Alissa Walker

Outside a Pico Union gas station, Valla Vakili is reading William Gibson's Spook Country: "Close to the tents under the freeway, Mr. Sippee catered to an eclectic clientele of the more functionally homeless, sex workers of varied gender and presentation, pimps, police officers, drug dealers, office workers, artists, musicians, the......

As I stroll the flats of Beverly Hills, nodding my head to dreamy electronic soundscapes, the sound of a magic wand sweeps somewhere between my ears. I stand there on Rodeo Drive and L.A. artist Nzuji de Magalhães begins narrating the scene I'm witnessing: a slowly moving street populated by......

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. If you've been to the website of a buzzy new tech startup in the last few years -- Groupon, Airbnb, Square -- chances are you've seen the work of Adam......

When someone asks me if they have to rent a car when visiting L.A., I really, really, really, really want to say no. Of course you can experience L.A. without a car. I do it every day. But for me to explain all the quirks of navigating our transit-nascent city......

When I got a message from a friend that a car had plowed into Sunset Triangle, I ran the few blocks from my house. No one was hurt; it had happened early in the morning when the plaza was empty. But the damage to the new pedestrian-only thoroughfare was extensive......