Los Angeles

Celebrities and scientists mourn mountain lion P-22 at sold-out memorial

City’s most famous feline was euthanized last year after being hit by vehicle, but his legacy lives on with a highway wildlife crossing

Katharine Gammon in Los Angeles

06, Feb, 2023 @9:43 PM

Liquor stores are so 2019. Welcome to the age of the non-alcoholic bottle shop

Los Angeles is leading a national boom in drinks for the ‘sober curious’. Lois Beckett gets an inside look at the scene – plus cocktail recipes

Lois Beckett in Los Angeles with photographs by Michelle Groskopf

28, Jan, 2023 @11:00 AM

‘Violence can’t stop dance’: how dance halls became a refuge to the Asian community

Middle-aged and elderly immigrants come to the studios for exercise, socializing and to meet new friends

Claire Wang in Monterey Park, California

28, Jan, 2023 @11:00 AM

Monterey Park shooter: police ask why he attacked dance hall he frequented

All 11 victims of the shooting have now been identified, with all of them, except one, being in their 60s and 70s

Guardian staff and agencies

24, Jan, 2023 @11:23 PM

Oscars 2023: Everything Everywhere All at Once leads nominations

Multiverse action epic dominates shortlist, while All Quiet on the Western Front and The Banshees of Inisherin are each up for nine awards

Catherine Shoard

24, Jan, 2023 @4:17 PM

Monterey Park shooting suspect, 72, found dead of self-inflicted gunshot

Motive for attack remains unclear as police identify gunman who killed at least 10 people at LA-area dance studio

Lois Beckett in Los Angeles

23, Jan, 2023 @12:11 PM

Survivors recount rampant abuse at Los Angeles’ juvenile jails: ‘Helpless, hopeless, lost and lonely’

Three victims tell Guardian about their ordeal as nearly 300 sue LA county over decades of sexual abuse by officers

Sam Levin in Los Angeles

23, Jan, 2023 @11:00 AM

Monterey Park shooting rocks ‘most peaceful’ town amid lunar new year

Violence hits LA-area community, ending first in-person celebration since pandemic began

Abené Clayton in Monterey Park, California

23, Jan, 2023 @6:00 AM

Monterey Park shooting: what we know so far

At least 10 were killed at a Los Angeles-area dance hall, with the motive for the attack still unclear

Lois Beckett in Los Angeles

23, Jan, 2023 @2:46 AM

Monterey Park shooting: suspect dead of self-inflicted gunshot wound, police say – as it happened

Suspect in shooting at southern California dance studio identified as 72-year-old man

Lois Beckett (now); Maya Yang and Joanna Walters (earlier)

23, Jan, 2023 @2:39 AM

‘Disregarded as human beings’: survivors of Palm Springs demolition demand justice 60 years on

Palm Springs had razed Section 14, a Black and Latino community, to make way for commercial development

Sonya Singh

15, Jan, 2023 @11:00 AM

Teacher and cousin of Black Lives Matter founder ‘Tased to death’ by LAPD

‘He needed help and was killed,’ says Patrisse Cullors, as police are seen repeatedly using stun gun on him after traffic accident