My neighborhood has had some murals up for years in different locations. And without fail, eventually some shitty artist will tag the mural.

This eventually leads to other taggers thinking it’s fair game and the art piece is either eventually fully tagged, or painted over :(

Anybody else have some examples of these?

Here’s the latest from my barrio

Hello! My best friend and I are visiting LA and will be near Koreatown this weekend. So far the plan is to start with karaoke, bar hop and then go clubbing! Any recommendations on places we should go or have to check out? Thank you!

As the title suggests, I'm flying into LA this Friday. Annoyingly I have a 6 hour layover and there is nothing I hate more than LAX airport.

Is there anything close by to the airport where I can grab some good food/drinks and kill a couple of hours? Bare in mind I will likely have a big suitcase with me because LAX is shite and has no luggage storage and they never let you check your bag in early so ideally not something which involves a lot of walking/activity.

Thanks

Warning: this ended up being a rant.

I’ve been commuting to DTLA for about 3 years, and I’ve noticed a significant increase in the number of 18 wheelers in the fast lane. I usually try to be give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they’re trying to get into the HOV lane, but in the past three months, I’ve seen about 5 trucks just sitting in the passing lane. Even if they’re passing, I thought it was courteous to stay as far right as possible. For context, I take the 110 freeway, which has, what? 6+ lanes?

Tonight, I was driving home and I admit that I was probably a bit more aggressive than necessary. However, I did let him know that he needed to get over by flashing my lights from a distance. Maybe they didn’t see me? I flashed again, and the cars behind me started flashing as well. He just sat there, so they all went around him. When I passed him, he flashed his lights back at me. I thought maybe a cop was there, but there was NO ONE. I know driving shouldn't have this much control over me, but it drives me insane.

I thought there was an etiquette for truck drivers. I don’t remembering this happening when I was younger. When the average joe sits in the passing lane, I usually think, “Oh, what a terrible driver.” But I thought getting a CDL was pretty difficult and required a good amount of training? Maybe I'm just being a Karen 😭

My friend and I scored tickets to Miley at the Hollywood Bowl on Friday night! Neither of us have been to the venue, what is the easiest way to get to the Hollywood Bowl?

If so, fuck you. We now have two doves living in a rooftop “viewing room” in DTLA because they don’t know how to live in the middle of a city. They are eating the scraps that fall to the floor from the parakeet cages. I’ve called wildlife rescue to no avail.

Fuck you selfish people all day, everyday.

Decent people, any suggestions?

I really need a therapist to be honest, but I can't afford one, and I do not have insurance until the next calendar year. While I would love a private session, I realize that for free, this is basically an impossible ask. I don't think I'm a group therapy person personally, but no harm in trying I suppose. Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do/where I can go? The farther West the better, though online is cool too.

Hey all, I’m in the west valley and am trying to get my preschooler into TK next fall. I applied to 6 schools near us which are part of the “choices” program. If you applied to multiple schools last year, how was the experience? Did you get into one or more? I hear TK is a bit easier to get in than kinder, but I wouldn’t know. Thanks

Hello! Im spending my 23rd birthday out in the LA area and was wondering what are some cool bars or clubs my friends and I can hit up? Preferebly nothing too chill or dead and somewhere people like to dance. Our airbnb is in Anaheim so we'll take any suggestions near that area too. We have a DD so getting places isn't too much of an issue. Thanks!

So I make around 80k with potential to make more based on bonuses and performance. I’m looking for a studio or, preferably, 1br apartment that won’t run me over 2k including parking that allows pets and it’s proving to be really difficult. There are some places in Koreatown but they’re super small 350sqft and the ones I toured had signs of roaches. I’m starting to look into the valley area like Woodland Hills and Van nuys, but i preferably would like to stay in central LA. Am I just looking in the wrong places? Where should I be looking at to get a reasonably sized place in an area that I can actually feel safe in?

Does anyone have a go-to and trustworthy shop or mechanic for their Subaru? I’m central/DTLA area but can drive a bit out if needed. My outback is starting to sound funny when I steer/turn as im trying to park or when my front tires have to turn a lot. I don’t know how to explain it lol. I think it’s the struts?
Anyway, any recommendations would be lovely.

Hi! So we’re looking for an accomodation for 3 nights. We’re planning to stay around DTLA or basically near the metro as we don’t want to heavily used Uber.

Is it still unsafe right now? Or do you have any hotel recos that’s affordable and near the station?

Ive been here about 3 years now and Im still getting my bearings. Obviously we live in a driving-centric city, but more and morr Im finding my reliance on navigation apps to be extremely problematic.

