Angel Carreras

A year ago today, a helicopter crashed into a hillside in Calabasas, killing Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna (aka Gigi), along with seven other people.

A restoration project for the long-suffering Ballona Wetlands is moving forward after the California Department of Fish and Wildlife certified the final Environmental Impact Report for the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve last year.

After closing in 2017, Vidiots , the much-loved nonprofit video store formerly based in Santa Monica, will relaunch in Northeast LA early next year.

In the Lincoln Heights neighborhood near Dodger Stadium, housing pushed a group of activists to do something radical: join their local government.

Since August 2020, the mutual aid group Bicycle Meals has been delivering bags of sandwiches, fruit, snacks, masks, and hand sanitizer to unhoused residents of Koreatown.

Several mutual aid groups popped up around the city during the pandemic to help their fellow Angelenos.

Almighty Opp is a puppet show, psychedelic concert, social experiment, and religious service — all in one.

Republic of Lucha , a lucha libre-themed store and cultural event space in South Pasadena, flourished during the pandemic. That was thanks to people’s love for lucha libre wrestling, plus the cultural ephemera surrounding it.

A multi-million dollar grant will expand Judy Baca’s iconic mural called “The Great Wall of Los Angeles” and invest in the area surrounding it.