The Torched guide to LA's World Cup
A mission statement, a calendar of events, and an invitation to help shine a light on LA's public spaces, public transit, and public benefits
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Real-time arrivals
We've got to improve the way we deliver transit information before millions more people get here
Security breach
Since 2024, the Oscars have provided a new path forward for shouldering the policing costs of major events
Traci Park's Olympic parking lot
A notoriously anti-bike lane councilmember is using the "car-free" games to stop a fully approved 100 percent affordable housing development
It's a marathon, not a sprint
When you've committed to holding a Summer Olympics, a marathon route becomes a guaranteed death march
"You can see how the sports events coming up are definitely a risk"
There is growing concern around the absence of a cohesive human trafficking prevention strategy for LA's megaevent era
How to get people excited about transit
"It will literally be your best selling t-shirt, it will get you so much PR, and if anyone interprets this inappropriately that's a them problem"
Torched Talks with feminist sports writer Jennifer Doyle
Join a self-described "sports crank" on March 16 at 3 p.m. on Zoom
LA28's big gamble
Casey Wasserman's own company forced him out — and now LA28 really expects the city to embrace him?
Hey now, you're an All-Star
There are basketball-adjacent activations happening all weekend in more places than you might think