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On our own, we are defenseless against the fireball we happen to depend on for existence.

An unconventional key to some of the features of a Los Angeles housing tract

Would Louis B. Mayer (or his accountant) have ever signed off on a design so lush, so louche, so über-Wright as this?

Is anyone still buying what Sunset is selling?

The vault abides.


Who built Case Study House #16?

A hole in the universe opened in the Valley. We tried lying on top of it.

Rick Caruso’s Cheesecake Factory of the mind

Welcome to Sun City, cradle of American retirement.

Eviction is a feature, not a bug, of tenancy in common.

Robots take to the roads—and clog the sidewalks.

Postfire redevelopment could help long-term Altadena residents regain their footing—or hasten their exit.

The most decisive year in LA’s modern history is around the corner. Will the city meet the moment?

Offering “self-care for you and your car” and multitiered memberships, Sun Day aims to disrupt the $15 billion car wash industry through a waxy formula of millennial minimalism, inspirational branding, and venture capital.

Near the end of the film, Ciocchetti attends a party at Bernard Judge’s Triponent House (1962), a low-key affair that nonetheless sends him into a panic attack, banging against the dome home’s transparent Mylar windows.