As well as following the news in the New York Times, Huffington Post, Los Angeles Times, TIME magazine, etc, I subscribe to online newsletters to find out what is happening in Los Angeles every week.
Downtown Los Angeles (c) 1983
It’s great that LAist is finally back, after being shut down by its owner last November. Curbed LA is geared to real-estate news, but has other info as well, Los Angeles Magazine sends a daily update about the best things to do in LA. The once reliable LA Weekly has unfortunately been bought by consortium of investors and most of their staff fired. My favorite news source is Cultural Weekly, since I’m a regular contributor. Click here for my articles.
Disney Hall (c) 2015
It was particularly useful to consult these local publications for guidance on how to vote in the November 6 elections. On October 24 the NPR radio station KCRW sent short videos explaining some of the propositions. I posted it on Nextdoor. On November 5 Curbed LA sent an updated 2018 Los Angeles voter guide, LAist emailed a Voter game plan.
MOCA (c) 1987
On November 7, by 6am, I read editorials such as President hits his limits in the Los Angeles Times, which has improved their coverage since the newspaper was purchased by Chinese doctor Patrick Soon-Shiong. I read in TIME magazine How Women Candidates Changed American Politics in 2018, and in the Daily Good First Muslim and Native American Women elected to Congress.
Union Station (c) 1986
As Stephen Colbert put it in his live election coverage: “The Democrats have taken control of half of one of the three branches of government. All the G.O.P. has is the other half of Congress, the Supreme Court and a president who does whatever he wants.”
Text and photos by Elisa Leonelli