Hundreds of starving sea lions are washing ashore along the California coast as El Nino weather conditions warm the Pacific Ocean and drive away their usual prey, according to media reports...

Robbie Williams is said to have offered his former Take That bandmate Mark Owen his LA mansion after the latter's wife threw him out over his...

Hollywood actor Robert Pattinson is keen to venture into the music world, but says he will have to take a break from acting to pursue that because he can't do...

Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan says her social life has been wrecked by the 'aggressive' paparazzi of Los Angeles and as a result, she now ends up clubbing at...

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - The grass-roots effort to turn a current parking lot into a community park at Ninth and Hill streets has taken a small step forward, as officials announced that they have...

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – The long-closed Angels Flight railway will be open to the public on April 15, John Welborne, president of the Angels Flight Railway Foundation, told Los Angeles Downtown News...

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - The Grammy Museum hosted comedian Bob Newhart before a sold out audience on March 9.The program started with a slide show of Newhart’s life followed by an interview by Robert...

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – Multiple 911 calls yesterday brought swarms of police to the Huntington Hotel on Monday afternoon, as three young men were seen wielding what appeared to be firearms on the...

KUSC began in 1946 in a small room on the campus of USC as a student station, back when the broadcast day included a 9 a.m. morning chapel service.The station became part of the National Public Radio...

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - There was the time a few months ago when a group of Downtown bike messengers detained some teens suspected of stealing a bike outside Macy’s Plaza until the cops showed...

Emil Brown Lofts . The brown door almost blends in to the surrounding cityscape, the huge spools of fabric and other materials from adjacent businesses dominating the busy sidewalks of the Fashion...

Kent Twitchell, whose 70-foot-tall “Ed Ruscha Monument” was whitewashed, will create three murals inside the Bob Hope Patriotic Hall. Photo by Gary...

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - City Councilman Tom LaBonge has had an idea kicking around his head for a while: He thinks that an existing rail line that goes between Union Station and a Metro maintenance...

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - In Downtown, historical, architectural and social consistency is fleeting. The community boasts many diverse districts and individual streets have their own distinct identity....

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – The El Dorado building will be the latest Downtown housing project to go the auction route. However, even if all the units sell, the developer will still lose money on the...

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck will add to his L.A. Live presence with a new restaurant set to open inside the Ritz-Carlton, the hotel announced today.The chef, who also runs the...

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, which has undergone extensive renovations in recent years, this week announced a major new exhibit that will open along with...

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - Pershing Square, which in the past few years has hosted some well-known musical acts, will bring in a few more big names this week, though with a different, healthy angle.On...

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – Central Area detectives are looking for a man who broke into Casey’s Irish Pub at about 2:40 a.m. on Monday, March 1.The suspect picked up a portable table outside the...

National Auctioneers Association .“The auction is the only place where you’re going to buy something, but you’re going to say you won it,” said Longly. “You don’t say I won this sweater...

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - Recently, the California Department of Corrections began implementing a slate of prison reforms aimed at reducing the state inmate population. While convicted criminals are not...

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - After a four-year absence for cleaning and restoration, a fin whale skeleton returned to the Natural History Museum last week.The 63-foot-long specimen, complete with a...

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - Those who don’t have time to follow every tweet or Facebook update to keep track of their favorite food truck now have some help: a recently launched website does it...

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners is set to honor a collection of pioneering local leaders at a Downtown event.The 24th annual...

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - After 33 years with the Los Angeles Police Department, Deputy Chief Sergio Diaz plans to retire on March 31.As deputy chief of Central Bureau, Diaz has overseen operations of...

EL CAJON, Calif. -- A Toyota Prius owner who claims his hybrid malfunctioned, sending him speeding out of control down a Southern California freeway, is being accused of staging the so-called...

Los Angeles - Hundreds of starving sea lions are washing ashore along the California coast as El Nino weather conditions warm the Pacific Ocean and drive away their usual prey, according to media...

Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles globally to address the risk that accelerator pedals on a range of its vehicles could become stuck because of a loose floor mat or a mechanical glitch...

March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Orange County, California, prosecutor Tony Rackauckas sued Toyota Motor Corp. and three related units of the Japanese carmaker, according to a state court Web...

Umpire Jim Reynolds has been a part of a lot of memorable events in his 10 years on the Major League staff. Reynolds has officiated All-Star Games and postseason series, but the veteran ump still...

Mike Duvall 's boasting amounts to $1.6 million. That figure includes the special primary and special general elections conducted to replace Duvall after he...

Detectives are investigating whether a triple shooting that left two men dead in Moreno Valley was tied to a "drop house" used to smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States.The ...

L OS ANGELES — A billboard company is offering to save the property beside the Hollywood sign from development if the city of Los Angeles settles a lawsuit against the firm. Beverly...

WASHINGTON - Good evening sunshine, America says hello, you light up our evenings, we light charcoal below. That right folks, it's time to fire up the old grill, Daylight-saving time is returning...

» South Bay crime stats A 17-year-old was arrested at Penninsula High School this week for the December death of a Marymount College professor who was hit by a car while walking in Rancho Palos...

» LAUSD Web site L.A. schools Superintendent Ramon Cortines said in remarks reported today that he will reassign the three teachers who had their students display pictures of O.J. Simpson,...

2010 Celebrity Deaths A coroner's official says authorities have recovered four prescription drug bottles bearing the name of actor Cory Haim but found nothing illegal while investigating his...

A Costa Mesa eight-grader died Wednesday after collapsing during an afterschool handball game. Eric Valdez was playing handball with his brother and a friend at around 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday when...

The LAPD is trying to figure out who attacked three people with a chemical in Panorama City on Thursday night. Investigators say two women and a man were walking near Van Nuys Boulevard and Rayen...

(AP) — NEW YORK - The city of Los Angeles is putting banks it does business with on the spot. The unanimous directive coming from the city council is that banks need to help Los Angeles slow...

(Sports Network) - The two top teams in the Pacific Division meet for the last time in the regular season tonight, when the second-place Phoenix Suns welcome the front-running Los Angeles Lakers to...

(Sports Network) - The Charlotte Bobcats aim to maintain their recent winning ways and further solidify their postseason hopes in tonight's clash with a Los Angeles Clippers team that'll be...