Los Angeles News

Originally posted at 10:08 a.m. July 25, 2014. Edited to add more photos, information .

At the top of the Los Angeles Zoo, American viper expert Ian Recchio emerged from quarantine with a writhing muscular serpent from Down Under.

A possibly suicidal person on an overpass today caused the complete shutdown of the Santa Ana Freeway in East Los Angeles, causing major backups in either direction as the afternoon rush got underway, authorities said.

Neon might be fading, but there are still plenty of places around the world to spot the glowing signs.

Muslims in Los Angeles plan to demonstrate support for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip amid the intense conflict between Israel and Hamas militants.

Residents of a city famous for its attachment to cars and the daily gridlock that results have been warned that the "Century Crunch" could "could screw everything up" for drivers.

A Los Angeles police officer-involved shooting has occurred in Van Nuys, news media outlets report.

In what is probably the creepiest news of the day, someone has been putting porcelain dolls that resemble actual human girls in front of the houses where they live in San Clemente.

Following Thursday's announcement of the lineup for the world's oldest film festival, find out which Hollywood stars will be attending which premieres, with some even doing multiple duties at the same time.

Police asked for the public's help today to find the man responsible for the death of a 57-year-old man who was attacked while he was trying to protect a child at a restaurant in Hollywood from a violent assault.

President Barack Obama continued his 24-hour visit to the Los Angeles area today, taking part in a Democratic National Committee fundraiser in Brentwood then surprising the lunch crowd at Canter's Deli where he bantered with the crowd and sat down with four pre-selected diners.

Hilary Anderson was in grade school then, but she remembers the “swampland of molasses” in the kitchen after Southern California's last destructive earthquake throttled her Simi Valley home.

LOS ANGELES_"Frozen," Disney's animated musical about a pair of royal sisters, was last year's highest-grossing film worldwide - and also one of its most unusual, according to a study released Thursday by researchers at University of Southern California.

The 11th annual "hybrid vision" New Original Works Festival at REDCAT debuts eight new pieces, a varied batch of multidisciplinary works by mostly early-career artists intent on shaking up creative traditions.

When President Barack Obama comes through town, we can always expect a traffic jam, and if we're by his motorcade, we have to stay put while he and his team roll through. One pregnant woman who was going in labor on Wednesday afternoon waited at a bus stop while the motorcade was blocking the street to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Max Goldstein was 15 years old when he hopped on a plane to Caracas, Venezuela, to spend his sophomore year of high school as an exchange student.

Residents of four condos in Sylmar had a frightening awakening Monday morning, July 21, as a fire swept through their attic.

I was a guest on Warren Olney's "Which Way, L.A.?" on KCRW-FM this past Monday afternoon when the host stumped me.