Anyone who watched the animated version of The Grinch during Christmas knows how the scamp ended up with a creature to pull his sleigh. “If I can’t find a reindeer, I’ll make one instead,” he mused, ...

Chicago’s annual snowplow-naming contest launched this month, and Mayor Brandon Johnson is already teasing an early favorite: “Abolish ICE.” After opening applications for the city’s fourth “You Name ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom's budget proposal includes no money for a fund formed last year to boost the state's local newsrooms, casting doubt on whether a heralded effort to help California journalists will ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal includes no money for a fund formed last year to boost the state’s local newsrooms, casting doubt on whether a heralded effort to help California journalists will ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal ...

Replay: The Brutalist was one of the movies of 2025 and was shot almost entirely on VistaVision, a format last used in Hollywood in the 1960s. Writer-director Brady Corbet and editor Dávid Jancsó talk ...

None of the $20 million pledged has reached local news outlets, drawing disappointment from journalism advocates. The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, which administers the ...