sports fans that will be coming in to see the Kings, Clippers, Lakers or Amgen Tour this weekend are probably going to stick around to have a drink or dinner at some point, even if just to wait out traffic. So which fans are local managers cheering for? more ›

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 ›

Things worked out well for the inaugural Los Angeles Food & Wine festival last fall, so the event is coming back again in '12, but a little earlier. 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 ›

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 ›

Thousands of diehard "Twilight" fans from all over the world gathered for several days last week as they awaited an early screening of the first of two films covering the last of four books: "Breaking Dawn - Part 1." If you passed by Chick Hearn Court between Wednesday and Sunday, in the space between the L.A. Live Plaza and the Staples Center, you would have seen two large "tent cities" filled with moviegoers who spent as long as four days outdoors awaiting the film. more ›

A runner participating in Sunday's Los Angeles Rock 'n' Roll half-marathon in Downtown Los Angeles collapsed and died ahead of the finish line. He has been identified as 37-year-old Charles Whitmore Riske of Costa Mesa, L.A. Now reports. more ›

Last night’s red carpet premiere of the first Los Angeles Food & Wine festival at L.A. Live proved to be a star-studded affair, with vintners and top chefs from TV—and brick and mortar restaurants—either working the festival or sampling each other’s wares. more ›

On Friday, Senator Kevin de León plans to get the Senate Select Committee on Sports and Entertainment together in downtown's state building on Friday for a hearing about the proposed football arena at L.A. Live. The stadium is tentatively called Farmers Field, and a funding proposal from developer AEG recently passed muster from the L.A. City Council. more ›

Firefighters and police responded at 10:30 a.m to a small fire set by a man on Saturday on the third floor the Marriott Hotel at the ‘L.A. Live’ center, according to CBS Local. more ›

The L.A. City Council is expected to vote today on a plan for an NFL Stadium at L.A. Live, reports CBS News. The plan, which would represent an agreement between the city and developer AEG, lays out the financial framework for the stadium. more ›

If you're under 18, steer clear of downtown late at night this weekend -- the law will be looking for you, reports KCBS. Because of X Games 17, happening at the Staples Center and LA Live, officers will be on the lookout for kids breaking the city's curfew laws... more ›

L.A. Live, STAPLES Center, and, someday, Farmers Field: Downtown's megavenues draw crowds, and AEG and Metrolink want those crowds to get there using public transit. A partnership has been born between the two companies, who are putting together "a comprehensive five- county transportation plan to encourage Southern Californians to take public transportation when they attend events at L.A. LIVE in downtown Los Angeles," according to a release issued today. more ›

In recent weeks, we've covered our fair share of festivals. This Father's Day, make room for the daddy of them all: the Los Angeles Film Festival. It's an epic reminder that LA is the best movie city in the world, as Hollywood industry, independent film makers & reel fans come together for a ten day celebration of all things cinema. more ›

Nokia Theatre was packed Tuesday night for a one-off chat and Q&A at which Steve Martin and Tina Fey expanded on highlights from her new book "Bossypants." What was billed as a summit of two comic writers with recently released books was more of a casual three-way love fest between Martin, Fey and the audience, which laughed and applauded with near-absurd frequency. more ›

AEG has selected global architecture, planning and design firm Gensler to take the lead on the Farmers Field project, a large sports complex slated for construction at current site of West Hall of the L.A. Convention Center. Though it has no experience with NFL stadiums, Gensler is already familiar with the area having designed another L.A. Live cornerstone, the J.W. Marriott hotel and Ritz Carlton Residences. more ›

The much-anticipated condos at L.A. Live are scheduled to open starting this month. The first escrow is set to close on Tuesday in the high-rise, luxury condominium complex located at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, according to the LA Times. Last summer, developer AEG reduced the prices on the condos between 10% to 20%. more ›

DtLA businesses are hoping to score big in the profit game when the 2011 NBA All-Star weekend slam dunks the Staples Center next weekend "drawing thousands of big-spending celebrities, professional athletes and die-hard hoops fans for four days of basketball, dinners and parties," reports the LA Times. more ›

The woman who serves as a top staffer in the city's anti-gang program under Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is on administrative leave today after her arrest at a Downtown club this weekend. A fight between Blanca Martinez-Navarro and her husband became a larger altercation involving security and law enforcement personnel at the Conga Room at L.A. Live early Sunday morning, and both the husband and wife left the nightclub in cuffs, according to KTLA. more ›

The push for a new NFL stadium took another step forward today when the Los Angeles City Council voted to form a committee to discuss the proposal, according to the LA Times. Committee members will meet with representatives from AEG to examine the downtown project’s viability and help to expedite the process. more ›

Even in the chilly and wet rainstorm-y weather it's still the holidays, and while we find it in decorations and displays, it can also pop up in unexpected forms like it did on Monday, when a group of 150 dancers from the non-profit arts group Gabriella Axelrad Education Foundation performed flash mob--or "splash mob"--style at LA Live to several holiday tunes. more ›

It was a big reveal late yesterday afternoon as AEG showed the three competing designs for a new stadium to go on the LA Live campus. The call for designs was made in early November, explains Blogdowntown, and specified that the submitted proposal would be for a 72,000 seat stadium with over 200 suites. Building the new stadium necessitates the clearing of two hurdles: First, the demolition of the Convention Center's West Hall, and, second, for Los Angeles to secure an NFL team. 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 ›

There are some great lunches to be had in this town, and we want to celebrate the midday meal. So, let's do lunch, shall we? more ›

Costumed superheroes set a new world record yesterday in Downtown at L.A. Live, according to CBS. more ›

The Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Triathlon is tomorrow, which means that once participants get out of the water at Venice Beach, they'll be hitting the streets on bike and foot to complete the race that will take them from the West side to Downtown's L.A. Live. more ›