Independent + unofficial GTA publicationThe news is real. The correspondent is fictional.
After HoursDispatch.
AHD / After darkOur copy. Their chaos.
Grand Theft Auto, on the record.
Real newsOriginal fiction
Off the clock. On the record.

The city
never
clocks out.

Grand Theft Auto news with a paper trail. Original crime-world satire with a getaway plan.

Real GTA news Mara’s dispatches
Source-linked news. A separate source wire. Clearly labelled fiction.
01 / Facts, with a paper trail

The news desk.

All real news

Source-grounded GTA news, presented by fictional Mara Vale. New stories are drafted automatically by AI from two linked official sources, and each one says so. For automatic publisher links and independent commentary, open the separate auto-wire.

AI-generated editorial illustration, not gameplay or evidence: Two fictional adults at a counter each hold a blank ticket. An open ledger lies between them, with a small calendar on the right and a sunset city behind.AI illustration · Not a real event or gameplay
Real news · AHD editorial GTA Online · Explainer

GTA+ across two characters: what is shared, what needs claiming

On the subscribed platform, selected perks cover both characters. Claimables need separate claims; the shared-bank deposit follows subscription renewal.

Rockstar Games Support
AI-generated editorial illustration, not gameplay or evidence: Two fictional ghost hunters aim a camera and flashlight at pale apparitions rising over a dark urban canal.AI illustration · Not a real event or gameplay
Real news · AHD editorial GTA Online

GTA Online Halloween runs to November 4 — watch the weekly deadlines

Ghosts Exposed returns as Los Santos enters its Halloween season. The month-long programme and its weekly challenges run on different clocks.

Rockstar Games Newswire
Original AI-generated fictional scene: Mara Vale questions a coastal-city photo opportunity as her battered news van is loaded onto a tow truck and an official poses with a giant key
Original fiction · AI-generated illustration
Meet the fictional correspondentMara Vale.
Bad company.
Good copy.Open the dossier
02 / Straight from the source

The auto-wire.

Automatic publisher links and labelled creator commentary. A source stream, separate from our news stories.

Open auto-wire
Original GTA fan fiction · Not game canon03 / Public Interest, Private Damage

Every emergency
has a sponsor.

Stolen supercars. Luxury extortion. VIP evacuations. Mara Vale follows the money, then tries to get enough of it back to cover her expenses.

All fictional dispatches
Los SantosEpisode 05
AI-generated illustration of the fictional reporter Mara Vale, who holds up an invoice in a municipal auction hall at midday, with a phone.AI-generated illustration · fiction
AI-written GTA fan fiction · Not game canon

Remote Bidding, Immediate Regret

The Monday auction offers a phone line, a priority fee, and a glove compartment with a very specific invoice inside.

3 minute read
Read Mara’s dispatch
Original AI-generated comic-style portrait of fictional reporter Mara Vale holding a coral microphone and red notebook against a palm-lined coastal skyline at sunsetFictional character · AI-generated art
04 / The fictional presenter

On the record.
Usually in the way.

Mara Vale. 37. Independently employed and frequently towed. Politicians mistake her for publicity. Criminals mistake her for transport.

Meet Mara Vale