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Death is the ‘ultimate truth': Long Beach singer Emily Yacina’s heavy inspirations for new album ‘Veilfall’

Yacina talks blowing up on TikTok for a song she made over a decade ago and processing grief by hosting death salons in L.A.

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Hear and get familiar with Tongva plant names while hiking Coldwater Canyon Park

Nonprofit Tree People has worked with Native Americans and university scholars to show the Tongva language as a living culture

LA’s indie film curators pick their must-see fall screenings

Programmers from the Academy Museum, Vidiots and Old Town Music Hall are excited about surrealist classics, spooky silent films and even a “blood rave.”

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LeaLA brings four days of authors, art and book selling to LA

The Spanish language book fair is a celebration of words, culture and creativity.

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As Black surfers return for competition and community in Huntington Beach, an LAist editor finds her wave

'A Great Day in the Stoke' is a free, daylong event in Orange County billed as 'the largest gathering of Black surfers in history.' The fourth annual festival is set for Saturday in Huntington Beach.

Three separate images of a Black woman in the ocean. The first image shows her on a surfboard preparing to stand up. In the second, she catches the wave, and in the third, she tries to steady herself as she stands.

The many ways people get LA wrong

Here's what you told us about the biggest misconceptions you hear — and push back on — about Los Angeles and Southern California.

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It’s officially fall, so we asked a local author for SoCal-based book recs

Rufi Thorpe’s "Margo’s Got Money Troubles" is set in Fullerton. We asked the author about her local inspirations and essential SoCal reads.

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Uncovering women's roles in LA historical landmarks, one building at a time

Of the more than 1,300 Historic-Cultural Monuments designated since 1962, less than 2% recognize women's contributions. The new L.A. Women's Landmarks Project aims to amend that.