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Man shot, killed in pickup truck in South L.A.
A man was fatally shot Monday in a pickup truck in the South Los Angeles area, and an investigation was underway. The shooting occurred about 5:45 a.m. in front of a Jack in the Box at Florence Avenue and Broadway.
After 25 Years of Live Music, LA’s Historic Conga Room Closes Permanently
Mona Holmes is a reporter for Eater Los Angeles and a regular contributor to KCRW radio. She has covered restaurants, dining, and food culture since 2016. In 2022, the James Beard Foundation nominated her for a Jonathan Gold Local Voice Award. The Conga Room, Los Angeles’s iconic music concert venue,...
Construction on LAX's People Mover creates major traffic snarl
Construction on the Automated People Mover project at Los Angeles International Airport created major traffic delays on Sunday, a day where streets were already heavily impacted by the LA Marathon. Airport officials said that in order to facilitate work on the project, there would be a temporary overnight closure on eastbound lanes of Century Boulevard between Sepulveda Boulevard and Airport Boulevard, as well as westbound lanes between Airport Boulevard and Vicksburg Avenue from Saturday evening to 7 a.m. on Sunday. However, the construction continue through the night and into early Sunday, creating the massive snarl that impacted thousands of travelers. "Traffic is always...
City to pay nearly $4M for Oceanwide graffiti removal
The Los Angeles City Council on Friday approved a plan to clean the graffiti off the Oceanwide Plaza towers in downtown Los Angeles. The property’s owners, China-based Oceanwide Holdings, stopped construction in 2019 when the firm ran out of money, creating what some local artists have taken for a blank canvas. The high-profile vandalism has […]
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