Alissa Walker

Alissa Walker

Hi, I'm Alissa and I'm the editor of Torched. If you see a concrete bench stamped with the logo from the 1984 games out in the wild, send it my way

91 articles
A green bus bench with graffiti reading "due process" on a busy LA street in the Koreatown neighborhood

Travel advisory

Sean Duffy's feigned hand-wringing on behalf of one federal department about the inconvenience of rerouting a few buses is simply revolting as another federal department is literally kidnapping people from bus stops

A beautiful new blue playground with kids on swings and a mat below with bright pink flowers

The state of play

Last year, I wrote about how LA's ParkScore had dropped from 80th to 88th out of 100 U.S. cities. This year, I'm sorry to say that we sank even lower — LA is now 90th out of 100.

Dying to host the Olympics

Dying to host the Olympics

During this week's budget hearings, councilmembers repeatedly asked if improvements around Olympics venues were taking precedence over obligations to their constituents to deliver safer streets

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