The start of October has a special quality, and it isn't simply that the Southern California weather is finally turning crisp — well, crisp-ish, at least for 45 minutes or so each evening — and the ...

The federal government entered a shutdown at midnight on Oct. 1 when lawmakers failed to pass new funding bills. It’s unclear how long the stalemate will last, and lawmakers do not appear to be any ...

Sometimes, however, spellbound story-centered celebrations do materialize, and two such happenings are adding an October-style spirit to the most magical month. Rare Books LA Antiquarian Fair is up ...

Registered voters in Los Angeles County will soon receive their vote-by-mail ballots ahead of the November special election.  LA voters have a choice of casting their votes in person or use the ...

Pepsi has a new challenge: keeping products like Gatorade and Cheetos vivid and colorful without the artificial dyes that U.S. consumers are increasingly rejecting. PepsiCo, which also makes Doritos, ...

A trail derailment involving a freight train prompted an investigation in the City of Industry, officials confirmed Thursday. The train’s four rail cars came off the tracks at 7 a.m. in the rail yard ...

The NFL plans to launch women's and men's professional flag football leagues “in the next couple of years,” league commissioner Roger Goodell said Thursday. The timeline outlined by Goodell at a ...

Dance, and dally, and learn interesting things, and hear opera, and observe beautiful birds of prey from just feet away. It's Strange Science, the landmark's annual autumn festivity, and it will haunt ...

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department issued a public advisory on traffic safety precautions, in recognition of October as National Pedestrian Safety Month. Pedestrians are killed on average ...

A hard working member of the Orange County Fire Authority is saying goodbye and getting a well deserved break. Freedom, the OCFA’s Accelerant Detection K9, is retiring after seven years of service.

A family-owned North Hollywood restaurant is being hailed as having the best tacos in the country, according to Yelp.

A family-owned North Hollywood restaurant is being hailed as having the best tacos in the country, according to Yelp. Ahead of National Taco Day, which falls on Oct. 7, a Tuesday, Yelp released a list ...