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Originally approved and installed temporarily in honor of Gay Pride month in June, the rainbow crosswalks at Santa Monica and San Vicente Boulevards in West Hollywood are going to be made permanent.

The suspicious death of 80-year-old Alan Frederick Goodman of Woodland Hills in mid- April of this year has led to the arrest of his wife, who was busted while having breakfast in New York City Tuesday morning.

News of director Tony Scott's suicide Sunday afternoon spread like wildfire online over night, and fans, colleagues, and peers have been expressing their shock and sorrow at the sudden loss.

Chances are you've walked, biked, or driven past it a few times in the past couple of decades, but do you know the symbolism of or who created the silver "gazebo" at the corner of Hollywood and La Brea?

An autopsy is expected to take place today on the body of Tony Scott, the respected director and producer who jumped to his death from the Vincent Thomas bridge in San Pedro Sunday. The examination will include pursuing medical evidence Scott was suffering from brain cancer, which was published as speculation of motive for suicide by ABC News Monday.

A car-to-car shooting in the early morning hours of Monday has left one young man wounded, and in the aftermath, set the scene for a possible DUI driver to crash into one of the responding police vehicles.

Photo by Gunnar Pippel via Shutterstock A protester affiliated with Occupy L.A. was arrested Thursday for his alleged involvement in a physical spat with a security guard earlier this week that included the suspect biting the man's ear. 20-year-old Jose Navarro was arrested today by the Los Angeles Police Department at Pershing Square, which was the scene of the scuffle that left a security guard with a "two-inch gash to his ear that required...

If you are hungering for a weekend outing that's sure to be a gut-buster, you might want to check out the annual Day-Lee Foods World Gyoza Eating Championship as part of the 72nd Annual Nisei Week Japanese Festival in L.A.'s Little Tokyo.

The Purple Line Subway extension is moving forward (you be quiet, Beverly Hills!) and as part of the pre-tunneling process, Metro will be building an "exploratory shaft" near the La Brea Tar Pits in order to make sure they've got a handle on the very unique ground conditions at the historic site.

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We know that the beloved franchise Dunkin' Donuts has been eying territory in the Western U.S., but can we really say they are seriously considering a California comeback?

Actor James Remar came to the aid of a homeless man he encountered outside a Los Angeles grocery store recently, and went so far as to get all the supplies to help bandage his wound and give him some advice on caring for it.