With Homeboy Industries, Father Gregory Boyle has turned the nation’s gang capital into an unlikely place of redemption. Behind one of L.A.’s great stories of moral uplift lies a 25-year struggle between a priest’s unlimited compassion and a city’s harshest realities Read More

L.A. is a great place to learn the Argentine tango. There’s no more intimate partner dance, but the closest connection new students make is with themselves Read More

Bernard Finch was a handsome doctor working in the San Gabriel Valley. Carole Tregoff was the beautiful assistant who became his mistress. When they murdered Finch’s wife in 1959, the pair set in motion one of the most sensational trials the country had ever seen—before being all but forgotten. Writer Steven Mikulan tells the tabloid-drenched tale Read More

Totoraku has no Web site. The name on the sign belongs to a place that closed years ago. Reservations? More power to you because, unless you know Kaz, the chef-owner, or someone who does, you’re not getting in Read More

It’s true: You’ve only been scratching the surface. L.A. is packed with stuff just waiting to be discovered, from secret gardens to under-the-radar shops to haunting relics. Let the epiphanies begin Read More

Fifty rapes. Ten murders. Two identities. One man. From 1976 to 1986, one of the most violent serial criminals in American history terrorized communities throughout California. He was little known, never caught, and might still be out there. Now a determined investigator, a retired detective, and a group of online obsessives are on the hunt to track him down Read More

Once Claudene Christian joined the crew of the Bounty, she got back the joy that she’d found—and lost—in L.A. Then hurricane Sandy struck Read More

Dave Grohl wants you to know about the unique machine that made music history. So he made a documentary and got it into the Sundance Film Festival. He also let Los Angeles magazine inside his studio to hear all about it Read More

He’s been shot, knifed, hounded by police, and shut down by the city. The story of L.A.’s nightlife wouldn’t be the same without Steve Edelson Read More

It’s powerful yet feminine—and the uniforms are cute. Girls’ club volleyball is exploding in Southern California. But it’s not cheap to chase the dream Read More