Business owners, some without fire insurance, returned to their shops in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, to find that a fire had destroyed their stores. Click through this photo gallery to see the damage caused by the blaze. »
Lily Shirazian's family-owned clothing store was destroyed in an early Sunday blaze in the Fashion District of Los Angeles. Shirazian and her husband owned Top 2 Toe, at 1023 Maple Avenue, for six years. Now they'll have to pick up the pieces along wit... »
Mourners will gather Wednesday night at the Shrine Auditorium to remember two USC graduate students who were shot and killed last week in the West Adams area. A service for Ying Wu and Ming Qu, both 23, is scheduled for 6 p.m. They were killed April 11... »
A sexually explicit art show that features paintings and sculptures of female genitalia is not intended to be pornographic but rather to provoke an emotional response in the audience, according to the artist. The exhibit, entitled “Coney Island of the ... »
Looking for an apartment in Southern California? Prepare for a difficult hunt and some steep rent. According to a report released this week by the University of Southern California Lusk Center for Real Estate, rents are on the rise, and they’ll continu... »
In a reversal of an earlier decision, police will investigate whether a crime led to bicyclist’s serious injuries after a downtown Los Angeles altercation with a driver. The cyclist, 42-year-old Los Angeles resident Susanna Schick, was severely injured... »
"Pillow fight!" Or not. Saturday, April 7, is International Pillow Fight Day, which is held in hundreds of cities around the world, including Los Angeles, where the event has called Pershing Square its home for the last couple of years. But this year t... »
One community group isn't taking the city's approval of Walmart's building permits as the end of its battle to keep the retail giant out of historic Chinatown. Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) appealed Walmart's building permits, which we... »
Fatumo Sado of Ethiopia won the women's division of the Los Angeles Marathon today, with an unofficial time of 2:25:28 -- within one second of the course record. Sado, 20, also won $100,000 and a new Honda in the match race against the fastest man, Sim... »
Chinatown’s classic mom-and-pop stores could be in jeopardy if Walmart opens a market on the edge of the historic district, community advocates said Monday. The retail giant’s announcement Saturday that it will open a 33,000-square-foot grocery store a... »
The NBC show "Smash" describes the drama and difficulties about making it on the Great White Way. Catherine Ricafort of Thousand Oaks knows this all too well. NBCLA followed her real-life journey from Los Angeles to New York City. Ricafort, 24, now sta... »
The Los Angeles Police Department on Thursday announced a $50,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of the person or people responsible for the brutal murder of a 75-year-old Arcadia man. Min Yin was stabbed the morning of Sept. 2, 2011,... »
Police have officially identified a Lincoln Heights woman whose body was found Jan. 26 on an LA freeway on-ramp as Bree-Anna Guzman just as a City Councilman signed off on rewards of $100,000 for information leading to the person who killed her. Guzman... »
With song and prayer, family and friends of a 22-year-old mother of two whose body was found dumped off a Los Angeles area freeway last week, held a candlelight vigil on Sunday. Bree-Anna Guzman's grief stricken 5-year-old daughter kissed her mother’s ... »
As many as 100 family and friends of Bree-Anna Guzman, the 22-year-old mother of two whose body was found on a Los Angeles area freeway after she went missing in December 2011, are expected Sunday to hold a vigil for her. Mourners are expected to gathe... »
