Letters to the Editor
A reader’s prescription for MacArthur Park: ‘Fix the damn lighting. Get people into drug rehab if they want it. Get them into housing. Do something. Do anything.’
Sept. 18, 2024
California
Two more cases of the mosquito-borne dengue virus are confirmed in Baldwin Park, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
It is not clear why the off-duty police officer shot the man involved in a road rage argument. News reports say the wounded man may have had a fake gun.
Sept. 17, 2024
MacArthur Park is under siege from gangs and addicts. Is it too much to ask the city to fix the broken streetlights that line the borders of the public space?
Sept. 14, 2024
Entertainment & Arts
Will Power’s “Memnon,” a co-production between the Getty Villa and the Classical Theatre of Harlem, has its world premiere.
Sept. 6, 2024
Food
The long-running bar and arcade and its more recent, lauded restaurant will call it quits Sept. 29 — but not without serving some of L.A.’s most surprising and subversive food a final time.
Sept. 9, 2024
The prolific bread specialist is expanding its reach with a pizzeria in 2025, taking over the Town restaurant space in Highland Park.
Sept. 11, 2024
Music
Emily Armstrong led the band, previously fronted by the late Chester Bennington, through two hours of music, including hits ‘Somewhere I Belong’ and ‘Crawling.’
Sept. 12, 2024
The dengue infection is California’s third-ever confirmed case of locally transmitted dengue that is not related to travel.
INDUSTRIES
Orara Ltd. agreed to a deal with Atlanta-based Veritiv Corp. to sell its Buena Park-based Orora Packaging Solutions division for an enterprise value of $1.2 billion on Sept. 3.