Security breach
Since 2024, the Oscars have provided a new path forward for shouldering the policing costs of major events
Shade
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It's a marathon, not a sprint
When you've committed to holding a Summer Olympics, a marathon route becomes a guaranteed death march
A force of nature
When institutions threw up constraints, Melanie Winter's tenacity surged — just like the river she championed
Promises, promises
LA28's Impact and Sustainability Plan is a needed and long-overdue start, but omits more than it commits
Made in the shade
"We're trying to change the way that we as Angelenos think about our neighborhoods, so that we actually look around and say, where can there be more shade — in the same way that many of us have thought about trees"
The waiting is the hardest part
LA officials keep saying the new bus shelter program is "for the Olympics." What we're installing isn't good enough for a Thursday afternoon
Fair weather
Learning how the LA County Fair took heat seriously is a warning for other megaevents planned during Southern California's increasingly dangerous summers
"Don't be a palm, be an oak"
Of course LA should plant actual trees before the Olympics, but which trees should we actually plant?
The best time to plant a tree
Starting today could provide a bit of respite for Olympic ticketholders making their way to the diving finals on a sweltering July afternoon — and someone waiting at the same bus stop trying to get to work