Mike Roe

Video games let players take on heroic identities while exploring fantastical worlds, and a small piece of that comes to life in Los Angeles this weekend.

Swimming areas in Long Beach's Alamitos Bay have been closed due to a sewage spill, according to a press release from the city of Long Beach. The spill was due to heavy rains in Los Angeles County's sewage lines.

The Riot L.A. comedy festival kicked off Thursday and continues through Sunday. It started several years ago as a small alternative comedy festival but has continued to grow year after year, with headliners this year including the legendary Mel Brooks, cult legend Dr. Katz and many more.

Comedy and pro wrestling may seem like unlikely friends, but there's a big crossover in their fanbases. That's evident in wrestling-themed comedy show the Comedy 'N Wrestling Connection in Silver Lake, hosted by comedian/actor/writer Matt McCarthy.

A series of three storms, the first arriving late Wednesday, is expected to drench Southern California — but one group that's welcomed California's recent wet weather is citrus growers.

Among other national monument expansions, President Barack Obama announced Thursday the addition of 6,230 acres to the California Coastal National Monument.

Another three-day weekend is here, so put it to good use! Fill up on yummy noodles, head over to a photography exhibit for a creative jolt and more.

A coalition of council members and public safety officials announced Wednesday they are requesting city staff draft a ballot measure on vacation rentals.

The brother of the male attacker in the 2015 San Bernardino mass shooting that left 14 dead pleaded guilty Tuesday to immigration fraud.

Mountain lion kitten P-52 was recently hit by a vehicle on the 118 Freeway and killed — the same freeway where the kitten's mother, P-39, was hit and killed Dec. 3.

Los Angeles figures out where to allocate homeless resources by doing something simple, but on a large scale: counting all the homeless throughout Greater L.A.

Comic book writer Marc Andreyko was hit hard by the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando. He decided to do something about it with a new all-star anthology.