Elina Shatkin

Southern California was ground zero for buildings shaped like owls, toads and tamales, a genre officially known as programmatic architecture.

The newspaper sent a Brooklyn novelist to enlighten us.

Like every food writer in this city -- hell, like practically every writer in this city -- I idolized his words long before I met him.

We talked to a bunch of bartenders and bar owners about what they're doing to keep hate out of their establishments.

On social media, some people called for a boycott of the bar, with many accusing the owners of accommodating members of a hate group.

And here's where to eat these green and gorgeous babies.

There's a $300 reward -- plus a round of beers -- for finding it.

...and for every week after that. Think of it as our foodieversary. We do.

From Sizzler to Swadesh, Anthony Bourdain loved Los Angeles and Los Angeles loved him back.

Earlier this week, to celebrate the relaunch and revival of LAist, we brought you puzzlemaster Zach Sherwin's "LA To The Core" brainteaser. The answers in this little game were all two-word phrases with "LA" in the middle and they were all designed to test how much you know about Los Angeles.