LA Observed

LA Observed

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The week's top stories in LA media, politics and culture.

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Warner Music just moved its employees to a new home in an old factory building in the Arts District.

Friends, family and fans continue to mourn the loss of rapper Nipsey Hussle, who was shot and killed over the weekend outside his clothing store in South Los Angeles.

The L.A. County Coroner’s Office has concluded that a man who died at the home of a prominent Democratic donor in West Hollywood overdosed on crystal meth.

Before former Governor Jerry Brown left office, last year, he put his pen to a couple, new transparency laws.  Both have to do with public access to internal police investigations and…

Think of Santa Monica and there are a number of things that come to mind: an idyllic, beachside setting; a tech-saturated economy; a bastion of liberal politics.

Those who cast their ballot in the LA Unified School Board election at a local school or church likely did so for the last time.

It’s the team that’s had to deal with a geography and identity crisis for years, with some of the most supportive fans in Major League Baseball. The L.A.

A landmark bill signed by then-Governor Brown last year is intended to make records of police misconduct available to the public.

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Actor and activist Daryl Hannah’s latest challenge? Documenting her husband Neil Young’s ever evolving stage set-up via the new concert film “Coastal.”

Daryl Hannah on the spontaneity required to document a Neil Young show

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Journalist Ada Tseng visits Costco twice a week for gas, deals, and hidden Asian treasures.

Seeking all things Asian at Southern California's Costcos

Journalist Ada Tseng visits Costco twice a week for gas, deals, and hidden Asian treasures.

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Benjamin Lorr explores how the sliding doors at American grocery stores stay open.

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Emily Mester examines what happens when consumption begins to consume you.

Emily Mester looks back on a childhood of excess and her family's Sunday shopping excursions

Emily Mester examines what happens when consumption begins to consume you.

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Emily Mester examines what happens when consumption begins to consume you. Journalist Ada Tseng visits Costco twice a week for gas, deals, and hidden Asian treasures.

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Emily Mester examines what happens when consumption begins to consume you. Journalist Ada Tseng visits Costco twice a week for gas, deals, and hidden Asian treasures.

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LA transplant Vanessa Anderson, aka The Grocery Goblin on Tiktok, documents the city by visiting its markets.

Grocery Goblin takes a sociological journey through LA via its grocery stores

LA transplant Vanessa Anderson, aka The Grocery Goblin on Tiktok, documents the city by visiting its markets.

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When the first Trader Joe's opened in Pasadena in 1967, employees wore Polynesian shirts and Bermuda shorts, and referred to each other as "captain" and "first mate." But who is Joe?

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Frieda Caplan broke through the glass ceiling, one kiwi at a time

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