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November 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Valley Plaza opened in 1951 as one of the first West Coast outdoor malls. It put a fresh spin on shopping with its big-box stores, a movie theater and close freeway access. It was even home to the tallest building in SFV — Valley Plaza Tower.
📷 Valley Times Photo Collection/LA Public Library
📷 Valley Times Photo Collection/LA Public Library
November 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Valley Plaza opened in 1951 as one of the first West Coast outdoor malls. It put a fresh spin on shopping with its big-box stores, a movie theater and close freeway access. It was even home to the tallest building in SFV — Valley Plaza Tower.
📷 Valley Times Photo Collection/LA Public Library
📷 Valley Times Photo Collection/LA Public Library
🛍️ What do you remember about Valley Plaza? 🛍️
The North Hollywood mall is getting partially torn down after being declared a public nuisance after years of neglect, but it was once a thriving icon of modern shopping.
📷 Cato Hernández/LAist
The North Hollywood mall is getting partially torn down after being declared a public nuisance after years of neglect, but it was once a thriving icon of modern shopping.
📷 Cato Hernández/LAist
November 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
🛍️ What do you remember about Valley Plaza? 🛍️
The North Hollywood mall is getting partially torn down after being declared a public nuisance after years of neglect, but it was once a thriving icon of modern shopping.
📷 Cato Hernández/LAist
The North Hollywood mall is getting partially torn down after being declared a public nuisance after years of neglect, but it was once a thriving icon of modern shopping.
📷 Cato Hernández/LAist
Trying to understand how much your rent can go up? For tenants in Southern California, it’s confusing. To sort it all out, we’ve put together a short guide on rent control laws across Southern California.
✍️&📸 David Wagner
✍️&📸 David Wagner
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Trying to understand how much your rent can go up? For tenants in Southern California, it’s confusing. To sort it all out, we’ve put together a short guide on rent control laws across Southern California.
✍️&📸 David Wagner
✍️&📸 David Wagner
The Los Angeles Dodgers are World Series champions! They outlasted the Blue Jays in a dramatic, 11-inning Game 7 at Rogers Centre in Toronto.
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November 2, 2025 at 4:35 AM
The Los Angeles Dodgers are World Series champions! They outlasted the Blue Jays in a dramatic, 11-inning Game 7 at Rogers Centre in Toronto.
more details on LAist.com
more details on LAist.com
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October 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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The hit podcast 'Spooked' comes to L.A. this Thursday! Host Glynn Washington and guests celebrate spooky season with a night of LIVE storytelling magic.
Join us for amazing, true-life supernatural stories from people who can scarcely believe it happened themselves.
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Join us for amazing, true-life supernatural stories from people who can scarcely believe it happened themselves.
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October 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The hit podcast 'Spooked' comes to L.A. this Thursday! Host Glynn Washington and guests celebrate spooky season with a night of LIVE storytelling magic.
Join us for amazing, true-life supernatural stories from people who can scarcely believe it happened themselves.
🎟️ laist.com/events/spook...
Join us for amazing, true-life supernatural stories from people who can scarcely believe it happened themselves.
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Animation still can’t quite shake off the perception that it’s just for kids or not "real" cinema. By showcasing the wide diversity of animated films, one festival hopes to combat that view.
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✍️ Monia Bushman
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Animation still can’t quite shake off the perception that it’s just for kids or not "real" cinema. By showcasing the wide diversity of animated films, one festival hopes to combat that view.
🔗 https://ow.ly/HgFn50Xahc2
✍️ Monia Bushman
📷 Courtesy Animation Is Film
October 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Animation still can’t quite shake off the perception that it’s just for kids or not "real" cinema. By showcasing the wide diversity of animated films, one festival hopes to combat that view.
🔗 https://ow.ly/HgFn50Xahc2
✍️ Monia Bushman
📷 Courtesy Animation Is Film
Animation still can’t quite shake off the perception that it’s just for kids or not "real" cinema. By showcasing the wide diversity of animated films, one festival hopes to combat that view.
