Missy Elliott, Photographed for Spin Magazine, New York City (1998) Photography by Christian Witkin

Visually Arresting Portraits of Hip-Hop’s Biggest Stars

A new exhibition - Hip Hop: Conscious, Unconscious - at Fotografiska in New York explores hip-hop’s aesthetic evolution from 1972 to 2022 – here, co-curator Sacha Jenkins walks us through images from the show

Trick Daddy, Miami, FL (2004)Photography by Jonathan Mannion

Cardi B in Blue (2018) Photography by Christian Weber

LOS ANGELES | Los Angeles teachers return to schools after reaching deal

LOS ANGELES —Jan 23, 2019—Tens of thousands of Los Angeles teachers returned to work Wednesday after voting to ratify a contract deal between their union and school officials, ending a six-day strike at the nation’s second-largest district.

“Great! It can’t be better!” said Helen Han, a kindergarten Mandarin language teacher, as she returned to Castelar Elementary in Chinatown. “I wasn’t really…

LOS ANGELES | LA teachers, district resume negotiations amid strike

LOS ANGELES —Jan 17, 2019—Teachers and officials in the nation’s second-largest school district return to the bargaining table on Thursday, hoping to end a strike that has been costly and divisive.

The office of Mayor Eric Garcetti announced that talks would resume at noon at City Hall, with the office “facilitating” negotiations. The announcement didn’t indicate whether any new contract offers…

LOS ANGELES | California judge orders porn star to pay Trump legal fees

LOS ANGELES — Porn star Stormy Daniels must pay President Donald Trump nearly $293,000 for his attorneys’ fees and another $1,000 in sanctions after her defamation suit against him was dismissed, a federal judge in Los Angeles ordered Tuesday.

Trump’s attorney, Charles Harder, had requested nearly $390,000 in fees and equal amount in sanctions as a deterrent against a “repeat filer of frivolous…

LOS ANGELES | Fire claims popular recreation spots in Southern California

LOS ANGELES— Southern California residents faced with the loss of lives and homes in a huge wildfire also are grappling with the destruction of a vast swath of public lands that are popular destinations for hikers, horseback riders and mountain bikers.

The Woolsey Fire has charred more than 83 percent of National Park Service land within the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, where…

MALIBU, Calif. | Some Southern California fire evacuations lifted

MALIBU, Calif.— Some of the thousands of people who fled Southern California‘s huge wildfire were being allowed to return home, and traffic was flowing Monday on the major highway through the area after a closure of several days.

Repopulationof some neighborhoods and the reopening of U.S. 101 west of Los Angeles began late Sunday, marking positive developments even though forecasts called for…

MALIBU, Calif. | Southern California tally of burned homes expected to rise

MALIBU, Calif.  — Relief and heartache await those starting to return home to a Southern California wildfire zone.

Eager to know the status of his house, 69-year-old Roger Kelly defied evacuation orders Sunday and hiked back into Seminole Springs, his lakeside mobile home community in the Santa Monica Mountains north of Malibu.

His got the thrill of finding his house intact. But some a half-block…