Map: See where July’s largest wildfires are burning in California – NBC Los Angeles

What’s playing? From ‘To Live and Die in L.A.’ to ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox,’ here’s our weekend movie picks around LA  LAist

Long Beach considers permit to allow cannabis consumption in public events  NBC Los Angeles

Trump is waging war against his own citizens in Los Angeles | Judith Levine  The Guardian Trump has unleashed something terrifying in the US – that even he may be powerless to control | Gaby Hinsliff  The Guardian Trump’s Revolutionary Logic Meets the California Protests  The Atlantic Opinion | This Is What Autocracy Looks Like  The New York Times Trump’s LA Crackdown Risks Global Fallout  Bloomberg