Chloe Hull
- December 25, 2025
- 7 minutes Read
The LA Art Show Is Back, Proving Once Again That DTLA Is the City’s Most Creative Art Hub
Downtown’s art scene is robust, diverse, and experimental, with works that lend creativity and talent to the international stage. Much like DTLA’s art scene, this year’s LA Art Show being…
Keri Freeman
- October 8, 2025
- 9 minutes Read
Surviving DTLA: In the Shadow of Comet “3rd Eye ATLAS” – DTLA Movie Buff Edition
The threat is real. Astronomers confirm the interstellar object, Comet 3I/ATLAS, named 3rd Eye Atlas by DT Weekly, is a massive, ancient comet—possibly the oldest ever observed at over seven billion…
Jamie Herrera
- July 8, 2025
- 3 minutes Read
Womp Womp: ICE Arrives at MacArthur Park Detains No One – Tries Out Futbol Field Instead
On June 7th, dozens of military vehicles circled MacArthur Park, just west of Downtown Los Angeles. From running red lights to armed formations, ICE and federal agents made their military…
Hanny Playa
- July 3, 2025
- 4 minutes Read
ParkUp – The App Changing the Way LA Parks — One Lot at a Time
It’s a familiar scene in Los Angeles. A car circles a downtown block for the third time. The meter’s broken. The garage is full. Street parking? Forget it. In a…
- June 17, 2025
- 5 minutes Read
What in the Science Fiction is This? DTLA Fights Godzilla Curfew After It Ravishes the City
People running terrified in the streets, military vehicles and soldiers taking aim, mass looting, fire, explosions, helicopters circling, businesses shuttered behind wooden plates, and just when we thought DTLA was…
- June 16, 2025
- 8 minutes Read
#SurvivingDTLA – From Protest to Curfew: Here’s a Day Drinker’s Guide to Downtown LA
Although, there’s always going to be a reason not to enjoy life. We take our fun seriously at DTLA Weekly. So, we won’t let a little thing like an 8pm…
- June 11, 2025
- 9 minutes Read
From Protest to Riots – 10 Most Shocking Moments Following the ICE Raids in DTLA
With the recent ICE raids in Los Angeles sparking both peaceful protest and incited riots, the line between expression and chaos has once again been crossed in Downtown Los Angeles. Here’s…
- June 6, 2025
- 7 minutes Read
Just How Easy Is It To Become a Victim of Crime in Downtown LA? And Just How to Avoid It
Downtown Los Angeles has unfortunately seen a string of disturbing incidents recently, including a “cherry-picking hijacker,” a machete-wielding murderer, a police carjacker, and the second vandalism of a Kobe Bryant…
- June 6, 2025
- 6 minutes Read
COLD AS ICE: Could Downtown Los Angeles Become the Next Target for Mass Deportation?
While the specter of widespread roundups, often presented as targeting dangerous criminals, has already been conducted in nearby cities, recent occurrences in downtown Los Angeles suggest a disquieting shift: an…
- May 20, 2025
- 5 minutes Read
The Mind Field: Citizens Commission on Human Rights Clash with American Psychiatric Association Outside Convention Center
While the world’s largest psychiatric organization, responsible for publishing the handbook for diagnosing and treating mental disorders around the world, is holding its Annual American Psychiatric Association (APA) meeting at…
- April 12, 2025
- 4 minutes Read
Running Scared – Could LA Homeless Leaders Be Exiting in Mass as FBI Promised Homelessness Audits Loom?
A seismic week has rocked the landscape of Los Angeles’ efforts to combat its persistent homelessness crisis, marked by a federal investigation into widespread corruption and the subsequent abrupt departures…
- February 21, 2025
- 6 minutes Read
From Cantina to Controversy: Search for Woman Slapped by Security Guard at Taco Bell Continues
A viral video of a security guard at a Los Angeles Taco Bell Cantina slapping a woman has sparked widespread outrage and raised critical questions about the limits of authority,…
