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Where do you put 85 million pounds of rotting food?

Jul 16, 2026

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3 min read

Where do you put 85 million pounds of rotting food?

The answer involves dumps in three counties and lots of unanswered questions.

Julia Wick
Tomo Chien
Julia Wick, +1

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How to Get Rid of 85 Million Pounds of Rotting Food

Jul 15, 2026

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4 min read

How to Get Rid of 85 Million Pounds of Rotting Food

Our quest to figure out where the food waste from the Lineage warehouse disaster is going.

Julia Wick
Tomo Chien
Julia Wick, +1

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A bad crosswalk will cost L.A. $20 million and counting

Jul 15, 2026

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3 min read

A bad crosswalk will cost L.A. $20 million and counting

Plus, an In-N-Out ban, gossip from Dan Tana’s, and a treasured Palisades park reopens.

Matt Hamilton
Matt Hamilton

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Why the corpse flower seems like it’s always blooming

Jul 14, 2026

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4 min read

Why the corpse flower seems like it’s always blooming

Plus, young people with gambling problems, a fake cowboy, and concern about oil drilling in Santa Barbara

Antonia Cereijido
Antonia Cereijido

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L.A. issued thousands of bogus street cleaning tickets

Jul 13, 2026

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3 min read

L.A. issued thousands of bogus street cleaning tickets

Plus, a top Bass advisor is working for Lineage, a street of stunning architectural gems in Santa Monica, and what’s happening this week.

Tomo Chien
Tomo Chien

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L.A. Issued Nearly $1 Million in Bogus Street Sweeping Tickets

Jul 13, 2026

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5 min read

L.A. Issued Nearly $1 Million in Bogus Street Sweeping Tickets

LADOT claims it voided the bum tickets — but refused to share the data to prove it. Many were issued in one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods.

Tomo Chien
Antonia Cereijido
Tomo Chien, +1

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One of Mayor Bass’ Longtime Advisors Is Helping Lineage Do Crisis P.R.

Jul 11, 2026

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3 min read

One of Mayor Bass’ Longtime Advisors Is Helping Lineage Do Crisis P.R.

Yusef Robb, a close but informal advisor to the mayor, has been doing communications consulting work for the operator of the Boyle Heights warehouse that burned last month. He said late Saturday that he would no longer be advising Bass.

Julia Wick
Julia Wick
Weekly Material: We found local politicians’ Yelp reviews

Jul 11, 2026

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1 min read

Weekly Material: We found local politicians’ Yelp reviews

Your one-minute, weekly roundup of L.A. Material’s best work.

Tomo Chien
Tomo Chien
L.A. Material's 2026 Culinary Cup: The Quarterfinals

Jul 11, 2026

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3 min read

L.A. Material's 2026 Culinary Cup: The Quarterfinals

8 restaurants. 8 countries. The highest-stakes tournament competition happening right now.

Antonia Cereijido
Pablo Goldstein
Hayes Davenport
Antonia Cereijido, +2
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