Julia Wick

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Apr 28, 2026

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5 min read

Activate the D

Plus, unpacking the battle over "zone zero" regulations, Sergey Brin's California departure and more.

Julia Wick

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Apr 27, 2026

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4 min read

Money talks

Plus, the Torrance man accused of opening fire in D.C., a local astronomy club’s pandemic boom and more.

Julia Wick

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Make the check out to City of Los Angeles

Apr 22, 2026

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4 min read

Make the check out to City of Los Angeles

Plus, millennials reviving century-old social clubs, the unexpected rise of Xavier Becerra in the governor’s race and a wagyu brouhaha.

Julia Wick

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A Passage Buried in L.A.’s Budget Hints at an Unusual Airbnb Gambit

Apr 21, 2026

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4 min read

A Passage Buried in L.A.’s Budget Hints at an Unusual Airbnb Gambit

The mayor appears to be pushing for a policy that would allow home-sharing companies like Airbnb to pre-pay taxes to help fill city coffers.

Julia Wick

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Apr 20, 2026

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4 min read

Budget fight season is here

Plus, D4vd’s first expected court appearance, Swalwell’s vertiginous rise and fall and Valley break-ins.

Julia Wick

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Apr 15, 2026

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10 min read

How LAUSD averted the strike

Plus, how a family-run Studio City Thai restaurant makes it work, the race to fill Eric Swalwell’s House seat and an alleged beatdown at Chateau Marmont.

Julia Wick, +1

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What is a giant statue doing in the middle of Runyon Canyon?

Apr 9, 2026

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9 min read

What is a giant statue doing in the middle of Runyon Canyon?

Plus, a looming schools strike, Mayor Bass' LAPD pivot and some record store expertise.

Julia Wick

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Apr 7, 2026

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8 min read

Was 'Baywatch' booted off Venice Beach?

Plus, Trump’s favor to California Democrats, Kanye’s successful run at SoFi and more.

Julia Wick

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When refusing to RSVP is ruthless campaign strategy.

Apr 2, 2026

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10 min read

When refusing to RSVP is ruthless campaign strategy.

Plus, the skinny on a Mar Vista restaurant saga and Trump at the Supreme Court.

Julia Wick

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Apr 1, 2026

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8 min read

The Attorney General’s Zoom snafu

Plus, the latest on the L.A. Zoo’s departed elephants and new data on L.A. restaurants.

Matt Hamilton, +2

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Mar 31, 2026

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9 min read

David Lynch’s heirs head to court

Plus, a Dodgers parking hack, wilting poppies and more.

Matt Hamilton, +2

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Why is everyone so mad about Metro’s K Line extension vote?

Mar 26, 2026

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9 min read

Why is everyone so mad about Metro’s K Line extension vote?

Plus, an anti-ICE protester is sentenced, opening Cafe Tropical's books and more.

Julia Wick, +1

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Mar 24, 2026

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7 min read

‘A full-on neighborhood emergency’

Sex work on Western spills into tony Windsor Square. Plus, Bill Cosby loses in court, a grasshopper invasion and more.

Matt Hamilton, +1

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Mar 23, 2026

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9 min read

An art heist at Taix

Plus, a new mayoral poll, two upcoming debates and arguments about left turns.

Pablo Goldstein, +1

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The mad scramble that remade the L.A. mayoral race

Mar 19, 2026

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11 min read

The mad scramble that remade the L.A. mayoral race

Plus, LAUSD teachers contend with their Cesar Chavez curriculum, a major shakeup on the city's fire commission and more.

Julia Wick

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Five Days That Blew Up The L.A. Mayoral Race

Mar 19, 2026

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30 min read

Five Days That Blew Up The L.A. Mayoral Race

How a handful of strange bedfellows, united by ambition and frustration with the mayor’s leadership, scrambled to marshal a challenge to Mayor Karen Bass.

Julia Wick