Alissa Walker is a Los Angeles-based writer and a former senior writer at Curbed, where she covered cities, transportation, and architecture for seven years. She is the 2021 recipient of the Steven Heller Prize for Cultural Commentary for her writing on cities and transportation.
L.A. Cops Have a Helicopter ProblemThe city’s aerial law-enforcement fleet is more wasteful, and just as pointless, as Kylie Jenner’s and Elon Musk’s private-jet habits.
My EV Is Big and StrongBy rolling out larger and faster offerings, the electric-vehicle industry is going after “the boys.”
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Not in Steph Curry’s BackyardAnother famous resident of Atherton, California — the country’s wealthiest Zip Code — has some concerns about multifamily zoning.