🔗 https://ow.ly/HgFn50Xahc2
✍️ Monia Bushman
📷 Courtesy Animation Is Film
Billy Idol's been busy. He's touring in support of his new album, 'Dream Into It,' and a new doc on his life premiered at Tribeca Film Festival. He stopped by LAist to talk about his long career and what's next.
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✍️ Laura Hertzfeld, Josie Huang
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✍️ Laura Hertzfeld, Josie Huang
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October 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Billy Idol's been busy. He's touring in support of his new album, 'Dream Into It,' and a new doc on his life premiered at Tribeca Film Festival. He stopped by LAist to talk about his long career and what's next.
🔗 https://ow.ly/lfGr50Xah9t
✍️ Laura Hertzfeld, Josie Huang
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✍️ Laura Hertzfeld, Josie Huang
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The days of discreetly engaging in nerdy hobbies for fear of ridicule are long gone, thanks to LGS — or local game stores.
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✍️ Dan Sheehan
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✍️ Dan Sheehan
📷 Dan Sheehan/LAist
October 13, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The days of discreetly engaging in nerdy hobbies for fear of ridicule are long gone, thanks to LGS — or local game stores.
🔗 https://ow.ly/XZex50XagML
✍️ Dan Sheehan
📷 Dan Sheehan/LAist
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✍️ Dan Sheehan
📷 Dan Sheehan/LAist
Billy Idol recovering from a motorcycle crash meant that "Cradle of Love" music video director David Fincher had to get clever with filming.
🎥 Fiona Ng, Josie Huang
2h
🎥 Fiona Ng, Josie Huang
2h
October 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Billy Idol recovering from a motorcycle crash meant that "Cradle of Love" music video director David Fincher had to get clever with filming.
🎥 Fiona Ng, Josie Huang
2h
🎥 Fiona Ng, Josie Huang
2h
A helicopter associated with a fundraiser lost control at a beach parking lot in Huntington Beach between Twin Dolphins Drive and Beach Boulevard on Saturday afternoon.
🔗 https://ow.ly/W9ig50XagwW
✍️ Rene Lynch
📷 KCAL News
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✍️ Rene Lynch
📷 KCAL News
October 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
A helicopter associated with a fundraiser lost control at a beach parking lot in Huntington Beach between Twin Dolphins Drive and Beach Boulevard on Saturday afternoon.
🔗 https://ow.ly/W9ig50XagwW
✍️ Rene Lynch
📷 KCAL News
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✍️ Rene Lynch
📷 KCAL News
Austin Beutner, a businessman who was the superintendent of the LAUSD through the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, is now expected to announce that he’s running to be mayor of the city of Los Angeles.
🔗 https://ow.ly/quxL50XacNl
✍️ Kavish Harjai
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✍️ Kavish Harjai
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October 12, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Austin Beutner, a businessman who was the superintendent of the LAUSD through the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, is now expected to announce that he’s running to be mayor of the city of Los Angeles.
🔗 https://ow.ly/quxL50XacNl
✍️ Kavish Harjai
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🔗 https://ow.ly/quxL50XacNl
✍️ Kavish Harjai
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Cal State biologists and the group Orange County Coastkeeper are working together to use oyster shells from local restaurants to restore the once-abundant oyster beds along the coast.
🔗 https://ow.ly/gt2Q50Xabc6
✍️ Jill Replogle
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✍️ Jill Replogle
📷 Jill Replogle/LAist
October 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Cal State biologists and the group Orange County Coastkeeper are working together to use oyster shells from local restaurants to restore the once-abundant oyster beds along the coast.
🔗 https://ow.ly/gt2Q50Xabc6
✍️ Jill Replogle
📷 Jill Replogle/LAist
🔗 https://ow.ly/gt2Q50Xabc6
✍️ Jill Replogle
📷 Jill Replogle/LAist
The first human case of West Nile virus in 2025 has been confirmed by the Pasadena Public Health Department.
🔗 https://ow.ly/XLSv50XaaZK
✍️ Dañiel Martinez
📷 Mailson Pignata/Getty Images/iStockphoto
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✍️ Dañiel Martinez
📷 Mailson Pignata/Getty Images/iStockphoto
October 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The first human case of West Nile virus in 2025 has been confirmed by the Pasadena Public Health Department.
