Los Angeles is built for visitors. Think art museums and theme parks, mountain hikes before breakfast, then sunsets on the Pacific. Yet this past summer felt different. Hotel corridors were quieter on ...

About two months ago, my cousin Guillermo happily ventured from picturesque Cuernavaca, Mexico, to 95-degree Southern California. He took his wife and two young kids to Disneyland, Universal Studios, ...

For much of the past century, Los Angeles has been a magnet for migrants seeking a better life and tourists eager to see Hollywood up close. Yet the picture now looks very different. Since the ...