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With heavy rain expected this weekend, the chance for high school football players in Los Angeles to run, tackle and enjoy playing in the mud is more than possible. There's eight City Section teams hosting playoff games Friday night with grass fields that have little grass left. That means fun times ahead. "It's not going to be pretty," Venice coach Angelo Gasca said of his field's condition for a game against Franklin.

The museum will include over 40,000 works of "narrative art," ranging from murals to comic book art and, of course, cinematic artifacts. Among those are the Lucas Archives, "containing models, props, concept art, and costumes from Lucas's filmmaking career," which presumably includes at least a few Star Wars relics. It sounds like Lucas's filmmaking memorabilia will be just a small part of the museum, which is dedicated to illustrated storytelling broadly. Its 35 galleries will include themes like family, childhood, sports, and adventure.

When Maia takes Tallulah out for coffee, she can barely say, "I want to talk to you about your career," before making fun of herself. Then, as she tries to launch into a pitch for "getting into the health and fitness space," her first task instead becomes keeping Tallulah from getting arrested. When athleisure blonde Paulena (Annalisa Cochrane) looks across the coffee shop and recognizes Tallulah, she makes a huge scene asking for her Balenciaga bag back.

The kids at Rickshaw Stop on Wednesday night do not remember. They have X's drawn in Sharpie on the backs of their hands. But they dress like they were there: cargo shorts, weird hats, long-sleeves under short-sleeves. One, whose bleached-blond curls bob violently with the slightest twitch of his head, jerks his body to the music like his life depends on it.

As the government shutdown stretches into its second month, breaking records as the longest shutdown in history, 42 million people across the country are feeling the effects of sudden SNAP cuts, including over 5 million in California.

When I first moved to Los Angeles, everyone told me to give it "at least two years." They said that's how long it would take to find out whether I could live there. But to like it, let alone love it? Who knows! Everything was beautiful and nothing felt real. As a spinning Rachel Sennott put it in a bizarrely compelling 2020 video that's essentially a succinct thesis statement for the dissertation that is her 2025 HBO show: "Come on! It's L.A.! Haha! What?! It's L.A.!"

What's the weather like over there? asks Anthony Hopkins as soon as our video call begins. He may have lived in California for decades but some Welshness remains, in his distinctive, mellifluous voice perhaps a little hoarser than it once was and his preoccupation with the climate. It's a dark evening in London but a bright, sunny morning in Los Angeles, and Hopkins is equally bright in demeanour and attire, sporting a turquoise and green shirt.

Miguel Adrian Gonzalez, 28, worked at schools, camps and after-school programs throughout the Los Angeles area, L.A. Police Department officials said in a statement on X. Arrested Friday by LAPD detectives and agents from Homeland Security Investigations, Gonzalez confessed to molesting boys whom he baby-sat and photographing their genitals, according to a complaint filed in federal court that charged him with possessing child pornography.

It was one of the most dramatic protests in Los Angeles by activists who opposed Israel's war in Gaza: a shutdown of the southbound lanes of the 110 Freeway as it passes through downtown. In a chaotic scene captured by news helicopters, protesters sat down on the freeway in December 2023, halting traffic just south of the four-level interchange. On live television, enraged motorists responded by getting into physical altercations with demonstrators.

GWAR have been destroying various galaxies for 40 years, and their long history is currently on display as the "LET THERE BE GWAR" exhibit at Los Angeles' Beyond the Streets gallery. "For 40 years, GWAR have mounted a misanthropic critique of American culture dressed up as shock rock," stated the band. "This collection of artifacts offers a sense of the unique punk-inspired anti-art aesthetics of underground comics, science fiction fandom, role-playing games, and satirical splatter flick nerdishness at the heart of the band."

The Venice boardwalk is great for skateboarding, obviously, but I always love skating through Hollywood, especially along the Walk of Fame because it's such a weird vibe. It almost feels like a video game.

