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celebrity real estate
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getting around
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celebrity real estate
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the real estate
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Deals, Deals, Deals on Los Angeles Megamansions!
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Alissa Walker
celebrity real estate
Feb. 27, 2023
Los Angeles’s Conflicted Hype-House King
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Feb. 1, 2023
L.A.’s ‘Green Alley’ Experiments Are Working
The city’s efforts to become flood- and drought-resilient are ready to be scaled up.
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Alissa Walker
california storms
Jan. 13, 2023
California’s Lost Trees
After the current storms end, the state will face a new challenge: restoring an already diminished urban canopy.
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Alissa Walker
urban fauna
Dec. 19, 2022
Los Angeles’s Celebrity Mountain Lion Was Also Its Hostage
Without an easy way to cross the freeways that bisect his natural habitat, P-22’s life in the city was a lonely one.
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Alissa Walker
getting around
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Eric Garcetti’s Broken Sidewalks
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Alissa Walker
getting around
Nov. 10, 2022
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Los Angeles and other cities are trying to find out if better customer service offers an alternative to policing.
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Alissa Walker
remembrance
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Mike Davis Was Right
About the fires in Malibu, the hostile approach to urban planning, the inequality crushing Los Angeles.
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Alissa Walker
landlords and tenants
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Alissa Walker
water wars
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getting around
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getting around
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Alissa Walker
getting around
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A Bike Lane Built for a Car Crash
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Alissa Walker
getting around
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Alissa Walker
early and often
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Alissa Walker
great rooms
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Joseph Giovannini’s extreme home makeover: “Realism is not my deal.”
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the unhoused
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The Homeless Shelter Bearing Alex Trebek’s Name Is Finally Open
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Alissa Walker
getting around
May 20, 2022
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Alissa Walker
getting around
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LAPD Wants a Rent Subsidy for Cops
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Alissa Walker
getting around
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The Electrification Revolution Can Start in Smaller Cities
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Alissa Walker
adventures in foreclosure
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Good-bye to
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college towns
Mar. 18, 2022
UCLA’s Guaranteed Student Housing Plan Is Fast, Comprehensive, and Worth Copying
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Alissa Walker
getting around
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How to Build a Pedestrian Bridge That Doesn’t Get You Anywhere
L.A.’s attempt to make car-free connections falls short. But there’s some good news for horses.
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Alissa Walker
buyers and sellers
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Alissa Walker
not grate
Feb. 10, 2022
Bel Air Down There: L.A.’s Wealthiest Try, Once Again, to Fight a Subway Tunnel
The Bel-Air Association hyperventilates over ventilation.
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Alissa Walker
no drilling where we’re living
Feb. 10, 2022
L.A. Just Banned Oil Drilling. Now Comes the Hard Part.
It’s a real victory. But now, nearly 5,000 wells have to be closed, capped, and cleaned up.
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Alissa Walker
getting around
Jan. 19, 2022
L.A. Just Ran (and Ended) the Biggest Free-Transit Experiment in the U.S.
Now Metro is using the information from 281 million free bus rides to game out improvements.
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Alissa Walker
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Jan. 12, 2022
World’s Largest Wildlife Crossing Is Finally Under Way in Los Angeles
A bridge for local mountain lions that’s nearly an acre in size has been in the works for over a decade.
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Alissa Walker
smog
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L.A.’s Backed-up Port Is Shrouding Neighborhoods in Toxic Smog
“Now we have ships for 150 miles out, and all that pollution is still going to come here.”
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Alissa Walker
politics
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‘The Mayor Knew’
Eric Garcetti’s top aide was a serial harasser, according to multiple accusers. The mayor, they say, ignored it.
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Alissa Walker
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Alissa Walker
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throwing shade
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A new design for a tiny sunshade is about the best anyone can do.
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Alissa Walker
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After the LAPD fireworks explosion, this South L.A. resident is demanding answers.
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Alissa Walker
beach house
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“What they are working towards is a de facto gated beach community.”
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Alissa Walker
encounter
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Ramtin Ray Nosrati is a developer for our new Gilded Age.
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deliciousness
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More communal kitchens, more permit options, more flexibility on the streets.
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Alissa Walker
street view
May 26, 2021
How a Denser Los Angeles Can Still Look Like Los Angeles
Where the neighbors don’t want towers, a city competition provides some alternatives.
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Justin Davidson
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