Google CONSISTENTLY underrepresents traffic patterns (which i know are user reported so thats a crap chute). It also loves to try to send me down wrong way streets, or ask me to go the route of “making a left at a non-light intersection across 2 lanes of traffic during rush hour.” Theres no way to report “this direction is not accurate”, so I guess its a nice forcing function to get better acclimated to my surroundings.

I havent used Apple maps much at all after I struggled getting basic favorites and history to work properly.

Waze is I think powered by google or vice-versa so its relatively similar i think.

Does anyone here have a good argument for any specific app for navigation around LA?

This next coming week is going to me my girls and I 7th anniversary and I wanted to take her out to nice dinner after 6pm when I’m off work. We have our usual spots but I really wanna take her to nicer place, but we aren’t made of money so I was looking for romantic spot where the tab won’t be more than $250ish. We usually do budget dinners for date nights since we save most of our money so I don’t
mind splurging for the love of my life. We don’t mind driving as far up to Hollywood, as far west to any beach from Santa Monica to Torrance, as far south as PV/San Pedro, and lastly as far east as Anaheim. Thank you very much friends!

TLDR: where is a good restaurant for an anniversary dinner?

So I pretty much have lived in LA for 10 years (from Kansa city), I used to go to this old Kchicken spot called OB bear. I know they started starnight but I’ve never felt the same about it. I tried it atleast 5 times. I’m looking for an older place like OB bear??? I don’t care about the glitz and glam I want the cute old lady I used to have run the front and that mom and pops feel. I’ve been to a million places in Ktown all the way to San Gabriel mountains and never have I found a place like it. Insider: for my favorite kbbq is Yangmani, I’m not the quarters type of girl. I like authentic I’ve tried bbq chicken and all the places at the foot courts but ohhh I miss that sauce so much. Thanks for any advice !!

I want to purchase a Corolla hybrid, but given the fact that this is Los Angeles, I’m worried about the cats being stollen on this car. My LA people, what are you guys doing to prevent this? And does it actually work? Any insight is useful, especially people with the same car. Have those cat shields done anything, or are the local thieves just cutting through those too? I’ve heard other cities like Santa Clarita had a program where the police department will etch your VIN into the cats, how often does LAPD do these types of things? Thank you in advance and sorry for the “unique” question

Hey everyone! I’m looking for perfumes to give as gifts. What are your top picks for men, women, and unisex fragrances? That I can buy in LA

Looking for something that smells great and lasts long.

Open to both designer and niche brands.

Hello, long shot but asking if anyone witnessed a car accident on 9/8/26 around 12:13pm driving on the 605 N freeway before Rose Hills Rd. Insurance is taking forever to determine liability. Hoping someone witnessed the accident or has footage?

I have a commercial building requiring an electrical panel meter upgrade. In order to pull permit my contractor needs to have an active city business license. Any one have any leads or resources?

City itself doesn’t have an approved list.

TYIA

We are a family of 7 visiting in the first week of November staying at the Biltmore hotel in downtown and want to know what we can expect in terms of the overall vibe and culture of the place and if there is anything worth doing outside of the usual touristy things?

We will be here for a week and we are going to Griffith observatory, santa monica, Universal hollywood and a lakers game. I wanted to go to the new space center and see Endeavour standing up but will just miss it by a week which is annoying!

We went to NYC last year but expect this to be a completely different experience and we have rented a people carrier as we will need to drive to most places due to the size of the place.

What are the best areas to see/avoid? We know about skid row and not to go too far east of downtown but overall we are looking forward to coming!

When comparing several used vehicles, at what point does it usually make sense to arrange an independent pre-purchase inspection?

It seems unnecessary to pay for an inspection on every vehicle under consideration, so a reasonable process might be to narrow the options first using the vehicle history, available service records, a visual check, and a test drive, then arrange a PPI once a particular vehicle becomes the strongest candidate.

The part that's less clear is how the inspection itself is usually handled. Does the buyer normally arrange the independent mechanic directly, or does the selling dealership need to approve the inspection and coordinate access to the vehicle first? That seems like something that would vary by dealership, so it would make sense to confirm the process before scheduling anything.

For anyone familiar with the process, where does a PPI typically fit into a used-car purchase, and what should be confirmed with the selling dealership beforehand?

Visiting LA for the weekend and looking for some stores to visit?

Looking more for unique brands, preferably LA based, not any national chains/things I could find elsewhere. Unfortunately leaving Saturday night so melrose trading post isn’t an option.

Adding more context: I like brands that are a bit more ‘camp’- think Tombolo

visiting in november and was wondering if there were any must-eats to try out?