DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - The war has decimated all aspects of American life. There’s no power, no gasoline, nobody in the streets. All animals, domestic and wild, have died or fled the town. The…

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - A new dance troupe with a performing base in Downtown could reverse Los Angeles' poor record at sustaining a ballet company. On Monday, Nov. 21, officials with Glorya Ka…

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – Rick Caruso, the developer behind the Grove, the Americana at Brand and the Commons at Calabasas will give a talk hosted by Town Hall on May 12 at the Millennium Biltmor…

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – Food trucks serve up hearty lunch options, ranging from pastrami sandwiches to Philly cheese steaks at 7+Fig and L.A. Mart on Tuesday.

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - On a recent Saturday evening, 14 motley city dwellers sang together in a high-ceilinged church. As their harmonizing voices soared, an angel cried.

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - A lone silhouette of a long-haired man is at center stage, in front of a pastiche of neon lights. A gentle stream of smoke hazes the air, like smog does an L.A. sunset.

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - I became a Downtown resident five years ago. My husband and I moved to the Gas Company Lofts after selling our “firstborn,” the house that we designed and built in Culve…

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - Everyone knows that there are numerous ways to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. What a lot of people tend to forget is that not all of them involve drinking way too much tequila.

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - Five years ago, just after my husband and I moved Downtown with our eight-week old son, I walked out on the sidewalk only to witness a homeless man shoot up across the s…

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - The Mark Morris Dance Group has been pleasing audiences for 30 years, and its “L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato” has been presented in 18 cities on three continent…

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - Our family moved Downtown three years ago, when our son, Nathan, was just a year old. We were refugees from Silver Lake, escaping not only the crazy high rents but the i…

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – A workshop performance about the lives of artists Frida Kahlo and Georgia O’Keeffe begins April 29 at Los Angeles Theatre Center.

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – Two major book fairs are happening Downtown this weekend: the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books takes place on the USC campus from April 30 through May 1 and Spanish-l…

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – The Tony Award-winning musical Memphis was recorded live on stage and will be presented as a series of screenings at Regal Cinemas at L.A. Live beginning on April 28.

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – A one-day film festival about Bainbridge, an island near Seattle, will screen at the Japanese American National Museum on April 30.