Compton Mayor Aja Brown Will Not Seek Reelection

Los Angeles Magazine 1/26 11:19A Brittany Martin

Compton Mayor Aja Brown announced today that she will not seek reelection for a third term in the office she has held since 2013. She will serve until her term ends on June 30, and then hand over power to a new mayor. I look forward to providing...

This Photographer Has Spent 30 Years Capturing L.A.’s Subways as They Take Shape

Los Angeles Magazine 1/26 10:01A Liz Ohanesian

As he commuted to work, Ken Karagozian watched Hollywood Boulevard change. First, he saw a car wash go out of business, noting that never happens in Los Angeles. Then he saw construction fences rise...

Mural honoring late Eddie Van Halen unveiled at Hollywood Guitar Center

LATimes.com (Entertainment) 1/26 9:39A Christi Carras

Los Angeles artist Robert Vargas painted a colorful mural of Eddie Van Halen to be unveiled Tuesday in Hollywood in honor of the late rocker's birthday.

Inglewood to Use Eminent Domain to Clear Way for Clippers Arena

Los Angeles Magazine 1/26 8:07A Brittany Martin

The Inglewood City Council is expected to vote today to authorize the use of eminent domain power to acquire 11 holdout properties to clear space for the future Clippers basketball arena. Once the properties, all located along Century Boulevard...

Disneyland Is Giving Another Controversial Attraction a Non-Racist Makeover

Los Angeles Magazine 1/26 8:01A Gwynedd Stuart

Whenever Disneyland finally reopens , guests will enjoy a new and improved Jungle Cruise attraction, minus the dated caricatures and imperialist overtones that made it unseemly even when it opened in 1955, and which by today’s standards are just...

America’s Biggest Movie Theater Chain Is No Longer on the Brink of Disaster—and It Only Took $917...

Los Angeles Magazine 1/26 5:43A Gwynedd Stuart

Just weeks after AMC Theatres warned in a December SEC filing that its money would run out as early as this month, the world’s largest cinema chain announced Monday that it had raised almost $917 million in new funding since issuing that dire...

Joan Didion’s Prose Remains Peerless in ‘Let Me Tell You What I Mean’

Los Angeles Magazine 1/26 4:30A Bret Easton Ellis

Joan Didion is one of America’s greatest prose stylists, and reading her new collection is a genuine event—even if some of the pieces are more than 50 years old. Let Me Tell You What I Mean (Knopf)...

Morning Brief: New COVID-19 Variants Are Cause for Concern

Los Angeles Magazine 1/26 3:48A Gwynedd Stuart

» More transmissible and possibly more virulent strains of COVID-19 present a growing cause for alarm. Limiting exposure when possible and wearing masks when out remain the best available...

The Return of Outdoor Dining is Upon Us

Santa Monica Daily Press (Opinion) 1/26 1:00A David Pisarra

I’m a foodie. I love good food, high cuisine, or a greasy cheeseburger with a chocolate shake. I can be comfortable dining in any white linen restaurant in the world, and just as comfortable grabbing some street food from a vendor in Beijing. I...

Disgraced Former Councilman Mitch Englander Is Going to Prison

Los Angeles Magazine 1/25 1:57P Gwynedd Stuart

The federal case against former Los Angeles City Councilman Mitch Englander has ended with more bang than whimper. This morning, United States District Judge John F. Walter sentenced the ex-Northwest San Fernando Valley rep to 14 months in...

'Speculative Los Angeles,' otherworldly stories set in a sprawling, haunted place

LATimes.com (Entertainment) 1/25 12:24P Zan Romanoff

"There's a haunting quality to the place," says Denise Hamilton, who corralled dystopian tales from Luis Rodriguez, Aimee Bender, Charles Yu and others.

‘Mank’ and ‘Ma Rainey’ Are Among the American Film Institute’s Top Movies of 2020

Los Angeles Magazine 1/25 11:59A Gwynedd Stuart

Awards watchers will have to wait a little longer for Oscars, Golden Globes, and SAG Awards nominations, but on Monday the American Film Institute revealed its top ten films and TV shows of the year. Rather than pitting the jury s faves against...

An Upcoming Documentary Looks at How L.A. Artists Channeled the Mamba Mentality After Kobe’s Death

Los Angeles Magazine 1/25 9:27A Gwynedd Stuart

Last January, in the wake of the horrific helicopter crash that killed Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and seven other adults and children, Mamba and Mambacita s faces were splashed on walls throughout the city...

California Lifts Its Regional Stay-at-Home, but It’s Unclear What That Means for L.A. County

Los Angeles Magazine 1/25 6:06A Gwynedd Stuart

On Monday morning, Governor Gavin Newsom lifted the state s regional stay-at-home order , which has shuttered salons and nixed outdoor dining in COVID-ravaged regions, including Southern California, since early December. “California is slowly...

Morning Brief: The State Is Investigating the L.A. County Sheriff’s Dept.

Los Angeles Magazine 1/25 2:48A Gwynedd Stuart

» The California Department of Justice has launched an investigation of the L.A. County Sheriff s Department over a possible pattern of unconstitutional law enforcement.   Attorney General Xavier...