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LA has a new community dinosaur! But don’t mispronounce its name: Gnatalie.

The Natural History Museum has a new “front porch” — a 75,000-square-foot exhibition space that’s free and open to the public starting Sunday.

Best things to do this week in LA and SoCal: November 11 - 14

Soul Asylum plays Amoeba, Jason Alexander in 'Fiddler,' a "What's next for democracy?" talk and more.

Jason Alexander and another actor sit on stage in costume, performing the musical "Fiddler on the Roof." Alexander is toasting and smiling.

Best things to do this weekend in Los Angeles and Southern California: November 8 - 10

Kick off your holiday cheer Mariah Carey-style, see works in the NOW Festival at REDCAT, Ice at Santa Monica opens for skating, explore the Inglewood Open Studios Art Walk and more.

Mariah Carey performs in a sparkling red dress with a plunging neckline and a snowflake embroidered on her hip. Behind her is a Christmas-themed set featuring a giant Christmas tree and oversized gift boxes surrounding its base.

Quincy Jones, pop mastermind and 'Thriller' producer, dies at 91

The production wizard behind Michael Jackson's Thriller won 28 Grammy awards during a career that spanned more than 70 years as a performer, songwriter, producer and music executive.

Two Black men, one in a bedazzled jacket with epaulets and a sparkling glove, the other in a more traditional tux with a colorful bowtie, pose. The man at left is cradling a passel of Grammys.

Best things to do this week in LA and SoCal: November 4 - 7

Election night watch parties, Atsuko at the Largo, 'Willy Wonka' on the big screen and more.

Two actors perform a duel on stage in a production of "Romero and Juliet."

The little-known connection between LA and Japanese monster masterpiece, 'Godzilla'

Sunday marks the 70th anniversary of the release of original Godzilla in Japan. But the film that American audiences first saw was actually an altered version with added scenes shot at a small Hollywood studio.

A movie poster with a green monster shooting fire out of its mouth. The film is "Godzilla: King of the Monsters!"

Undone by the loss of his brother Eddie, Alex Van Halen looks back in a new memoir

A photograph of two people with one's head on top of the other's as they pose

Inside LA’s roaming public art exhibit, the Metro Art Bus

The Metro Art Buses don’t follow a fixed route, but lucky riders who catch these buses can see dozens of portraits of Metro riders by local artists.

The exterior of a Metro bus covered with a colorful collage of portraits in different art styles.

Go Fact Yourself quiz for November 2

Our celebrity panelists Josh McDermitt and Sierra Katow go head to head this week on their knowledge of Kirk Gibson’s game-winning home run from Game one of the 1988 World Series and Season 3 of the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender. Think you might know more than they do? Go Fact Yourself!

A promotional graphic with faint circles and a line pattern on a black background with circle icons that show a question mark, a brain icon, a microphone, and a lightbulb. The overlaying text reads, "Go Fact Yourself LIVE with special guests Josh McDermitt and Sierra Katow". In 4 circles are headshots of each of the two hosts, J. Keith Straaten a white male and Helen Hong an Asian female, and the two guests, Josh McDermitt a white male and Sierra Katow, a light tone female.

Celebrating Fernando Valenzuela: Artist creates mural in honor of late Dodger great

How a mural for the legendary Dodgers star Fernando Valenzuela became an ofrenda for Angelenos to pay their respects and tribute.

A Latino man wearing a grey baseball jersey, a straw hat, black sunglasses covered in paint stands in front of an apartment building with the mural of another Latino man posed as catching a ball.

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