Jessica P. Ogilvie

As L.A. rethinks the workplace, research supports longer weekends; a new piece of art was installed on Skid Row; and a Queen cover band will serenade OC.

Many business owners fear that L.A.’s new mask mandate will drive customers away, someone left a couch in the Santa Monica Mountains, and we rounded up the best takeout cocktails to get you through the heat.

Indoor mask mandates are back as of this Saturday, LAPD officers shot and killed a man in Hollywood, and you can get serene standing on a paddleboard.

There’s a pretty straightforward reason for sky-high priced rideshares, it’s been very humid in L.A., and Disney is mixing up some of the best cocktails around.

Unvaccinated people account for all hospitalizations at county-run facilities, L.A. Metro’s bike share workers are working towards unionizing, and a Long Beach group is offering joints for vaccinations.

You might qualify for extra government money because of your kids, a sewage spill is rendering parts of our ocean un-swimmable, and The Music Center hosts an outdoor dance program.

The weather will cool off starting today, Newsom is putting more money towards wildfire prevention, and some adorable tern chicks were rescued.

Payments were made by a labor union and Garcetti ally to a longtime mayoral advisor accused of sexual harassment, there might not be a “California Exodus,” and check out Sand Dune Park this weekend.

South L.A. residents are demanding accountability for LAPD’s detonation of illegal fireworks, the high desert is facing extreme heat, and CA could decriminalize some psychedelics.

Grasshoppers are plaguing farms throughout the state, millions of dollars of promised tenant aid hasn’t been distributed, and CicLAvia has announced its 2021 dates.

A date has been set for the gubernatorial recall vote, health officials are worried about summer, and check out this Rancho Palos Verdes trail.

Al fresco dining will be extended in L.A., demand for blood is at an all-time high, and travel times at LAX are back to pre-pandemic levels.