Mike Roe

New York-based Brookfield Office Properties moving on up with $430 million deal make to own four of the tallest downtown L.A. office buildings in proposed acquisition of MPG.

Ladies and gentlemen, after a finals with almost 50,000 votes cast, we can announce the winner of Public Radio Bracket Madness and the 2013 Golden Radio trophy: “This American Life.” Plus watch photos of Host Ira Glass receiving the hardware.

So we’ve had a lot of fun voting for our favorite public radio shows. But this is where it gets real. And we’ve even got a prize.

Chase Bank tweeted at 10:36 a.m. that the site was experiencing issues, and users have been registering their difficulties with the site.

It's down to your public radio final four, and it's time to make your vote known. Vote in our polls to decide the one public radio show to rule them all.

Round 2 is over, and now it's time to vote for your final four. See who won the last round, see if your brackets are busted, and show your love for the shows you care about.

Los Angeles has the largest Iranian community in any city outside of Iran. A new digital book, “The Persian Square,” traces over a century of Iranian-American experience.

LAPD used a robot to detonate the package found inside a vehicle in the parking garage at the popular shopping mall.

As the NCAA basketball tournament starts in earnest Thursday, Round 1 of the Public Radio Bracket Madness ends. See if your show made the sweet 16. (UPDATE: Voting has closed.)

An earthquake hit just southeast of downtown Los Angeles Wednesday morning. Well, maybe "hit" is too strong a word.

We built a little public radio bracket pitting our favorite shows against one another. Little did we know it would lead to all-out Twitter war.

The March Madness brackets are out, so we’re dropping our own bracket on you, fair listener. It’s your chance to vote for your favorite public radio show.