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Not a joke: the exhibition is sponsored by Western Exterminator.
LA Times loses a top Hollywood voice. Dodgers go home. More Trump and Clinton notes.
Author, activist and former California state assemblyman and senator Tom Hayden has died in Santa Monica after a lengthy illness.
An update to our guest blogger post from last month about the demise of Casa de Petrol in Sherman Oaks.
There will be a ceremony on Thursday at Cal State San Bernardino.
Snotty Scotty and the Hankies led every single version of the Occasional Pasadena Doh Dah Parade.
Because there's more going on than Donald Trump's get-even war on America.
I believe that's Sarah Parvini at left, then Priya Krishnakumar, Alexandra Manzano, Marcus Yam and Paloma Esquivel. Photo posted to Twitter by Los Angeles Times editor-in-chief and publisher Davan Maharaj....
It took four and a half hours and 41 players to decide, but the Dodgers' season continues.
First time the f-word got in print since 1998, the paper says. The explainer is less revealing about the Trump tapes landing on Saturday's page 10.
Interesting news from downtown, sadness in Palm Springs and a bad week for Trump and his ilk. Plus much, much more.
Colyton Street.
Owen was shot and killed answering a home burglary call in Lancaster.
Los Angeles can breathe again. The day no one wanted to come has passed.
Ken Doctor reports that a deal may be announced as soon as Monday, over the oposition of LA billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong.
Clinton fundraises in LA
Jim Henson Studios on La Brea became a presidential campaign stop on Thursday.
Brown declares disaster area
The natural gas leak above Porter Ranch now qualifies for various government actions. Story
Performing arts with cheer
Donna Perlmutter closes out 2015 with productions downtown and on the Westside.