Hillel Aron

Egee Mabolis, the beloved parking lot peacekeeper of the Silver Lake Trader Joe's, is back to work, following a lengthy recovery from a horrific bicycle accident last November.  The freak accident during a nighttime bike ride left the 31-year-old with a broken neck. Doctors weren't entirely sure if he'd ever......

When John Vidovich was appointed as fire marshal in September 2014, he was given the difficult task of cleaning up the city of L.A.’s stubbornly antiquated Fire Prevention Bureau, making it more efficient and more data-driven. Vidovich seemed like the right man for the job — well respected, well connected,......

It's been two months since we checked in on Chris Bathum, aka the "Rehab Mogul," owner of Community Recovery Los Angeles, a chain of more than 20 sober living homes and outpatient clinics treating drug addicts and alcoholics. Bathum has been accused of sexually assaulting some of his female clients......

Opponents of the "Neighborhood Integrity Initiative" – a ballot measure that would limit development in Los Angeles – released a poll this week, showing the proposal losing by a seven-point margin.  In May, the independent polling firm Fairbanks, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates – hired by the 'No' campaign – interviewed 800......

Backers of a ballot initiative which seeks to drastically limit development in Los Angeles dumped nearly 104,000 signatures at city hall yesterday. That means the so-called Neighborhood Integrity Initiative is almost surely heading for the March 2017 ballot. And so begins the great development debate, an epic struggle between urbanites......

California's controversial teacher protection laws are safe – for now.  Over four years ago – May of 2012 – a group of nine public school students filed a lawsuit – Vergara v. California – challenging five laws that govern how teachers can be fired in California (including the teacher tenure......

As Los Angeles Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne reported this week, the home of celebrated German novelist Thomas Mann is for sale. For just $15 million, you can live on the house's "park-like grounds with lush forest solitude... on one of the most desired streets in the Pacific Palisades Riviera." That's......

As Los Angeles bids to host the 2024 Summer Olympics, its strongest argument is that the last time it did so, 1984, the games were more profitable than they've ever been. The event was staged on the cheap, in part because the city had passed a ballot measure limiting how......