Maria Torres

In 1987, Cirque du Soleil made its first U.S. debut in Santa Monica. The show returns to the city with Kooza at the Big Top through January.

Whether you want to be just a little scared or pushed to the limit, LA has hundreds of different types of haunted houses. Vice Cooler, creator of Haunts of LA, is your guide.

KCRW collected a list of volunteer opportunities across the Los Angeles area for those who’d like to offer a helping hand this Thanksgiving.

Proposition 3 would enshrine the right for same-sex couples to marry in the California constitution. It would also repeal and replace language from 2008 that says otherwise.

Threatened by the Franklin Fire, Pepperdine University Professor Joel Johnson says his wife’s quick thinking and a baby monitor powering off helped them evacuate in less than an hour.

A new Culver City gym filled with “American Ninja Warrior” staff is ready to scale any obstacle as the sport heads to the Olympics.

In 1973, fourteen-year old Valley girl Lori Lightning found herself as one of the teenage rulers of the Hollywood music scene.

The diversity of UCLA’s student body is growing after the U.S. Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling.

For 25 years, race car enthusiasts have had a place to legally test the limits of their machines: the Irwindale Speedway. Now that space will be no more.