Trump threatens to strip federal funds to California over transgender youth athletes – Los Angeles Times

Suspects in City Hall audio leak won’t be charged with misdemeanors  Los Angeles Times

Nightmare at the dream factory: L.A. wildfires reveal ugly truth about how we value artists  The Globe and Mail LA fires could test Getty Center’s claim of being safest place to store artwork  The Guardian US Art Collector Says He Lost Warhols and Harings to L.A. Fire  The New York Times Braced with defenses against fire, Getty art center faces LA flames  VOA Asia Tragedy Continues to Unfold for LA Arts Community  ARTnews

3 arrested in theft of $213,000 worth of musical instruments from trains in LA  Los Angeles Daily News