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.
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;
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."
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.
Human remains were found in the trunk of a Tesla at a Hollywood tow yard Monday afternoon, according to authorities. ABC7 reported that the vehicle was registered to David Anthony Burke, a musician whose stage name is D4vd. The singer is expected to perform in Minneapolis Tuesday for his world tour. About 12:20 p.m. Monday, the Los Angeles Police Department responded to Hollywood Tow on Mansfield Avenue, according to Officer Charles Miller.
We started on the corner of Highland and Lexington, November 3, 2018. And on the first day, we sold three chicken quesadillas, no onions. Made $16.43 total: I still have the receipt! I looked at my partner and said, 'We just have to show up and open tomorrow.' We are two persistent individuals from Tijuana and Baja, California. We grew up eating tacos, and I knew that we had the best tacos in America.
In a county where one in three residents are immigrants, a sense of anger and dread erupted Monday as non-citizens and their families realized the immigration raids that rocked their lives this summer could become a never-ending nightmare. Monday's Supreme Court order gave the green-light to what critics called "indiscriminate" immigration stops that led to thousands of arrests and set off days of protests in the Los Angeles area.
Rosh Hashanah is the lighter side of the high holidays, with observers encouraged to eat challah or apples dipped in golden honey to usher in a sweet new year. In Los Angeles, members of the Jewish diasporic community have the opportunity to order complete takeout meals (or complementary sides to home-cooked dishes) to assemble and eat at home, and this year, there are some dine-in options to explore as well.
The business group looking to repeal a $30 per hour minimum wage for Los Angeles hotel and airport workers failed to secure enough signatures to qualify the proposal for the ballot, city officials said Monday. The L.A. Alliance for Tourism, Jobs and Progress had been hoping to persuade voters to repeal the wage ordinance approved by the City Council four months ago. The referendum needed about 93,000 signatures to qualify for the ballot but fell short by about 9,000, according to a statement from interim City Clerk Petty Santos.
Fujii Kaze comes across a bit shy at first, but after he gets comfortable, his quirky sense of humor and high cheekbones evoke a slightly subdued Jack Sparrow. The relaxed tone in his voice matches his comfy clothing, punctuated by cool accessories - a chic pair of third-eye sunglasses and sandals. For the cover photo of his latest album, Kaze wears a long head covering draped over his bleached blond locks. The one he came in today was sewn by his mom.
Delta Air Lines has agreed to pay $79 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed in 2020 after one of its airplanes that was experiencing engine trouble dumped its fuel over schoolyards and densely populated neighborhoods near Los Angeles. The Delta jet had departed from Los Angeles to Shanghai on Jan. 14, 2020 when it needed to quickly return to Los Angeles International Airport.
This beloved taqueria, led and owned by Chef Victor Villa, was put on the map for its tacos with a signature queso taco base, though the rest of its menu isn't half bad either. Ordering a taco with the queso taco base means you can expect the restaurant's handmade blue corn masa tortillas (here's the difference between masa and masa harina by the way) made from a crispy cheese skirt of Monterey Jack with toppings like crema, cotija cheese, onion, cilantro, and guacamole.
The California Highway Patrol issued an Amber Alert on Thursday for two young brothers who are believed to be in imminent danger after allegedly being abducted from their foster care home in Los Angeles. The two boys, identified as 2-year-old Derek Rodriguez-Hernandez and 10-year-old Jaden Hernandez, were taken from their home early morning by their biological mother, 30-year-old Jackeline Hernandez-Torres, and were last seen in the area of W. 52nd Street and Halldale Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department, which requested alert.
