Lisa Brenner

National Pastrami Day brings the piled-high crowd to the city's pastrami outpost, Langer's. But there's deli to discover beyond MacArthur Park.

You only need six ingredients but don't let that fool you. These are the hand shredded, no food processor version for people who like doing things the hard way. It's tradition.

A black bear that wandered into a Granada Hills neighborhood managed to elude wardens trying to capture him earlier Tuesday, but was eventually caught.

Governor Jerry Brown signed into law on Monday a measure that defines the space required between bicycles and vehicles on public streets as three feet. Previous legislation stated that drivers could pass cyclists at a safe, but undefined, distance.

With this post KPCC begins a look at the best, most popular or most awesome beaches in Southern California.

The Oscar-nominated actress was known for her roles in films like "Private Benjamin" and "The Sting." She was 80.

A plague-infected squirrel has prompted the closure of three campgrounds in the Angeles National Forest.

The body of Darlene Flynn, a Guinness World Record-holding shoe collector, was found dead in her backyard pool on Monday.

The Salvadoran community is celebrating the groundbreaking of a plaza in Los Angeles honoring a Catholic archbishop beloved for his advocacy for the poor.

The arrest comes two days after LAPD announced a $25,000 reward reward for information in the attack, which left the victim hospitalized with severe injuries.

KPCC has compiled five fun and free events happening around Los Angeles. What are your plans for the weekend?

Argentina's Jorge Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, was a consensus 25-1 underdog to be selected at the conclave, according to gambling expert R.J. Bell of Pregame.com.