Rawayana, a band of Venezuelan émigrés criticized by dictator Nicolás Maduro, won a Grammy and will play Coachella.

From Amanda Gorman to Stacey Abrams, the L.A. Times Festival of Books promises to be the greatest gathering of book lovers this year. Ahead of the fest, we look at the buzziest talks and author appearances.

A planned new residential skyscraper for downtown Los Angeles has cleared a key regulatory hurdle to be built in an usual location — on top of an existing parking garage.

The 22-year veteran states flatly that the team can contend for the championship with the players the Lakers have assembled around him.

Marie Massa has spent more than three years working mostly alone to transform a weedy strip of public land into a fragrant habitat garden in Lincoln Heights.