John Rabe

Spots to cool you down and help you explore Southern California.

Later this month, science center officials will start shifting the shuttle to an upright position.

Voting shouldn't feel like writing a term paper or doing taxes. So we've developed an online voting guide that lets you fill out your ballot at your own pace. Take it a little at a time, and before you know it, you'll be done.

Los Angeles's Museum of Contemporary Art named Philippe Vergne its new museum director late Wednesday evening. He will succeed Jeffrey Deitch, who resigned Sept. 1.

Mark Lacter, KPCC contributor and the author of business blog LA Biz Observed, has passed away. He was 59. Lacter died after suffering a stroke Wednesday.

The Los Angeles Archdiocese's 4.2 million Catholics greeted news Wednesday of a new pope, Argentine cardinal Jorge Bergoglio.

His shows told the stories of thousands of Californians and helped millions more learn about California's history. He's reportedly retiring, but he's left his mark on the state.

The median price of a house in SoCal saw an increase of almost 4 percent over April of last year — the first time that’s happened in 16 months.

Bergman produced a political satire series for KPCC called “True Confessions of the Real World,” which ran in 2002 and 2003.

Plug your ears! The Year of the Dragon starts in Chinatown with 500,000 firecrackers to scare off the spirits of the old year.

L.A. County now says the idea to euthanize coyotes that are squatting in a burned-out house in north Glendale was never anything but the last resort. Better to let them be scared off, it says, when the house finally gets demolished.

In 1982, when Ezat Delijani bought his first endangered movie palace in downtown Los Angeles, it was an act of faith. Now, it's a given that places like the Orpheum and the Million Dollar Theatre should be preserved for posterity. Delijani, an Iran-born philanthropist, died Saturday. He was 83.