Lindsay William-Ross

At the 85th Annual Academy Awards, viewers were treated to a gamut of schtick and hoofing packaged as entertainment, as the stars packed the newly-renamed Dolby Theatre for an evening of self-congratulation and production value commandeered by first-time host Seth MacFarlane.

An allegedly armed suspect was fatally shot by officers with the Los Angeles Police Department on a residential street in North Hollywood.

A burglar admitting he was looking for singer Rihanna's home was arrested on her block, but was actually attempting to burglarize another house.

Studio City's beloved Henry's Tacos is getting a new lease on life, specifically a new lease in a new locale, just a stone's throw from the original.

A fight early Friday morning between two people outside the Belasco Theater in Downtown Los Angeles escalated into a set of stabbings that left four people injured.

An aspiring rapper has been identified as among the dead in a shooting and fiery crash that rocked the Las Vegas Strip early Thursday morning.

In case your invitation to Sunday evening's massive red carpet back-patting schmoozefest shindig known 'round the world as the 85th Annual Academy Awards got "lost in the mail" and you don't have plans to watch along at home, we've got a list of a few places around town hosting Oscar Viewing parties, so you won't have to cheer, jeer, and play armchair fashion critic alone.

Police in Whittier are on the hunt for a male suspect who appears to be targeting young girls for kidnapping. With the most recent abduction attempt taking place Thursday afternoon, police are piecing together what appears to be a series of incidents perpetrated by a suspect who wears a mask and grabs girls and puts them in his vehicle.

Parents whose children attend several Encinitas elementary schools are so fed up with the yoga classes there that they have filed a lawsuit against the district.

It's no surprise that a New York-based restaurant with a kind of Hollywood pedigree is finally making it all the way out west and opening up right in the heart of--where else?--Hollywood.