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Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, the state's Affordable Care Act agency, announces the start of the "Tell A Friend – Get Covered" campaign in Los Angeles Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013.

It's no secret that the prison system in America is broken, but the statistics are pretty shocking.

Bestor Architecture is a Los Angeles based modern architecture firm, founded in 1995 by architect Barbara Bestor.

The Los Angeles burlesque community convened for the first ever Hollywood Burlesque Festival this weekend at The Hayworth Theater and 3 Clubs.

The Los Angeles Fire Department imposed a blackout on details regarding deaths and injuries in Thursday morning's fatal fire at an apartment building in Echo Park in what appeared to be a revival of a policy briefly employed last year.

Los Angeles has a reputation of being a cold and unfriendly big city filled with type-A a-holes and those three other Hollywood executives.

A diner in Los Angeles may have many iterations, but its basic identity is unmistakable.

In this Nov. 11, 2013 photo, actor Joe Morton poses for a portrait in Los Angeles.

"We're creating a factual diagram -- mapping the scene," a detective tells THR. "To the extent that we can, we need to rule out mechanical failure.

Actress Jennifer Lawrence arrives at the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday Jan. 13, 2013, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

LOS ANGELES >> Tuesday night was a big one for singers and Mariachi as they rehearsed for tonight's celebration in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe at the Cathedral of the Lady of the Angels, 555 W. Temple St. The annual celebration will begin at 8 tonight with Aztec dancers on the Cathedral Plaza.

Los Angeles, Dec 11 : Actress Halle Berry, who welcomed a baby boy Maceo-Robert Oct 5, stepped out here over the weekend, and she looked her usual stunning self - slim and rested.

Cuisine: If not the best Chinese restaurant in the San Gabriel Valley, certainly one of the best, and certainly one of the most satisfying, and certainly one of the least expensive.

About 75 percent of young women believe the U.S. needs to do more to bring about equality in the workplace, a new study finds, despite a narrowing pay gap and steady employment gains for women at higher levels of... About 75 percent of young women believe the U.S. needs to do more to bring about equality in the workplace, a new study finds, despite ... (more)

Or you could buck up and make a few simple stops around town to handpick some neat and not-too-expensive presents for your friends.

This image released by Disney shows Tom Hanks as Walt Disney, left, and Emma Thompson as author P.L. Travers in a scene from "Saving Mr. Banks."

Amy Tan published her newest book, "The Valley of Amazement," on Nov. 5. Her book tour for the novel is from Nov. 5 to March 7. LOS ANGELES >> Amy Tan, author of 'The Joy Luck Club,' will speak about her new book at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

A man who was fatally burned today inside a van at a South Los Angeles gas station may have been trying to steal fuel from an underground tank, authorities said.

A $50,000 reward was announced Tuesdayfor information leading to a conviction in the Dec. 2 death of 7-year-old Taalib Pecantte, who was killed in a drive-by shooting in the 1900 block of South Corning Street in the Mid-City section of Los Angeles.

A fire did major damage to a large detached garage behind a home in Sylmar Monday night and killed about a dozen birds.