John Travolta is facing allegations of sexual assault and battery from not one but two male masseurs. more ›

Today brings more trouble for John Travolta, who is facing a second lawsuit from a male massage therapist claiming he was more interested in masturbation than massage during a recent encounter. more ›

The Wilshire Grand Hotel closed its doors for good at the end of December, but before the walls come tumbling down to make way for a swanky high rise, all of the facility's furnishings are up for grabs. more ›

Marriott International executives and two investment groups announced today that they are ready to break ground on a $172 million, 23-story building that will house two Marriott hotels in Downtown Los Angeles. more ›

Is your destination Vegas? This story might gross you out. Health officials in Sin City confirm the presence of the bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease was recently found in water samples from the Egyptian-themed hotel-casino following the death of a guest from the form of pneumonia. more ›

Joe Bodolai, a former writer for NBC's "Saturday Night Live," was found dead in a hotel room in Hollywood. TMZ reports that "cops recovered a bottle of antifreeze and Gatorade in the hotel room ... and it's likely his death was due to consumption of the toxic chemical." more ›

The Wilshire Grand Hotel, at the corner of Wilshire and Figueroa, is closing its doors, and will be torn down and replaced by two new skyscrapers. more ›

Authorities in Beverly Hills are waving off claims made by a woman who said she "was sexually assaulted by two men at a luxury hotel in Beverly Hills," according to KTLA. The alleged victim, a guest at the Montage Beverly Hills, says she was attacked early this morning in her room. more ›

Road trip! Grab someone special, gas up the car, and hit the highway to check into the only California spot to make Food & Wine's list of the World's Quirkiest Hotels. For most of us Golden State-rs, it shouldn't be too hard to guess which SoCal hotel found a place to stay on the list. more ›

Hurricane Irene is about to bear down on the Eastern seaboard of the U.S., and while we won't be feeling the effects of her fury here directly, for those in L.A. trying to head to the other side of the nation, serious travel disruptions are in the forecast. more ›

A young man from Simi Valley was arrested this week for allegedly making multiple threats against Las Vegas hotels and casinos. 18-year-old Zachary Jackson is accused of phoning in the threats to multiple Vegas venues between July 28th and August 8th. more ›

A man was found dead outside the Embassy Suites in Brea, having fallen or jumped off the building's sixth floor, according to the Daily News. The man, who is 45 but hasn't been otherwise identified, checked into the hotel several days ago, and fell this morning at around 3:20 a.m. more ›

A Covina man on parole who barricaded himself inside a motel room early Monday morning "burrowed through the walls of neighboring rooms" in an attempt to evade capture but eventually gave up and surrendered to authorities, reports the Pasadena Star News. more ›

Little is better than hanging out in the lap of luxury with your favorite canine companion. Doing so with a glass of wine in hand while your pooch frolics with new friends pretty much makes the occasion perfect. The Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel is making the fantasy a reality with the launch of its “Yappy Hour,” a monthly event created to raise money for the Pet Project Foundation. more ›

A three-night Glendale hotel stay in 2009 left an impression on three women--or rather, the hundreds of bedbugs that allegedly bit them sure did. Now those women have filed suit against the hotel, according to KTLA, and they are "are see[k]ing money for their medical bills and anguish." more ›

Troy Jackson, a streetballer nicknamed "Escalade," and the younger brother of ESPN analyst and former New York Knicks guard Mark Jackson "died in his sleep early Sunday morning while in Los Angeles for NBA All-Star Weekend," according to the Bleacher Report. He was 35. more ›

For the last few years Angelenos have seen the transformation of the LA Live area downtown. Looming overhead, a mosaic of glass windows were installed onto The Ritz-Carlton tower in a series of blue tones. Earlier this year, The Ritz-Carlton hotel and condos opened their doors to guests and residents. LAist was invited to take a peek inside to find out what it's is really like to live large in Downtown LA. more ›

A snowglobe, a postcard, maybe a t-shirt or a mug...those are the kind of things you want to bring home from your trip. But hotels, and even some apartment buildings, all over the country are reporting bed bug infestations, and here in Los Angeles, there are now 403 reported cases, according to the BedBugRegistry. more ›

Vdara, one of the newest hotels on the Las Vegas megastrip of dreams, has an unusual, um, amenity... a "death ray!" The curved design of the MGM Mirage-owned hotel appears to be focusing a severe amount of sunlight at the pool area with strong rays causing serious burns and melting plastic cups and wrappers. more ›

Just in time for the Labor Day weekend, a union that represents Hyatt workers across the country is highlighting their labor contract problem with the hotel company. In July they held a major demonstration that shut town traffic on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood outside the Andaz Hotel, which led to over 60 arrests. Yesterday they went back, but reportedly stuck to the sidewalks. And today it's the Hyatt in Century City. more ›

Remember when 63 workers were arrested for blocking traffic on Sunset Boulevard back in July? Well, the group came back this morning. About 100 began protesting at 4 a.m., but deputies reported no problems or arrests, according to West Hollywood Patch on Twitter. more ›

Maybe you said this rhyme as a kid: "Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite!" more ›

Late this afternoon a man who "barricaded himself on the roof," of the W Hotel in Hollywood indicated via shouting that he had a bomb, according to KTLA. more ›

A planned protest tonight outside the Andaz hotel could bring impacts to tonight's rush hour commute. City of West Hollywood officials are warning residents and commuters that traffic along Sunset Boulevard may be diverted temporarily between the hours of 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. more ›

First of all, it might be news to some that there is a plan in the works to tear down the House of Blues on the Sunset Strip. However, the plan is not only to get rid of the music venue styled to look like a tin shack, but to also get rid of two apartment buildings and replace the whole works with "four structures housing 149 hotel rooms, 40 condos, affordable housing units, commercial and entertainment space, and underground parking," explained CurbedLA. more ›

In the "Entourage" season premiere, it was a nod to the food truck trend. In the second episode ("Dazed and Confused") Sunday night, it was the prospect of the NFL coming back to Los Angeles (spoiler alerts coming). more ›

For a local and--sorry, kids--non-Disneyland enthusiasts, once you exit the 5 Freeway in Anaheim and drive along the major thoroughfares it's a bit of a bleak landscape. Chain restaurants sit like islands inside large parking lots, while the broad and high edifices of multiple international hotel chains gobble up the terrain. more ›