Members of a sophisticated burglary crew suspected of executing a series of smash-and-grab retail burglaries that netted more than $2.6 million in stolen goods this year have been arrested, the Los Angeles Police Department said Tuesday. Three adults and three minors were arrested in connection with the burglaries at high-end eyewear and sunglass shops throughout Los Angeles and Orange counties, the statement said.

"Mayor Bass thanks her for her many years of service and significant contributions to the people of Los Angeles,"

"I'm talking about the cost-of-living crisis that's crushing families,"

I'm an OG Angeleno.

In the second episode, Rachel Sennott's Maia and Odessa A'zion's Tallulah meet with the latter's rival from New York, a polished blonde influencer who claims Tallulah stole her Balenciaga bag. The visit is meant to mend fences; naturally, it devolves into a cocaine-fueled nightmare caught on video. The footage leaks online, and Maia's gentle teacher boyfriend, Dylan (Josh Hutcherson), learns his coke-snorting face has become a meme, "Coke Larry," while chaperoning the school carnival.

Is it possible to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner in L.A. for under $25 total? Fresh off the heels of the Food team's guide to 50 L.A. restaurants where dinner costs $50 or less, including tax and tip, we sought to slice the savings even further and set out to find three square meals for less than $25 total, including tax and tip.

Building on the "No Kings" protests in June, organizations across the United States, including those in Southern California, are once again rallying and marching Saturday to protest against the Trump administration. On June 14, more than 50 million people across all 50 states joined in one of the largest single-day protests against "President Trump's authoritarianism," according to Studio City Rising, a local event organizer.

Magnus Humphrey had known Maleesa Mooney only for a few days, but the Minnesota man had already become "obsessive" about the model, who lived in a downtown L.A. apartment. "That's my girl, that's my woman," he would say about Mooney during the five days they spent together in September 2023, according to her friend, Kiersten Dossett. The two were rarely "more than one foot apart," she said. Humphrey made comments about marrying Mooney, 31, who joined him at a family barbecue during their weeklong relationship.

At this month's event, you can expect talks from Mouthwash Studio, an LA based design agency influencing culture at-large from within, as well as talks from Clay Hickson, the small press legend behind publishing house Tan & Loose Books as well as the monthly Risograph printed newspaper The Smudge. You'll also get to hear from James Junk, the popular designer and content creator who, when he isn't actively being "the only graphic designer in Los Angeles", is creating intelligent and thought provoking visual essays.

In September, the United States Supreme Court paused a temporary restraining order intended to stop Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from terrorizing Los Angeles with roving patrols, giving ICE the green light to target people because of the color of their skin or the language they speak. But even while the restraining order was in effect starting in July, ICE never stopped targeting day labor centers in Los Angeles. On August 8, masked men in tactical gear surrounded the Van Nuys Community Job Center, and pointed weapons at my coworkers and me. When I asked to see a warrant, I was met with cold stares and a Border Patrol agent wielding a teargas canister.

the landlord requested that we submit a deck as well as an operator, which is something I've never had since I handled most of the operational duties myself alongside a general manager at Baohaus. That said, Baohaus was a 400-square-foot box, and most sit-down restaurants have an operator who handles the business of opening the restaurant, including finding the location; negotiating the lease; collaborating on the concept, the brand, and front of the house;

He described men dressed in all black wearing ski masks, and said one had a knife. They put the knife on me and they grabbed my bag and they took all of my stuff and all of my jewelry, he said.

Back in June, Chiland, a Los Angeles public-school teacher, heard rumors that National Guard troops were being marshalled on Terminal Island in preparation to arrest anti-ICE demonstrators across the city. This inspired Chiland and his wife, Maya Suzuki Daniels, to co-found the Harbor Area Peace Patrol, a group of community activists that track the movements of immigration authorities around Los Angeles.

