Greater LA

On Tuesday, presidential hopeful Julian Castro joined Black Lives Matter activists in front of LAPD headquarters to raise awareness of the 2018 fatal police shooting of Grechario Mack.

This fall, the city of West Hollywood gave landmark status to the Whisky a Go Go, the Roxy, and the Rainbow Bar and Grill. That status protects the venues from the aggressive development happening all around the area.

The head of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority will step down at the end of the month. We ask why.

Thanksgiving can be a tough time for people who’ve lost family members. That’s why one LA mother started a turkey giveaway for families whose children have been killed. She’s been doing it ever since her son was murdered in 1995.

Los Angeles’ oldest children’s theater recently moved from downtown to Highland Park. Now the marionette troupe wants to create a puppeteer academy, host workshops for kids, host film shoots and screenings, and work with musicians and comedians. 

The state’s legal cannabis market is on track to hit $3.1 billion in sales this year. But the unlicensed market is expected to be far larger, at an estimated $8.7 billion. We find out where Angelenos buy their weed.

The City of LA is considering doing away with requirements that developers provide parking with new buildings in downtown. The city is also discussing phasing out “parking podiums”: where parking spots take up the first few stories of a residential building, and the housing units begin a few levels up. 

Two-bedroom units in Pasadena often sell for $700,000. So how could one cost $75,000? Caltrans owns it. The state agency is selling off many properties that were supposed to be the site of the 710 freeway expansion. That freeway project is now defunct. 

Trojan Shelter is a new homeless shelter in LA, where college students receive three meals a day, peer-to-peer counseling, and assistance in finding permanent housing.

There’s a growing community of warrior enthusiasts who put on armor and use real weapons to live out a fantasy. But this isn't Medieval Times-type stuff. These guys are seriously beating each other up in a knight fighting league.