Larry Dighera wrote
Either the pilot was attempting to comply with a rescinded request to
change runway assignments, dodging a flock of birds, or attempting to
intercept the localizer, IMO. I wouldn't have expected him to have
mistaken the runway 25L localizer for the runway 25R localizer,
because they're on different frequencies, but who knows ...

On LAX's 4 parallel runways, the standard big jet operating policy is
to depart on the inboards and land on the outboards. Could be to keep
departures and missed approaches apart in instrument conditions.
However this is not really what arriving pilots want.... long taxis to
the terminal and often not able to cross the inboard due to a long
string of departures. So there seems to be a standing request for a
switch to the inboard if available.
That's the way that it worked back when I flew the PanAm LAX-SFO shuttle
in the late '80s. In VMC, we would almost always be cleared for an
approach to the outboard, requesting landing on the inboard.

Bob Moore