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.
Website: https://www.tar.land/
Chris Erskine's column-style newsletter offers short, witty personal essays about Los Angeles life, family (especially his grandson), and sports and city nostalgia. Readers get self-deprecating humor and warm, observational anecdotes rather than news or how-to advice.
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.
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