Willie Nelson, beardless and braidless, at the Palomino in 1970. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images at LA Magazine's website. Before everyone forgets that LA's music lore includes North Hollywood, Los ...

Every so often somebody asks about the corroding civil defense sirens up on poles scattered all over Los Angeles. Well, Dennis Hanley knows all about them. They were air raid sirens first installed ...

With Ayn Rand in the media conversation around Paul Ryan and the Republican convention, here's a look at the home that Rand used to occupy in Northridge. And what a house it was — if it still existed, ...

Claud Beelman was one of those Los Angeles architects whose work spanned eras and dramatic changes in style. He encompassed noteworthy LA examples as different as the Eastern Columbia building ...

Helen Ly / viewfromaloft. Downtown chronicler Ed Fuentes blogs at View from a Loft that the sign for Gorky's Russian cafe still hangs over the corner of 8th and San Julian streets. It's kind of like ...

Sandstone Retreat was a clothing-optional refuge in Topanga Canyon that began in the late 1960s, became famous during the sexual revolution, and survived efforts by the county to shut it down. John ...

Soon-Shiong. Photo: Zocalo Public Square. 11 am update: On Monday morning the Times announced that Sue Horton will return as Op-Ed Editor in December after a four-year absence.Now a top news editor ...

What is it about non-Angelenos becoming so obsessed with old filming locations that they spend years tracking down obscure shots and facts — then write books about their discoveries that become ...

For the first time in its history, the Los Angeles Times will be housed outside the city of Los Angeles by this summer. New owner Patrick Soon-Shiong spoke to the assembled staff on Friday and said ...

Our occasional roundup of news, notes and chatter. Between posts you can keep up with LA Observed on Twitter — now with 24,858 followers. Joe Frank, a giant voice for KCRW who produced more than 230 ...

Joel Sappell and Robert Welkos, the co-authors of a groundbreaking 1990 Los Angeles Times series on the Church of Scientology, braved a lot of church harassment back then to get the stories in the ...

Bel-Air Camera has been in Westwood Village for 58 years, and just five months ago was sold to New York's Willoughby's Camera Store. But business was worse than the new owners knew and Bel-Air is ...