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MOST RECENT ARTICLES BY:

Alissa Walker

@awalkerinLA

  1. please stay home
    Curfews Will Do Almost Nothing to Stop the Spread of COVIDThe virus doesn’t know what time of day it is.
  2. climate change
    California’s Gas-Car Ban Could Go Nationwide — But Still Doesn’t Go Far EnoughIt’ll take more leverage than even one huge state can apply, and it has to happen much faster than 2035.
  3. getting around
    Uber and Lyft Just Bought a Law in CaliforniaThe companies spent $200 million to pass Proposition 22, which establishes gig-economy drivers as a new employment class.
  4. barriers
    The White House Has Barricaded Itself InHe built a wall. No, not that one.
  5. first tuesday in november
    Cities Are Preparing for Election Night Protests With Curfews and PlywoodBoarding up windows, locking down, and anticipating an unsettled outcome.
  6. my city life
    I Waited So Long for This Target Store to Open That I Don’t Want It AnymoreIt took over a decade for L.A. to pave a strip mall and put up a parking lot.
  7. tax breaks
    The Most Notorious Property-Tax Underpayers in CaliforniaProposition 15, which would level the field, is a 50-50 shot to pass on Election Day.
  8. whut
    Trump Keeps Talking About ‘Tiny Windows,’ And No One Knows What He MeansMake fenestration great again?
  9. streets
    This Spring, We All Drove Much Less. Yet Traffic Deaths Went Up. Why?The lure of the open street.
  10. encounter
    Theo Henderson Influences L.A. City Policy. For 7 Years, He’s Lived in the Park.His podcast, We the Unhoused, is made from wherever he can charge up his phone.
  11. institutions
    LACMA’s Past Is Demolished Without a Plan for Its FutureThe museum bulldozed its old campus without a clear plan for its replacement. Does it owe L.A. one?
  12. cityscape
    Wildfires on West Coast Have People Obsessing Over Air-Quality Apps“I just caught myself cheering at a 142 after a day of 160s.”
  13. cityscape
    Mansplaining the CityWhy are men driving the conversation about the future of our neighborhoods?