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LA's Griffith Park Is a Venue for Getty Art Festival Oct. 13, 2024
By Jim Farber On Dec. 16, 1896, a successful mining investor and land speculator named Griffith J. G... Read More
LA's Getty Offers the Ultimate Art Treasure Hunt Oct. 12, 2024
By Jim Farber On Sept. 15 the sky above the Los Angeles War Memorial Coliseum (site of the 1932 Olym... Read More
Discover Global Flavors in Los Angeles Sep. 29, 2024
By Margot Black It's a small world after all — especially if you happen to be visiting Los Ang... Read More
An Excellent Supreme Court Decision on Homelessness Jul. 10, 2024
Homelessness, unfortunately, has become a persistent and growing problem in the United States. The S... Read More
Should Masks be Banned at Gaza Protests? Jun. 27, 2024
Things got violent outside a Los Angeles orthodox synagogue on Sunday, leading the mayor at a Monday... Read More
Crime in the Neighborhood Jun. 15, 2024
It happened right in front of my house. Last Friday morning, at 3:30 a.m. to be exact, my nanny hear... Read More
O.J.'s Legacy Apr. 20, 2024
Thirty years ago, O.J. Simpson got away with murder. Politics was to blame, in the form of racism an... Read More
Historic Marketplaces Bring Food and People Together Mar. 30, 2024
By Athena Lucero If you're a foodie, gourmet, gourmand or just hungry, satisfying your tastebuds in... Read More
Unaccountable Police Units Are Wrong for Safety Jan. 22, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
Last week, the National Policing Institute, in cooperation with the Department of Justice office of ... Read More
Homeless People Do Not Have a 'Right' to Camp in Squalor and Invade Our Neighborhoods Jan. 17, 2024
Tired of stepping over needles and human waste, and navigating around half-conscious addicts and hom... Read More
Random Acts of Hatred Nov. 18, 2023
I went to an event the other night in support of the Jewish Federation of Los Angeles. We heard from... Read More
The One Where Matthew Perry Determines His Legacy Nov. 03, 2023
Since Matthew Perry died last week, I've seen countless clips in my social media feed of his work as... Read More
The Humanitarian Crisis Right Before Your Eyes Aug. 02, 2023
How could 6,000 shelter beds be unoccupied in Los Angeles County? It's a number, reported in LAist i... Read More
Brainwashed in Beverly Hills Jul. 30, 2023
By Jim Farber "What is that?" It's easy to imagine people asking each other this question when they... Read More
Should the Homeless Have the Constitutional Right to Sleep in Public Parks? Jul. 08, 2023
Is there a constitutional right to sleep in a public park or beach? In the western United States the... Read More
Crime in My Neighborhood Jun. 03, 2023
My neighborhood is full of broken windows. That's a term of art in policing to describe the disorder... Read More
Soft on Crime, Harsh on Pronouns Mar. 08, 2023
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon suspended a deputy district attorney without pay ... Read More
Overdose Prevention Sites Dec. 31, 2022
They call them "overdose prevention sites." I'd never heard of them until I saw the picture in the L... Read More
Rick Caruso Is the Outsider Los Angeles Needs as Mayor Oct. 26, 2022
A supporter of my organization sent a video he made driving around in downtown Los Angeles. Homeless... Read More
More Police in School? Oct. 22, 2022
Last Thursday, some 500 students walked out of one of Los Angeles' best known high schools to protes... Read More
