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

Fact met fiction Wednesday in one of those Hollywood ways: The real-life president of the United States complains about "phony scandals" in the presence of the producer and the star of a hit TV drama about indignity and dishonor among Washington's political elite.

Former City Councilman Richard Alarcon was convicted by a jury Wednesday of three charges of voter fraud, and one charge of perjury, in connection with his claim that he lived in a rundown Panorama City home rather than his wife's nicer Sun Valley home while Alarcon was in office and voted in elections.

They're a young local band with a blues and rock soul and a relentless touring schedule that brings them to Long Beach on Saturday for a show and record release party that could signify the next step in their musical journey.

But the romantic, popular conception of the city that solidified in those years bears increasingly little resemblance to Los Angeles today.

Summer has begun, so take time out and enjoy the 2014 concert series. Throughout So.

A man was hospitalized with minor injuries and a woman was treated at the scene for minor injuries after a small fire in a multistory apartment building in Venice early today, authorities said.

For the second year in a row, Robert Downey Jr. topped Forbes' annual list of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood.

President Barack Obama is scheduled to arrive aboard Air Force One at Los Angeles International Airport this afternoon for a planned 24 1/2-hour visit to conduct two political fundraisers and speak at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College.

The Los Angeles Police Department advised drivers to avoid an area near Los Angeles' border with Beverly Hills and portions of Hancock Park today because of President Barack Obama's visit.

The dystopian future envisioned so darkly in Edan Lepucki's chilling first novel doesn't involve nuclear Armageddon or zombies .

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Pallbearers carry the casket of LAPD Officer Nicholas Lee during his funeral procession at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, CA March 13, 2014.

A mystery drone was seen hovering over the scene of a massive blaze as it tore through a South Los Angeles charter school Tuesday afternoon.

Prosecutors on Tuesday filed charges against a robbery suspect accused of fatally shooting his accomplice during a botched store heist in El Sereno.

About 25 firefighters were battling a blaze that tore through a South Los Angeles charter school Tuesday, sending a huge plume of black smoke into the air.

The Toronto International Film Festival unveiled a star-heavy lineup amid increased festival jockeying for the most plum premieres of Hollywood's fall season.

Forbes magazine reports Downey is the highest paid actor in Hollywood for the second straight year, estimating the "Iron Man" star earned $75 million between June 2013 and June 2014, which is about the same amount as he earned last year.

Family members are grieving over the death of a loved one who was beaten by two attackers at a Metro train station.

A demolition project of an unused bridge will close a key intersection near the Los Angeles International Airport from Friday night through Monday morning.