The transit-first (no, really) games
In the end, LA28 put the events where the public transportation will already be
Bump, set, spike
Santa Monica mounted a sustained, publicly transparent campaign to challenge what LA28 was offering. And, in the end, that's probably what sent the organizing committee packing for other shores
Torched turns 1: A week of talks and toasts April 21-25
In a time of great uncertainty, Torched will always be about people coming together for LA
Significant headwinds
On Friday we saw the first serious challenge of LA28's venue plan, which had gone largely uncontested by LA city leaders. And we saw an LA city councilmember openly accuse LA28 of making backroom deals to create that venue plan
"We're here every Saturday"
Since February, protesters have been gathering weekly along the Americana's idealized main street as part of the worldwide #TeslaTaketown rallies
LA28 wants to become a civic organization now
Just one question: why didn't LA28 think of itself as a civic organization before?
The road ahead
The city's first capital improvement plan will be focused exclusively on projects related to the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. It's already being referred to as the "Games CIP"
When you can't find the words
When the news renders you speechless, you can always find a response that Corita already ripped from the headlines
Where are LA's World Cup plans?
I'm forever ranting about how little we know about LA’s Olympics plans. But we know literally nothing about LA’s World Cup plans. It's next year!
Torched Talks with megaevent researcher Cerianne Robertson
Bring all your questions about how megaevents impact regular people and join us Monday, March 17 at noon on Zoom
Trump derail train
It was always clear that Trump's democracy-dismantling project would be coming for the state's high-speed rail, something he openly denigrated throughout his last presidency