Big City Heat

March 2025

The politics of hot dog heart attacks

Why is the LA Fire Department not like the others?

Mar 11, 2025 • Hayes Davenport

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February 2025

WTF HAPPENED TO LOS ANGELES?!

Watching videos of people pointing at the places we used to go.

Feb 20, 2025 • Hayes Davenport

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Rogan/Caruso and LA's most cursed job

Podcasts and water, both essential to life on earth

Feb 13, 2025 • Hayes Davenport

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Anatomy of an alleged ass-covering

Alleged!

Feb 6, 2025 • Hayes Davenport

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January 2025

What do Hollywood developers know that workers don't?

The soundstage render bender and how real estate capital can bet on itself.

Jan 28, 2025 • Hayes Davenport

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The question nobody is going on TV about

Was the LA Fire Department underfunded, underdeployed, or something else we'll never know?

Jan 22, 2025 • Hayes Davenport

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The arsonist we need

In the “pandemic speedrun” model of the last week — a week so uniquely horrible for LA that there isn’t actually a useful comparison to draw from in its…

Jan 13, 2025 • Hayes Davenport

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The mysteries that followed me into 2025

A barely-there migrant crisis, falling overdose deaths, and a restaurant where something is going on.

Jan 6, 2025 • Hayes Davenport

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December 2024

A nervous autopsy on the year in LA

Look back at it?

Dec 30, 2024 • Hayes Davenport

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The marginalization of Monica Rodriguez

One councilmember's war on every Council President runs into a setback

Dec 23, 2024 • Hayes Davenport

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Violent crime is down. Why are so many people mad about it?

And why is nobody coming to the table with real solutions for me being sick?

Dec 16, 2024 • Hayes Davenport

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