A man sleeps on his belongings at the MacArthur station in Los Angeles on March 29, 2023. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) A battle is being waged at the Westlake/MacArthur Park Metro station near ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Fred Meyer will stop blasting classical music from loudspeakers in the parking lot at some stores overnight, after complaints from neighbors. Several neighbors living near the Gateway ...

LA Metro received criticism for blaring classical music at stations with unhoused people. A composer whose music was used at the station made the agency stop playing his song last week. The move ...

In 1813, Beethoven wrote a symphonic work so noisy and trite that most scholars consider it an embarrassment. “Wellington’s Victory, or the Battle of Vitoria” depicts, with the help of spatially ...

Listening to music can calm, inspire, maybe even “save your mortal soul,” as ’70s pop singer Don McLean sang in his classic hit “American Pie.” Putting aside the soul-saving aspect, music — or if it’s ...

A Los Angeles strip mall has been forced by the city’s throngs of drug-using vagrants to blast music overnight to keep them away— and some neighbors admit the obnoxious din is necessary. The classical ...

TACOMA, Wash. — Some Tacoma businesses are playing loud music to deter unwanted activity in their parking lots. But, the stores are facing backlash from neighbors and they could end up in trouble with ...