Good morning and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Monday, Aug. 28. When the historic Cecil Hotel in downtown Los Angeles opened 600 rooms for unhoused people, its private ...

The property was converted into an affordable housing complex last December, but six months later, just 73 of the 600 available units are occupied. The recent motion by council members Kevin de León ...

There are probably only a few commercial buildings that have such a violent and deadly history, but none are quite as haunting those that occurred in downtown Los Angeles’ Cecil Hotel. And now, the ...

Netflix has added another true-crime series to its ever-growing roster -- and it certainly has people Googling all the dark details about the hotel at the center of it. Netflix has added another ...

Cecil Hotel is considered by many to be among the most haunted buildings in Los Angeles, if not the world. Now known as Stay on Main, the downtown lodgings reportedly served as a base of operations ...

The new owner of the Cecil Hotel has launched an effort to transform the onetime drug-dealing magnet into Downtown's premier budget lodging establishment. However, the $7 million plan faces one ...

When the owners of the Cecil Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles announced plans to reopen the building as homeless housing back in 2021, the move was celebrated for giving new purpose to a storied piece of ...

Now searching for a new owner: Downtown Los Angeles high-rise rich in colorful anecdotes from its history, albeit most quite haunting. Offers units overlooking Skid Row, many stubbornly vacant. Best ...