If you have to drive in, to, from, near, or around Downtown L.A. this weekend, well...don't. Because traffic is probably going to blow. That's the official word (with some poetic license) from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, who have their eye on four upcoming major events that will have the streets clogged with people taking part in the festivities. more ›

Big box stores are scaling down and making a big push into the city of Los Angeles. Today Target announced the third location for its new project CityTarget, which is a whittled-down version of the big box store. more ›

After a weekend of free rides, the 7.6 mile Expo Line between Downtown L.A. and its western stop at La Cienega Boulevard began its regular service today. L.A. City Councilman Jose Huizar and Metro officials planned to greet arriving passengers at the 7th Street station Monday around 7am with commemorative first day pins. more ›

Zooey Deschanel famously loves (to hate but no, really, heart) Downtown Los Angeles. And lest you think that whole debacle where she was reported dissing the redeveloping 'hood had been put to bed, we were tipped off to a subtle nod to the deliciousness of DTLA in the perky actress/singer's recently-released iPhone 4s commercial. more ›

Following Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's previous reveal, transportation officials announced today that Angelenos will ride the long-awaited Expo Line light rail for free during opening weekend. Operating on a limited schedule, the rail line will finally open its doors to commuters for free on both Saturday, April 28, and Sunday, April 29, from 5am to 7pm. All other Metro buses and trains, however, will require the usual fares, reports City News Service. more ›

Bike Nation will be bringing 4,000 bikes to 400 kiosks around downtown, Hollywood, Playa del Rey, Westwood and Venice Beach over the next two years. more ›

King Eddy Saloon, a historic dive which one regular describes as the "last reasonable bar" in downtown, is getting revamped. The saloon that claims both John Fante and Skid Row residents as its clientele took pride in not changing like the rest of downtown. more ›

Last night the organizers of L.A.'s 1st-ever Beerathon let us know that the event had been called off thanks to regulations from the state of California prohibiting free beer. Well, it's a little bit more complicated than that. more ›

Were you excited to test your endurance at L.A.'s 1st-ever Beerathon by trying 26 beers at 26 bars in downtown Los Angeles this Saturday?Too bad! more ›

This week a new time-lapse video was released by Copious Films that features the traffic of downtown Los Angeles: on the railroad tracks, in the sky and, of course, on the freeways. This certainly isn't the first time-lapse video of downtown, so we went in search of some of the others. more ›

Ready to ride from downtown to La Cienega without worrying about traffic? The long-awaited Expo Line that goes from the 7th/Metro Center downtown to La Cienega will open to the public on April 28. more ›

The Los Angeles Brewing Company, set to open this evening, seems to have thought of everything for the downtown crowd: besides local brews, organic cocktails and upscale California comfort cuisine, there is a layout that incorporates Prohibition Era-tunnels, a bullet-riddled metal door and planned expansion that will include a downstairs cigar lounge. more ›

The proposed routes for downtown's streetcars are (finally!) getting ready for their close-up. The routes supposed to connect all the hot spots in downtown—Bunker Hill, South Park, Historic Broadway and L.A. Live—are being reviewed for their environmental impact. more ›

These days, customization wins. A newly-opened denim workshop in Downtown Los Angeles' Historic Core has managed to combine said consumer preference with the fashion facts that Angelenos love their jeans and love them even more when they hug and flatter every contour of the lower body. more ›

The inaugural Los Angeles Beerathon is fast approaching, but all 26 locations on the Downtown "course" are being kept under wraps, with one location and one beer selection revealed each day via the event's Facebook page. more ›

Gentlemen, start your engines. A new gentlemen's club opens tomorrow in Downtown Los Angeles, promising class and a return to the days of real gentlemen. Now, we wouldn't quite call any man who ogles scantily clad or naked women and pays them to strip (or to perform other services, ahem) a gentleman, but we digress. more ›

A male inmate at Twin Towers Correctional Facility in downtown L.A. was allegedly beaten to death by two other inmates over the weekend and has died. Coroner's Assistant Chief Ed Winter said the man, who was in his mid-20s, was declared dead at approximately 1:40am Tuesday. He had apparently been beaten by two other inmates on Saturday and transported to the hospital. more ›

Provoking a similar scene of outrage as recently occurred in Burbank, Wal-Mart is in the process of spreading its grocery wings into L.A.'s historic Chinatown. Various sources report that permit applications have been submitted for a 33,000-square-foot small-format grocery store at 701 West Cesar Chavez Avenue in downtown Los Angeles. more ›

Police say that the naked, yelling and wildly gesticulating guy who climbed all the way up a tower in downtown Los Angeles and stayed there for six hours only agreed to come down once his demand for McDonald's hamburgers was met. more ›

A naked man climbed to the top of a tower in downtown this afternoon. Witnesses said not only is he naked but he's been gesticulating wildly and yelling. An LAPD spokesman confirms with City News Service that, yeah, the man might be "mentally unstable" and he's threatening to jump. more ›

Lords and Ladies of Los Angeles, prepare to feast and fall back a few hundred years in time at a new theme restaurant opening in Downtown, right across from "ye olde Staples Center," as Grub Street L.A. puts it. more ›

A suspect the Los Angeles Police Department have dubbed the "Civic Center Slapper" has "struck again," say authorities. The LAPD describes an incident from the evening of January 27, when a 51-year-old victim who works as a US attorney was walking near Aliso and Alameda streets in the vicinity of the Federal Building. more ›

Has the comfort food bubble burst, or is this restaurant closing story just another case of landlord-tenant strife? The latter seems to be the case when it comes to the impending shutter of Mac & Cheeza, the Downtown eatery that specialized in macaroni and cheese. more ›

Two robbers were thwarted last night in downtown when a woman they were trying to steal a necklace from fought back, reports City News Service. The incident happened near Seventh and Maple Streets. The two young men, 18-year-old David Ramirez, of Downey and a 17-year-old from South Los Angeles whose name hasn't been released, allegedly tried to grab the 25-year-old woman's jewelry from her neck. more ›

Downtown drivers, prepare for a few obstacles this morning. A Philadelphia-based healthcare reform group will march and rally starting at 11am to "Occupy Anthem Blue Cross." Healthcare-Now!, a volunteer group organizing for a national single-taxpayer healthcare system, will march in support of SB 810, a Sacramento bill dubbed the California Universal Healthcare Act. more ›

Statistics released by local law enforcement agencies show that crime in Los Angeles and the county is on the decline — paralleling the nationwide declines in crime. more ›

Good news, uber-trendy hotel aficionados -- soon you won't have to travel all the way to Palm Springs to get a taste of the Ace Hotel. The hospitality company just bought the old United Artists building in downtown, and plans to open their first L.A. boutique there. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the hotel will resurrect and feature prominently a movie theater that was used for premieres in the early to mid 20th century. more ›

After about four years of closure, the historic First Street Bridge has finally reopened as of last Thursday. Los Angeles city officials will gather on the viaduct in celebration Tuesday morning. Closed to accommodate the construction of the Metro Gold Line extension to East L.A., the 82-year-old bridge is one of the L.A. River spans linking Boyle Heights to downtown L.A. more ›

Hopefully you saved those 3D glasses from the last big megaplex blockbuster movie you saw, because you'll want to grab them to check out this cool set of photos taken by Abby Wilcox for Live Fast that let you see Downtown LA in a whole different way. more ›