture, macarthur, maya, mundo, park https://laist.com/news/housing-homelessness/rhode-island-court-trump-administration-homelessness-funds-housing-first 2026-08-07 LAist eng 2026-08-07T19:58:29-04:00 Court strikes down Trump administration bid to shift homelessness funds away from 'housing first' HUD, Trump administration, federal funding, homelessness grants, homelessness in L.A., housing first https://laist.com/news/los-angeles-activities/phoebe-bridgers-new-album-costa-mesa-planetarium-lost-weekend 2026-08-08 LAist eng 2026-08-08T08:00:00-04:00 An OC planetarium is SoCal's only spot to hear Phoebe Bridgers' new album early Phoebe Bridgers, Orange Coast College Planetarium, new album https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/gorman-fire-ridge 2026-08-09 LAist eng 2026-08-08T00:19:49-04:00 All evacuations lifted for Ridge Fire near Gorman Wildfires, Highland, wildfire, Line Fire, San Bernardino County https://laist.com/news/employers-unexpectedly-cut-23-000-jobs-in-a-sign-of-a-wilting-labor-market 2026-08-08 LAist eng 2026-08-08T10:26:23-04:00 Employers unexpectedly cut 23,000 jobs in a sign of a wilting labor market https://laist.com/news/dozens-of-businesses-lost-revenue-after-the-east-la-oil-spill-only-one-has-been-reimbursed 2026-08-09 LAist eng 2026-08-09T08:00:00-04:00 Dozens of businesses lost revenue after the East LA oil spill. Only one has been reimbursed https://laist.com/news/transportation/inglewood-is-bulldozing-a-shopping-center-with-more-than-20-businesses-for-a-stadium-shuttle-system 2026-08-09 LAist eng 2026-08-09T08:00:00-04:00 Inglewood is bulldozing a shopping center with more than 20 businesses for a stadium shuttle system https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/burbank-walnut-fire 2026-08-08 LAist eng 2026-08-08T20:14:39-04:00 Walnut Fire in Burbank 70% contained; evacuations remain in place Wildfires, Highland, wildfire, Line Fire, San Bernardino County