Lindsay William-Ross

If you've driven from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, surely you've noticed the town of Baker, and its iconic giant thermometer. In recent years the 134-foot-tall landmark hasn't been working, however, and a couple of the businesses on the property on which it stands have also gone kaput. Now its owner is searching for a remedy in the form of a buyer: The thermometer is up for sale for $1.75 million.

Ready for one hell of an awesome rumor? The Rolling Stones might be headlining Coachella.

A garage fire Wednesday evening in Reseda is being blamed on a person using the structure to work on a pot project: Extracting THC from marijuana.

Chances are, if you aren't a current or former "castmember" at the beloved Anaheim theme park, you still haven't been as many times as one Orange County couple who made it to Disneyland every single day in 2012.

What should have been an everyday, enjoyable moment sadly turned deadly for one older Angeleno on Tuesday, when he was killed by a falling refrigerator as he helped himself to a cold beer.

A man who is thought to have killed a rival and attempted to dispose of the corpse by encasing the body in concrete now faces a murder charge and possibly life in prison.

What is your dream vision for making traffic better through the Sepulveda Pass on the 405 Freeway? One leading concept is to "double deck" the freeway, as in build another freeway on top of the current one.

Shoppers in Laguna Beach now need to show up to retail stores packing their own reusable bags, thanks to the city's newly-implemented plastic bag ban.

Party people, if your New Year's Eve finds you too tipsy to drive, The Automobile Club of Southern California will be able to get you home for free. Once again, the Auto Club is offering their Tipsy Tow community service.

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It's become a new annual tradition: Ride the rails up and/or down on Angels Flight on the last day of the year for the bargain price of one penny each way.

If you are looking to be arrested, one surefire way to go is to pretend you have a gun while hanging around near a school. Case in point, the unidentified man arrested Friday for waving a "simulated" weapon at passing cars outside an elementary school in Glendale.