More than 250 tax-funded LA apartments sit empty under key Mayor Bass homelessness strategy – LAist

ACLU Threatens Legal Action Against LAPD For Denying DTLA Protest Permit  L.A. Taco

Diane Warren Says Beach House Burned Down in Los Angeles Fires, Confirms Her Animals Are Safe  Billboard Palisades Fire Destroys Historic Homes and Buildings at Will Rogers State Historic Park and Topanga State Park  California State Parks L.A. fires live updates: 2 dead, 1,000 structures destroyed as Palisades and other California areas evacuate  NBC News Hollywood thrown into chaos as wildfires rip through L.A., forcing evacuations, cancelling premieres  CBC News The Conditions That Led to the ‘Unprecedented’ Los Angeles County Fires  TIME

Joni Mitchell’s life, influence and music as told by NPR’s Ann Powers  LAist