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A large group of supporters stood outside The Original Pantry Cafe on its final day in Downtown Los Angeles.

Southern California saw its fire risk zones expand by 3.5 million acres in CalFire’s new hazard maps. Homeowners in those areas must now meet safety standards.

Housing costs are pushing school employees away from the neighborhoods where they work, creating long commutes and high turnover. LAUSD wants to build them housing nearby.

Five years after the pandemic started, 2 million people still need treatment for long COVID. Doctors say there’s much yet to learn about the condition.

A historian takes readers on a visual tour of buildings torn down from the 19th and 20th centuries in “ Los Angeles Before The Freeways: Images of an Era 1850-1950 .”

Fast food workers lose about 16% of their pay every year, a new Northwestern University study found.

Invasive plants are overrunning the Santa Monica Mountains, making fires more destructive and more frequent. Thus, conservationists are trying to grow more native species.

Kiso has opened at the site of the oldest gay bar in the urban core. It’s part of a renaissance of queer spaces in Downtown and across the city.

Religious institutions have long been a refuge for immigrants. Now, they’re mobilizing in response to recent actions from the Trump administration.