Tom LaBonge

Hollywood sign: Community members and city officials weigh ideas for keeping tourists out of neighborhoods around the famed Hollywood sign....

Tourists of the world, come see the Hollywood sign: Just not too many of you, and don't get too close, or smoke....

It's no easy job, being the lungs of Los Angeles. But Griffith Park, the foremost green space in a city notorious for meager parkland and abundant smog, endures bravely, maybe even heroically. Venture into the park, or nearby Elysian Park, or one of...

LOS ANGELES -- Six members of the Los Angeles City Council were pulling ahead of their challengers in Tuesday's election, despite a year in which council members struggled to get a handle on a sweeping budget crisis. Nine of 10 ballot measures were...

Homeboy Diner, which opened this week, is the latest business venture of Homeboy Industries, a Los Angeles institution that supporters say has helped thousands of gang members quit lives of crime with counseling, tattoo removal and job training. As...

Ross Hagen Actor was a regular on TV's 'Daktari' Ross Hagen, 72, a handsomely rugged actor who was a regular on the 1960s TV series "Daktari" and starred in the low-budget biker movies "The Hellcats" and "The Sidehackers," died of prostate cancer May...

Edward Hardwicke Actor played Watson on Holmes series Edward Hardwicke, 78, who played Dr. John Watson opposite Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes on television in the 1980s and '90s, died of cancer Monday at a hospice in southern England, the Conway van...

An annual "10-4 Day" parade of classic police vehicles in Hollywood will be dedicated Monday to legendary radio and television announcer Art Gilmore, who died Sept. 25 at 98. The parade will start at 11:30 a.m. from the fire department......

One day after announcing that East Los Angeles College would be the site for the City Section Division I and II championship football games, assistant commissioner John Aguirre said Friday the Coliseum is back under consideration after being called to.......

Good news for City Section football fans who like tradition and playing championship events in professional sports venues. The City Section is expected to soon finalize a deal to keep its Division I championship football game at the Coliseum. The......

A Los Feliz man seeking a seat on the Los Angeles City Council accused Councilman Tom LaBonge on Wednesday of mishandling a request to put a yellow ribbon on the Hollywood sign in time for Veterans Day. Apartment owner Tomas......

The Los Angeles City Council approved a new blueprint Tuesday for the city's streets that shifts focus away from automobiles. The bicycle master plan calls for an eventual network of 1,680 miles of interconnected...