🔗 https://ow.ly/XLSv50XaaZK
✍️ Dañiel Martinez
📷 Mailson Pignata/Getty Images/iStockphoto
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✍️ Dañiel Martinez
📷 Mailson Pignata/Getty Images/iStockphoto
Authorities on Wednesday charged a man in connection with causing the deadly Palisades Fire. Acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said the 29-year-old man was arrested Tuesday in Florida.
🔗 https://ow.ly/Ej0n50X8C2R
✍️ Jacob Margolis
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✍️ Jacob Margolis
📷 Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
October 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Authorities on Wednesday charged a man in connection with causing the deadly Palisades Fire. Acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said the 29-year-old man was arrested Tuesday in Florida.
🔗 https://ow.ly/Ej0n50X8C2R
✍️ Jacob Margolis
📷 Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
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✍️ Jacob Margolis
📷 Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy held a press conference at Newark Liberty International Airport, where he blamed the nationwide delays on a "slight tick-up in sick calls" by air traffic control workers.
🔗 https://ow.ly/KiEu50X8fOi
✍️ Rachel Treisman, Joel Rose | NPR
📸 Michael Nagle/Bloomberg
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✍️ Rachel Treisman, Joel Rose | NPR
📸 Michael Nagle/Bloomberg
October 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy held a press conference at Newark Liberty International Airport, where he blamed the nationwide delays on a "slight tick-up in sick calls" by air traffic control workers.
🔗 https://ow.ly/KiEu50X8fOi
✍️ Rachel Treisman, Joel Rose | NPR
📸 Michael Nagle/Bloomberg
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✍️ Rachel Treisman, Joel Rose | NPR
📸 Michael Nagle/Bloomberg
What do YOU think are the most common mischaracterizations of Los Angeles?
Listen to 'AirTalk,' weekdays at 9 a.m. PT on LAist 89.3 FM.
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✍️ Lucy Copp, AirTalk
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Listen to 'AirTalk,' weekdays at 9 a.m. PT on LAist 89.3 FM.
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✍️ Lucy Copp, AirTalk
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October 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
What do YOU think are the most common mischaracterizations of Los Angeles?
Listen to 'AirTalk,' weekdays at 9 a.m. PT on LAist 89.3 FM.
🔗 https://ow.ly/3SmO50X7XBu
✍️ Lucy Copp, AirTalk
📷 Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
Listen to 'AirTalk,' weekdays at 9 a.m. PT on LAist 89.3 FM.
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✍️ Lucy Copp, AirTalk
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Swapping out your grass for drought-tolerant plants is good for the environment, but it can be costly. LADWP's recently launched Landscape Efficiency Assistance Program can help you do it for free.
🔗 https://ow.ly/1OLw50X7VCn
✍️ Cato Hernández
📷 Courtesy Theodore Payne Foundation
🔗 https://ow.ly/1OLw50X7VCn
✍️ Cato Hernández
📷 Courtesy Theodore Payne Foundation
October 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Swapping out your grass for drought-tolerant plants is good for the environment, but it can be costly. LADWP's recently launched Landscape Efficiency Assistance Program can help you do it for free.
🔗 https://ow.ly/1OLw50X7VCn
✍️ Cato Hernández
📷 Courtesy Theodore Payne Foundation
🔗 https://ow.ly/1OLw50X7VCn
✍️ Cato Hernández
📷 Courtesy Theodore Payne Foundation
Santa Ana City Councilmember Benjamin Vazquez requested that the California Attorney General Rob Bonta investigate the city’s Police Officers Association and how it spends taxpayer dollars.
❗In case you missed it: https://ow.ly/Ypa350X6NNA
✍️ Destiny Torres
📷Gina Ferazzi/LA Times/Getty Images
❗In case you missed it: https://ow.ly/Ypa350X6NNA
✍️ Destiny Torres
📷Gina Ferazzi/LA Times/Getty Images
October 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Santa Ana City Councilmember Benjamin Vazquez requested that the California Attorney General Rob Bonta investigate the city’s Police Officers Association and how it spends taxpayer dollars.
