A blood red sun, blazing through a massive, ominous cloud of smoke, hung above Los Angeles on Saturday, as ash rained down below. No, it wasn’t a sign of the apocalypse. It was the result of the “Sand Fire” that … Read More
The Skyslide — a terrifying glass tube on the outside of the U.S. Bank Tower in downtown Los Angeles — opens to the public Saturday, and journalists were given an early chance to try it out. The slide is perched 1,000 … Read More
A heavily armed Indiana man arrested Sunday on his way to a Southern California gay pride parade told police he wanted to do harm to the event, authorities said. SEE ALSO: Facebook activates first Safety Check in U.S. after mass … Read More
Three structures donated to homeless residents and once set to be dismantled or destroyed by the city of Los Angeles were returned to the man who built them Friday. The tiny homes, which were impounded for obstructing city streets in … Read More
You’ve never seen Los Angeles like this. Pro BMX rider Nigel Sylvester made a wild video on a GoPro, chronicling a crazy ride through the city. It’s the second installment of his series Go; the first one took place in New … Read More
It’s almost always the hair. When Lorena Robletto, a retailer in downtown Los Angeles’ Piñata District, gets a call for a custom Donald Trump piñata, the focus is on the Republican presidential candidate’s signature combover. Customers want a high-quality coif. And … Read More
Dec. 28, 1979 Image: Waring Abbott/Getty Images Originally founded in 1905 as an independent resort town lined with picturesque canals (complete with gondolas!), Venice, California, was annexed by the city of Los Angeles in 1926 but gradually fell into disrepair … Read More
The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously this week to award $3.8 million to a white city parks worker who alleged he suffered years of abuse and discrimination at the hands of his Latino boss. A former gardener with the … Read More
One small Los Angeles retailer has been “paralyzed” by extreme demand after images of drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzman wearing two of their colorful shirts were featured in a controversial Rolling Stone article about the prison escapee earlier this … Read More