When Dominic Fike landed in Los Angeles in late 2018 — this was after he got out of jail in his native Florida and after a brief spell in Colorado, where he went because he’d never seen snow ...

Fike, 27, tells this story on a recent morning while smoking a cigarette next to the pool at his current rental in Laurel Canyon. Shrouded by trees and set back from the street, the place is ...