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A man who police say crashed into the steps of Los Angeles City Hall in downtown Friday afternoon was taken into custody after a lengthy barricade situation. The driver was placed in handcuffs without incident around 5:50 p.m. when he stepped out of a sedan and walked down Spring Street toward officers with his hands up.

Thai is a pillar cuisine of Los Angeles. The largest Thai population outside of Thailand calls Los Angeles home. The community designation in East Hollywood is the only officially recognized Thai Town in the United States. As with Koreatown and Historic Filipinotown, the neighborhood took root when our country, via the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, welcomed waves of migration from across Asia.

The pop-up, which turns places into spooky hangouts with immersive Halloween themed decorations and drinks, is coming to the Melrose Umbrella Club in Beverly Grove, at 7465 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, and the Corner Door, at 12477 Washington Blvd., in Culver City Oct. 1-Nov. 2 and to and The Ordinarie, at 210 The Promenade N. in Long Beach Oct 3-Nov 2.

Save the date! After gracing the other side of the pond with a New York City Nicer Tuesdays event and the continued sold-out successes of Nicer Tuesdays in London, It's Nice That will be launching our first ever Nicer Tuesdays talk event in Los Angeles on 4 November 2025 at The Nimoy Theater. We'll be bringing everything that makes this an unmissable event to California's buzzing cultural hub.

At its core, NO PARKING is about presence through absence. While no human figures are depicted, the works are rich with the suggestion of workers, commuters, and residents whose lives intersect in the city's dense, chaotic streets. Each vehicle becomes a portrait - not of a person's face, but of their story, their routine, and their resilience. Burned vans and scorched sports cars hint at destruction and renewal, while RVs and idle food trucks evoke themes of mobility, survival, and urban transience.

Walk into EB Denim's new flagship in Los Angeles and you immediately understand why this brand has captivated a generation. The space is raw yet refined, balancing industrial minimalism with an energy that feels alive. Racks display denim that has been cut, twisted, and rebuilt into something entirely new. It is a store, but also a studio, a warehouse, and a clubhouse where people gather around more than product. They gather around an idea.

Comics have long been on the front lines of democracy, the canary in the cat's mouth, Looney Tunes style, when it comes to free speech being swallowed by regressive politics. So Jimmy Kimmel is in good company, though he may not like this particular historical party: Zero Mostel; Philip Loeb; even Lenny Bruce, who claimed, after being watched by the FBI and backroom blacklisted, that he was less a comic and more "the surgeon with the scalpel for false values."

This is one of the last of the Great American Diners, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner in large portions at reasonable prices. This is where you go when you want liver and onions, and your companion craves chicken fried steak. Meatloaf is on the menu, served with mashed potatoes, gravy, veggies and garlic toast for $15.99. Henri's has been around for 53 years - which, in LA terms, approaches forever.

Authorities have identified the remains of a 15-year-old girl found in the trunk of a Tesla belonging to an R&B singer in Los Angeles earlier this month. The girl's name was Celeste Rivas, and she was from Lake Elsinore, according to the Los Angeles County medical examiner's office. Her cause of death has not been determined, authorities said, but is being investigated as a homicide.

In the 2000s, there was an extremely popular manga called Nana, where nothing all that important happened. It was a melancholic comedy about two new friends in their early twenties, both named Nana. They spend most of their time in Tokyo hanging out at bars, rocking Vivienne Westwood, working jobs, playing music, and balancing on and off romantic relationships. It was a detailed and messy character study that felt like falling in deeper with a friend group with every new issue.

Los Angeles' infamous Trash House, previously freed of debris and detritus, is once again covered in garbage. A year after residents in the Fairfax District complained about piles of trash at a home on Martel Avenue, it has once again started to pile up at the so-called Trash House, KTLA reported. The brown, Spanish-style stucco home at 617 North Martel Avenue has been a lightning rod of criticism from neighbors for more than a year.

Emmanuel was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He attended UC Davis where he earned his Bachelors of Arts in Communication and Sociology with a minor in Professional Writing.