Vanessa Cate's dapper murder mystery, Absolute Black, is currently playing at Zombie Joe's Underground Theatre in North Hollywood. This homage to film noir whodunits follows a nameless, witty private eye and two bumbling police officers as they try interrogate suspects after the untimely death of an up-and-coming Hollywood starlet. more ›

Police have arrested two suspects in connection with last Monday night's fatal shooting in North Hollywood which claimed the life of 24-year-old Danilo Estuardo Morales. Authorities have declined to release any details about the arrests, stating only that the arrests occurred over the weekend. more ›

Authorities believe the same arsonist or arsonists responsible for multiple fires early Friday morning in the Hollywood and West Hollywood area struck again early Saturday morning, this time in the Fairfax district and the North Hollywood area. An estimated 11 car fires set in the early morning hours have been added to the disturbing and growing chain of fires set by an unknown suspect or suspects. more ›

When's Phil's Diner, a neighborhood ol' reliable greasy spoon from the 1920s, was hoisted into its new position on Lankershim Boulevard adjacent to what would become a Laemmle's multiplex, the future looked bright for the restored rail-car restaurant. But last weekend, Phil's Diner redux closed its doors, and the owners are left with a lot of hindsight and debt. more ›

Five men, three of whom are members of the East Coast Crips gang, were arrested on charges of taking minors from the Inland Empire to North Hollywood to work as prostitutes. The Long Beach Press-Telegram reports that Darrius Sutton, 21, Chad Phillips-Miller, 23, Darius Burks, and Leprinceton Burks, 27, and Edwin Franklin were taken into custody on December 8, after an investigation by the Los Angeles Innocence Lost Task Force. more ›

Not all Angelenos appreciate our Metro system, but police say there is one demographic that seems to be taking the "Go Metro" advertising campaign to heart: criminals making a getaway. more ›

Thursday nights from 5 to 9 p.m., a handful of trucks are parking outside Tiki No in North Hollywood, and the combo of fun food trucks and affordable tiki drinks in the Valley is hard to resist. more ›

A fire in North Hollywood erupted on Saturday morning, revealing an impressive indoor marijuana operation. Police are currently investigating the cause of the fire and searching for the owner of the business. more ›

This may bring about some closure for those who were adamant for so long that Fresh & Easy open a location in North Hollywood. Specifically in the area's retail core, NoHo Arts. And, before word came it would become a 24 Hour Fitness, specifically NoHo Arts-ers wanted F&E to take over the failed HOWS market. more ›

You'll never drive as fast as this video lunch! This short video, shot entirely on an iPhone 4, tracks the trek by car from Hollywood (looks like starting point is Cahuenga and Santa Monica) to North Hollywood, sped up so it takes only 1 minute and 50 seconds. more ›

Roderico Arael Lopez, 28, was arrested on Tuesday for multiple accounts of offenses related to "child annoying." What constitutes as annoying a child? According to a LAPD news release, exposing oneself and masturbating in public do. more ›

In North Hollywood, a man appears to have orchestrated his own death by calling in a disturbance to the cops, then aiming a gun at them, reports the Daily Breeze. The incident happened on Sunday at about 5:00 a.m. Julio Umberto Sandoval, 47, called the police to tell them that he had heard shots being fired into the air. Somewhere around that same time, he allegedly told a neighbor, "Goodbye, I'm waiting for the police to kill me. I love you." more ›

California's U.S. Attorneys held a press conference today to formally announce their crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries in the state and to unveil the actions they were taking against dozens of dispensaries in the state — including several in North Hollywood and Orange County. more ›

We may have found our Father of the Year's female counterpart - Lisette Avakian. The 35-year-old mother allegedly transported her 4-year-old daughter while drunk driving and crashed the vehicle around 2am Wednesday morning. The accident occurred in the 5900 block of Whitnall Highway in North Hollywood and ended in her car flipping onto its roof. more ›

For residents of North Hollywood and adjacent communities, going to a decent weekly farmers market means a Tuesday evening schlep to Sherman Oaks to the Woodman Avenue Farmers' Market, or joining the fray at the popular Sunday Studio City Farmers' Market. Starting Saturday, October 1st, though, the NoHo Arts District is getting their own weekly farmers' market. more ›

North Hollywood will be playing host to what organizers promise will be a totally free, big ass water balloon fight this Saturday. more ›

A man was arrested this morning for killing his neighbor who was hosting a loud party this weekend in North Hollywood, Studio City Patch reports. Caitan Arreguin, 25, was arrested for fatally shooting Rafael Flores Baca around 1 a.m. Saturday at an apartment complex near the intersection of Laurel Canyon Boulevard and Saticoy Street. more ›

Police are searching for the driver of a white four-door sedan that struck and killed a pedestrian at the intersection of Saticoy Street and Atoll Avenue in North Hollywood this morning, reports ABC 7. The incident happened at about 1:30 a.m. The victim was walking across the street when he was struck by the car, and was pronounced dead when authorities arrived at the scene. more ›

By day, they're caring for sick patients or advising homebuyers on their next real estate purchases. But when they go home, they're donning pantaloons and adopting the salty 17th century slang of the high seas. more ›

Crooks surrounded the car of an Israeli jeweler in North Hollywood last night, making off with a backpack carrying $2 million in diamonds. more ›

The man thought to be behind a series of fires in North Hollywood is Kurt K. Bille, a 34-year-old ex-Marine who was convicted for setting a rash of high-profile fires in Japan a decade ago, reports L.A. Now. more ›

If you've ever driven through the NoHo Arts District and noticed a curious barrel-shaped building and its run-down front and wondered what the heck it was, and, moreover, why no one was doing anything about it, wonder no more: This former restaurant is going to be restored and reopened soon. Hooray! more ›

A suspect has been arrested in connection with a number of fires that have been deliberately set in North Hollywood over the past few weeks, reports the Daily Breeze. The arrest was made following another fire that was set in a mobile home in the 7300 block of Farmdale Avenue around 4:30 this morning. more ›

The serial arsonist setting North Hollywood ablaze is still on the loose. "The Los Angeles Fire Department’s Arson/Counter-Terrorism Section has now been called is working closely with officers from the Los Angeles Police Department's North Hollywood Community Police Station in an active, ongoing investigation," notes a news release. more ›

An arsonist is being hunted in connection with "at least 14 car, mobile home and apartment fires" in North Hollywood over the past two days, says CBS Local. more ›

A North Hollywood man is suspected of kidnapping his mom from her Oregon home, reports KCBS. Marshall McMains Goldberg, 55, is described as 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighing 160 to 165 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. more ›

In response to Mitt Romney's North Hollywood visit today, Councilmember Paul Krekorian, who represents NoHo, and L.A. County Democratic Party Chair and California Democratic Party Vice Chair Eric C. Bauman, both issued statements reproving the Republican candidate's political agenda and economic policies. more ›

Republican Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney will be making a stop in Los Angeles today at a vacant storefront in North Hollywood's Valley Plaza shopping center. Romney is focusing his efforts, at least today, on pointing out how President Barack Obama has failed Californians by not getting enough of us back to work. more ›