Bad City exemplifies old-fashioned, determined, excellent journalism that uncovers scandals within the USC system, LA Times, and city policing/judicial system. Shining an investigative light onto these hidden crimes not only uncovers those locally, but puts the public as well as other media outlets, to be alert to what to look for in their localities and how to advocate when it seems like the system is against the very people it is supposed to be serving by keeping pushing to ask and answer the tough questions. I love to watch and read about investigations and this story kept revealing new and intriguing scandals. It was extremely detailed, which helps the reader imagine the setting, the people involved and the situations, but at times felt a bit bogged down by too much information (the details of the historic buildings was interesting, but the architectural histories was maybe too much, as well as detailing what was in certain emails but then also recreating them). A very satisfying and interesting read!