Every Christmas during childhood, my mother would take me to downtown Los Angeles to see the animated holiday window displays along Broadway Street. Those trips left a lasting impression, and since ...

In addition to sharing many inherent traits, the fortunes of the former depend on the affordability of the latter.

For the past century or so, two industries have both fueled Los Angeles’s local economy and defined its civic image: Hollywood and real estate. Now that both are faltering, I can’t help but consider ...