The best Los Angeles newsletters

Humorous personal columns by a longtime Los Angeles Times writer, covering family life, Los Angeles, sports and everyday observations. Readers get short, voice-driven essays with jokes and warm anecdotes.

Tar publishes local writing on Los Angeles history, culture and music, including interviews with punk musicians and event coverage. A reader gets cultural history pieces alongside scene-focused Q&As and photo roundups.

The Southlander is an investigative news cooperative covering Southern Los Angeles County, with reporting on police accountability in Inglewood and immigration enforcement affecting local families. Its newsletter also shares community outreach updates and the reporters' editorial process.

Enjoy California is an independent French-language newsletter about California, written by a Belgian journalist living in Los Angeles. Issues mix insider guides to Los Angeles spots, local news roundups and history pieces such as the threatened Mel's Drive-In, with a personal, first-person voice.

Visual artist Micah Moss shares personal updates on his paintings, studio process and philosophical reflections, alongside news about his new Apple-platform app development studio. The newsletter mixes artwork showcases with candid, chatty essays about creativity, Los Angeles life and memory.

Community-focused stories about recovery from the Eaton fire in Altadena and greater Los Angeles, covering insurance, rebuilding, local nonprofits and neighborhood history. Readers get local reporting and context on who is struggling, who is helping, and the policy and historical forces behind it.

A travel diary by two Australian travellers recounting day-by-day stops on a trip through Costa Rica and Los Angeles. Readers get casual first-person accounts of places, food, wildlife and local history.

A personal guide to Los Angeles restaurants, with the author's picks for specific dishes and neighborhoods, plus reader-sourced tips and links to other L.A. food writing. The newsletter also covers publishing updates and calls for reader input on a planned map and site.

LA Insider is a weekly guide to Los Angeles art exhibitions, cultural events and neighborhood finds, with each issue previewing the week's openings and a full lineup. The newsletter is largely a curated event listing with short descriptions and a sponsor message, useful for planning gallery visits across the city.

A community newsletter from Young People to the Front, a Los Angeles nonprofit working on youth homelessness, announcing events at its HQ such as wellness classes, a closet sale and a residency program. It mostly promotes upcoming gatherings and services, with a little background on the organisation's aims.