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Strike authorization
SoFi workers could walk off the job at any moment, just one week from the first World Cup match
Why you can't call it a World Cup party
"We made our flyers. We posted it, people liked it. And then it turns out you can't mention the word 'FIFA' or the word 'World Cup.'"
Swim test
Instead of South LA losing their lap pool just for the summer of 2028, it sounds like there will be no lap pool from now until then, and possibly long afterwards
The FIFA countdown
Fans seemed to think all LA's official World Cup fan zones would be free. They're not
She really didn't need to do this
Over the last two years, we've watched gutless leaders go groveling to the White House with gilded gifts to appease our authoritarian overlord. And now Karen Bass is part of that club
The great museum glow-up is underway
LACMA, like so many LA cultural institutions, is attempting a total Olympic overhaul ahead of 2028
Spring breaking
I'm headed to Paris with a long list of your recommendations, plus an update on the Metro outage, and much, much more
Downtown's forward motion
The goal is to improve the downtown experience by 2028 by "linking key locations with safer, cleaner, and greener streets, parks, public spaces, and transit hubs"
Security breach
Since 2024, the Oscars have provided a new path forward for shouldering the policing costs of major events
It's a marathon, not a sprint
When you've committed to holding a Summer Olympics, a marathon route becomes a guaranteed death march