Downtown News

The Downtown Repertory Theater Company returns to the Pico House at Olvera Street tonight for its fourth season's opening night.

Student writers of theA 2012 Young Authors' Book ProjectA are giddy with delight -- and they should be, as they celebrate the 10-month journey from brainstorming to the publication of their novel A Ring of Sunshine Around the Moon.

Sitting near in the bustling intersection of 7th and Broadway, Rabbi Moshe Greenwald and the Chabad of Downtown Los Angeles inhabit the crossroads of religious and secular life in contemporary urban America.

Come explore an entire city block featuring large gallery spaces filled with fine art, science and history.

Alison Krauss and Union Station bring their Paper Airplane tour to Inn of the Mountain Gods on June 19.

For more than a century, Long Beach has been tying swaths of its identity and chunks of its fortune to a succession of strange and incoherent events, icons and attractions - a box of chocolates that has included a beached whale, an international beauty pageant, a British luxury liner, an auto race and a gigantic fish tank.

The Guardian's Alexis Petridis had a date to interview singer Bobby Womack about his new album.

The winning products in this year's Medical Design Excellence Awards competition, presented by UBM Canon , were announced at a presentation ceremony held May 23 inside the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown hotel.

Police searched Tuesday afternoon for one of two suspects involved in a shooting and robbery attempt in the jewelry district in downtown Los Angeles.

An open house is scheduled for Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. in DTLA, to teach residents about the "expansion of the bicycle network in downtown Los Angeles" and explain what these developments could mean for people who live, work and visit the area.

Much in the same vein as the paper-mache mannequins who recently sunbathed in an abandoned dirt plot at 1st and Broadway -- commentary on government-created blight in Los Angeles -- a family of deer has popped up in the deserted weed patch above the Metro stop at 4th and Hill .

Gay marriage is a wash in California for Obama, the USC Dornsife/LA Times Poll found.

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July's issue of SD METRO will identify 20 men who are making an impact in San Diego in their chosen fields.

The Silver Lake Jubilee is back for its third year of Memorial Day weekend festivities, including live music, food trucks, beer gardens, comedians and literature events .

Perhaps frustrated, like the rest of us, that it has taken the federal government five years to figure out what they're doing with the plot of dirt at 1st and Broadway, an unidentified street artist has installed three lifelike sunbathers in the dust.

Kelly Clarkson debuted a slimmer figure at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards during her performance of "Dark Side" Sunday night, sporting a hot-pink cutout gown that showed off her weight loss.

For a downtown once famous for emptying out with the evening commute, the raucous scene around Staples Center and L.A. Live as the Lakers , Kings and Clippers compete in playoff games stands as a testament to how much the central city's fortunes have changed.

If you enjoy the ocean breeze, people watching, art galleries, or the occasional adrenaline rush of a classic car sighting, you're sure to find Downtown Laguna Beach an exhilarating summer destination.A Get an early morning start to avoid the beach traffic and take a joy ride along scenic Pacific Coast Highway or through Laguna Canyon Road where ... (more)

Los Angelesofficials will unveil a new program Monday toincrease downtown parking fees by as much as50% to $6 an hourin the busiest periods at curbsidespaces and city-owned lots, a strategy intended toreduce peak parking demand and congestion caused by drivers circling blocks looking for an open space.