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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads May 12, 2023May 12, 2023

This week’s edition highlights stories by Skip Hollandsworth, Arielle Isack, J.R. Moehringer, Romina Cenisio, and Daniel Miller.

Posted inEditor's Pick

How Two Friends Sparked L.A.’s Sushi Obsession — and Changed the Way America Eats

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands May 10, 2023May 10, 2023

“The aim, in essence, was to create a sushi ecosystem for Los Angeles. Would it work?”

Posted inEditor's Pick

The (Un)holy Gospel of Suga Free

by Peter Rubin April 19, 2023April 19, 2023

“There’s a thin line between isolation and serenity, and Suga Free needs nobody but Suga Free.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

Are We Having Fun Yet?!: The Oral History of ‘Party Down’

by Seyward Darby February 28, 2023February 28, 2023

“As the Starz comedy makes an unlikely return to air, its creators look back on creating a unique inside-Hollywood workplace sitcom, scrapping through a difficult development period, and getting gold from Adam Scott, Ken Marino, and Jane Lynch.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

Avenging Billy

by Seyward Darby February 14, 2023February 14, 2023

“How amateur sleuths took on a gay porn actor’s haunting Hollywood murder.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

Molly’s Last Ride

by Seyward Darby February 1, 2023February 1, 2023

“Twelve-year-old Molly Steinsapir crashed onto the pavement from a Rad Power e-bike and never woke up. With a poorly regulated e-bike industry, who is responsible when a child dies?”

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No Way to Live

by Seyward Darby January 5, 2023January 5, 2023

“As Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass declares a state of emergency on housing, residents like Sarah Fay live on the brink of being unhoused.”

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Posted inNonfiction

‘Stay Away From Miller’

by Longreads September 1, 2022October 19, 2022

A pioneering humanities program shaped a generation of students and brought acclaim to a public high school in Los Angeles. But beneath the excellence lurked a culture of abuse.

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Pregnant, Homeless and Living in a Tent: Meet Mckenzie

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands July 19, 2022October 19, 2022

In 2018, reporter Gale Holland, photographer Christina House, and videographer Claire Hannah Collins spent time with young unhoused people in an encampment above the Hollywood Freeway. Their Hollywood’s Finest series for the Los Angeles Times tells the stories of three women, including Mckenzie Trahan, a young woman who has been in and out of foster […]

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There are Trees in the Future, Or, A Case for Staying

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands July 12, 2022October 19, 2022

“Why struggle to stay?” In an essay at Protean, Lupita Limón Corrales weaves her reflections about pandemic life, new ways of living, and leaving California, especially through the lens of the remote work revolution. Writing about the first year of the pandemic — and the collective show of solidarity during 2020’s summer of racial reckoning, […]

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