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With his flowing hair, full beard and wraparound shades, Kenny Lee Lewis doesn't try very hard to hide his rock 'n' roll roots.

His sheriff's badge catches a small glimmer of sunlight as his boots meet gravel when he steps out of the police car.

A customer is assisted by "Bud Tender" Erin Clowry, a member of Green Kiss Collective on Vineland Avenue in North Hollywood.

L.A.'s mayor-elect offered voters lofty visions. But he faces battles over employee salaries, police overtime pay and how to reverse cuts in numerous city services.

Some prominent health insurers, including industry giant UnitedHealth Group Inc., are not participating in California's new state-run health insurance market, possibly limiting the number of choices for millions of consumers.

The Hangover actor Zach Galifianakis's date for his movie premieres isn't arm candy - it's his 87-year-old friend who he saved from homelessness.

Health-conscious RVers traveling through Los Angeles will have no shortage of fabulous restaurants to choose from.

Ed Helms hoists a massive wooden mallet over his head and stares at Bradley Cooper as if he's going to bash the guy's brains in.

Wendy Greuel called Eric Garcetti early Wednesday morning to concede the mayoral election, a Greuel campaign source told The Times, ending a... With more than half of precincts reporting, City Councilman Eric Garcetti's lead over mayoral opponent Wendy Greuel widened to 8 points in... The latest round of election results that trickled in Tuesday ... (more)

A mother and daughter get dual English degrees. A deaf and blind student accepts his sheepskin, job in hand.

Two-time Tony winner Sutton Foster and Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike star Sigourney Weaver garnered 2013 Critics' Choice TV Awards nominations on May 22.

Chef David Cruz , who used to run the kitchen at Ad Hoc, Thomas Keller's Yountville restaurant, will be popping up a few times this summer while he looks for a permanent location for a new restaurant.

Los Angeles-based law firm Sheppard Mullin announced on its website on May 17, that it had hired leading IP litigator Michael Heimbold who moved over from Washington-based Steptoe Johnson.

While he may be starring in This Is the End , it's anything but for Jonah Hill and his ex-girlfriend Jordan Klein.

The Los Angeles teachers' union, United Teachers Los Angeles, defeated a combined effort by several other labor unions, including the Service Employees International Union and other public sector unions, in the city's mayoral election Tuesday.

After being convicted of false imprisonment, Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis told the Hollywood Reporter that his jury was "retarded," and should be killed.

If you are wondering how you can help Oklahoma recover after the tornadoes, then one way is to make a donation to The Salvation Army .

Garcetti and his wife, Amy Wakeland, check in on election results Tuesday night at Garcetti's election night headquarters, The Hollywood Paladium.

Citing a powerful opponent, less funding and fewer big name endorsements, newly elected Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said during his victory speech late Tuesday night that he, instead, had something more important: A "people-powered" campaign.

This city chose Eric Garcetti as its first elected Jewish mayor in one a number of political contests on Tuesday that reflected the city's diversity, as well as its numerous variations of Jewishness.