Climbing up abandoned, unfinished floors and tightrope walking across balcony ledges, backpacks clanging with cans of alkyd and acrylic, a collective of Los Angeles graffiti artists have moved ...

Los Angeles has always had a contradictory relationship with graffiti and the street cultures that birthed it. The city spends more than $11 million painting over graffiti each year, according to ...

In Los Angeles, it’s all about the real estate, whether that means a plot of land to be built on -- or a span of wall to be graffitied. The city found out again what a costly truth that can be ...

Discover the history and controversies surrounding graffiti writing in Los Angeles. From hobo graffiti to political murals, learn how this form of street art has evolved. Support for LAist comes from ...

Thrill seekers used an abandoned and graffiti-covered billion-dollar skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles as a parachuting launch pad, wild video shows. One man lept off the unfinished roof of the ...

Friday's immigration operations which took place across Los Angeles, primarily in the Westlake District, downtown, and South L.A., led to protests over the weekend, resulting in 42 arrests. Those ...

Taggers have graffitied what appears to be more than 25 stories of a downtown Los Angeles skyscraper that’s been sitting dormant for several years. Construction on Oceanwide Plaza, a $1 billion ...

Item 1 of 4 A worker removes graffiti from a sign, as protests against immigration sweeps continue, in Los Angeles, California, U.S. June 9, 2025. REUTERS/David Ryder ...

Graffiti artists tag the exterior windows of a high-rise building, part of the abandoned Oceanwide Plaza complex in downtown Los Angeles, on February 1.

To him, the mission of graffiti is clear: to challenge, educate, and redefine public perception of the medium. Earl Ofari Hutchinson, president of The Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable, a ...

Graffiti artists tag the exterior windows of a high-rise building, part of the abandoned Oceanwide Plaza complex in downtown Los Angeles, on February 1.

(CNN) — Climbing up abandoned, unfinished floors and tightrope walking across balcony ledges, backpacks clanging with cans of alkyd and acrylic, a collective of Los Angeles graffiti artists have ...