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LA cracked down on McMansions. Developers are still building them. Huge single-family homes are nearly taking over entire blocks ...

More than half a century after publishing the collections that established her reputation as a gimlet-eyed cultural critic—Slouching Towards Bethlehem and The White Album—Joan Didion continues ...

Ernest Batchelder: Southern California’s masterful tile maker A guide to the beautiful and popular tiles that adorn many Los Angeles fireplaces ...

The pride of West Adams Thanks to Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co., thousands of black Californians—in a time of profound racial discrimination—were able to obtain home loans and build ...

If it hadn’t been for what was observed after Northridge, and the Getty’s commitment, nothing might have been fixed.

Los Angeles was Raymond Chandler’s muse, mistress, and his making. For his famous anti-hero, private eye Philip Marlowe, it is a torturous, nasty place filled with “tough-looking palm trees ...

The stories behind LA’s famous (and strange) street names The origins are both common and weird, from cult leaders to old Mexican ranchos to the pets and family members of real estate subdividers ...

Why Is the Valley So Hot—And How Can LA Cool it Down? The city is experimenting with “cool” streets, but what the region really needs is less pavement ...

Betty Hill’s ‘bath house’ battle Until 1931, public swimming pools were only open to black Angelenos one day a week ...

The city’s wellness culture is to thank for its streamlined, sun-drenched homes.

Crenshaw Boulevard rising For decades, the ’Shaw has been the historic main street of black Los Angeles. Now the communities fighting to celebrate its legacy are ready to make it ...