It's St. Patrick's Day, the Cinco de Mayo of the East Coast, the day we remember America's original Mexicans, the Irish (how soon we forget), the time fo
Read full Post
It's one of Los Angeles' most enduring cliches: The 405 freeway is the worst; it is less a roadway and more a merciless, elongated parking lot into?which no
Read full Post
Richard Alarcon, a man who has taken the term career politician to new and hilarious extremes, is running for Congress. It was a very last-minute decision, Alarcon t
Read full Post
In early January, L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti convened a meeting with some of the country's largest engineering and construction firms. Around the table at City Hall we
Read full Post
After years of planning and study, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority planned to finally release the spending plan this week for a new $120 billion sales tax.
Read full Post
Los Angeles has the least affordable rents in America, and our real estate prices are through the roof.The new World Cost of Living Report from The Economist'
Read full Post
You like soda, beer, cronuts and wine. We do too.But it's becoming a problem. And not just the kind you need to talk to your 12-step group about.The UCLA Center
Read full Post
A new paper published in the Harvard Law and Policy Review argues that short-term rentals, like the kind on offer at Airbnb, are exacerbating L.A.'s housing cris
Read full Post
Nothing boils the blood more than a bad rental experience.Whether it's a landlord who pockets your cleaning deposit for no good reason or one who's trying to
Read full Post
What does the future hold for Los Angeles transit? We will know a lot more tomorrow, when the Metropolitan Transportation Authority unveils its plan for a new half-c
Read full Post
If California gets a national reputation as being a little bit kooky, sometimes we have only ourselves to blame.The California Senate today voted to raise the tobacc
Read full Post
Los Angeles is a tough city for malls.Our retail culture is so flighty ? Robertson Boulevard's Kitson is gone and Pinkberry is just a face in the crowd it invent
Read full Post