❗In case you missed it: https://ow.ly/Ypa350X6NNA
✍️ Destiny Torres
📷Gina Ferazzi/LA Times/Getty Images
❗In case you missed it: https://ow.ly/Ypa350X6NNA
✍️ Destiny Torres
📷Gina Ferazzi/LA Times/Getty Images
The top homelessness agency for the Los Angeles region approved its first-ever conflict of interest policy Friday.
What to know: https://ow.ly/PtOf50X7aFy
✍️ Aaron Schrank and Nick Gerda
📷 Carlin Stiehl/LAist
What to know: https://ow.ly/PtOf50X7aFy
✍️ Aaron Schrank and Nick Gerda
📷 Carlin Stiehl/LAist
October 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The top homelessness agency for the Los Angeles region approved its first-ever conflict of interest policy Friday.
What to know: https://ow.ly/PtOf50X7aFy
✍️ Aaron Schrank and Nick Gerda
📷 Carlin Stiehl/LAist
What to know: https://ow.ly/PtOf50X7aFy
✍️ Aaron Schrank and Nick Gerda
📷 Carlin Stiehl/LAist
Lawyers told LAist they are deeply concerned the program will result in children waiving their rights to see an immigration judge before being removed from the country.
🔗 https://ow.ly/lXSA50X6wjl
✍️ Jordan rynning
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✍️ Jordan rynning
📷 Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images
October 4, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Lawyers told LAist they are deeply concerned the program will result in children waiving their rights to see an immigration judge before being removed from the country.
🔗 https://ow.ly/lXSA50X6wjl
✍️ Jordan rynning
📷 Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images
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✍️ Jordan rynning
📷 Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images
A new after-action report on the Eaton and Palisades fires reveals L.A. County’s emergency response failings. It found that county practices around issuing emergency alerts are “outdated, unclear and contradictory.”
🔗 Details: https://ow.ly/K2lN50X3lhe
✍️ Jacob Margolis
📸 Brian Feinzimer/LAist
🔗 Details: https://ow.ly/K2lN50X3lhe
✍️ Jacob Margolis
📸 Brian Feinzimer/LAist
September 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
A new after-action report on the Eaton and Palisades fires reveals L.A. County’s emergency response failings. It found that county practices around issuing emergency alerts are “outdated, unclear and contradictory.”
🔗 Details: https://ow.ly/K2lN50X3lhe
✍️ Jacob Margolis
📸 Brian Feinzimer/LAist
🔗 Details: https://ow.ly/K2lN50X3lhe
✍️ Jacob Margolis
📸 Brian Feinzimer/LAist
Congress passed a $9.4 billion rescissions package that includes gutting public media funding. LAist is losing $1.7 million this fiscal year alone. That’s not just a number. It's the equivalent of 13 newsroom jobs. It’s the stories we count on.
Stand up for public media: LAist.com/Action
Stand up for public media: LAist.com/Action
July 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Congress passed a $9.4 billion rescissions package that includes gutting public media funding. LAist is losing $1.7 million this fiscal year alone. That’s not just a number. It's the equivalent of 13 newsroom jobs. It’s the stories we count on.
Stand up for public media: LAist.com/Action
Stand up for public media: LAist.com/Action
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass issued an order Friday in response to the surge in federal immigration enforcement, including retraining all city officials on L.A.’s ban against assisting immigration enforcement.
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✍️ Nick Gerda
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✍️ Nick Gerda
📷 J.W. Hendricks/CalMatters, Mario Tama/Getty Images
July 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass issued an order Friday in response to the surge in federal immigration enforcement, including retraining all city officials on L.A.’s ban against assisting immigration enforcement.
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✍️ Nick Gerda
📷 J.W. Hendricks/CalMatters, Mario Tama/Getty Images
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✍️ Nick Gerda
📷 J.W. Hendricks/CalMatters, Mario Tama/Getty Images