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Ballona Wetlands trips get generations of LA kids into nature
EducationField trips to the Ballona Wetlands bring environmental education to kids who might not spend time in nature.
Want to visit a custom-made haunted house? LA has hundreds
EntertainmentWhether 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.
Want to visit the +750 museums in LA? New book shows you how
Los AngelesWith stories and hundreds of photos, “Also on View: Unique and Unexpected Museums of Greater Los Angeles” explores the region’s lesser-known museums.
The Oral History of Star Magazine
ArtsA teen magazine so daring, so outrageous, so scandalizing and sexually suggestive that it only lasted…five issues.
CA granted $114M to homeless nonprofit, now they want it back
HomelessnessThe LA-based nonprofit Step Up On Second Street received grant money to quickly house Californians experiencing homelessness.
Line Fire destroys historic lookout tower in SoCal. Can they rebuild?
WildfiresThe Line Fire has scorched The Keller Peak Fire Lookout Tower, which has been around for nearly 100 years, making it the oldest observatory in the Angeles National Forest.
LA’s dirty beaches: Surfers are ‘stoked,’ families are cautious
EnvironmentYou might know that Los Angeles beaches get dirty after a winter storm, but it remains a problem in the summer, too. Why? And does it keep anyone away?
Keeping the music playing at LA’s indie venues
MusicSmall stages provide a place for newer acts to gain exposure. But faced with inflation and corporate competition, venue owners have to be scrappy.