Belen Vargas

Marina Del Rey Middle School went phone-free a year ahead of the Los Angeles Unified School District’s 2025 mandate. It changed everything.

As the animation union heads back to negotiations with Hollywood studios, it will take up a long-standing pay gap for a job historically dominated by women.

The LA-based nonprofit Step Up On Second Street received grant money to quickly house Californians experiencing homelessness.

Field trips to the Ballona Wetlands bring environmental education to kids who might not spend time in nature.

Proposition 3 would enshrine the right for same-sex couples to marry in the California constitution. It would also repeal and replace language from 2008 that says otherwise.

Clayton Frech is the father of Ezra Frech, who took home two gold medals at the Paralympics in Paris.

Whether you want to be just a little scared or pushed to the limit, LA has hundreds of different types of haunted houses. Vice Cooler, creator of Haunts of LA, is your guide.

Small stages provide a place for newer acts to gain exposure. But faced with inflation and corporate competition, venue owners have to be scrappy.

With stories and hundreds of photos, “Also on View: Unique and Unexpected Museums of Greater Los Angeles” explores the region’s lesser-known museums.