An Alarming Tip Leads a Reporter to L.A.’s Figueroa Street

A journalist spent more than two years investigating a 50-block stretch in Los Angeles, where girls are sex trafficked in ...
Sierra Sun Times

Los Angeles Man Sentenced to Prison for Attempting to Pimp a Woman Along Figueroa Corridor

November 18, 2025 – COMPTON, CA – Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office officials report that a 21-year-old man from Los Angeles was sentenced Friday to 16 months in state prison –to be served ...

Scared kids and broken systems: A rare look inside the Los Angeles sex-trafficking crisis

The crisis is known by many, but truly seen by few — perhaps, until now. Sex trafficking in Los Angeles operates in plain ...
Business Insider

LA's century-old Hotel Figueroa is brand new again after a massive renovation — here's why you should give it a closer look despite its small rooms and street noise

Although Hotel Figueroa is one of the oldest hotels in Downtown Los Angeles, you just might miss it. Relative to the dazzling new L.A. Live shopping and entertainment complex right across the street — ...
Los Angeles Times

Hotel Figueroa

Elegant and airy, lit by skylights and chandeliers, warmed by wood paneling, plush seating and a central fireplace and decorated with contemporary art, books and rare objects: This quietly luxe first ...
Eater

Downtown LA’s Long-Dark Hotel Figueroa Turns On the Lights This Weekend

It looks like Downtown’s Hotel Figueroa will be opening this weekend, just in time for the NBA All-Star Weekend festivities. After a protracted remodel that has taken longer than anticipated, the ...
Business Wire

Downtown Los Angeles’ Iconic Hotel Figueroa Joins The Unbound Collection by Hyatt Brand

The 95-year-old urban oasis grows with intent and maintains its historic roots and boutique charm under inspired new stewardship within The Unbound Collection by Hyatt brand CHICAGO--(BUSINESS ...
CBS News

Sinkhole Nearly Swallows Truck Along Figueroa In South LA

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — A sinkhole opened up by hours of gushing water from a broken water main swallowed a truck overnight. The driver, who was not hurt, says he was driving north in the 9600 block of ...
CBS News

South LA community activists want to clean up a 3-mile stretch along Figueroa, close motels

Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach. Julie previously reported for the Beach Reporter, ...
CNN

America’s first female hotel manager

Throughout the newly renovated Hotel Figueroa, amidst its posh new interior design, an inverted triangle can be seen carved into its original walls. The triangle, a symbol of female strength and power ...
Los Angeles Times

LAPD Commissioner Sandra Figueroa-Villa failed to disclose income from city contracts

Los Angeles Police Commissioner Sandra Figueroa-Villa failed to disclose income from a nonprofit she runs that received millions of dollars from the city to work with police on gang initiatives, ...

Los Angeles man sentenced to prison for attempting to pimp woman along Figueroa Corridor

A 21-year-old Los Angeles man was sentenced Friday to 16 months in state prison for attempting to coerce a woman into sex work along the Figueroa Corridor last December, a punishment that will be ...