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Fan support and an intervention from the mayor have saved a colorful mural commissioned by the pop band Foster the People in downtown Los Angeles.

UPDATE 9:30 p.m.: Four men are handcuffed and being held by the Los Angeles Sheriffs Department in a sheriff's car in a parking lot at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Veteran Avenue in Los Angeles.

Forget the urban legend which suggests that only a nobody walks in Los Angeles. It's time to trade those expensive designer loafers for your most sensible walking shoes, and hit the streets.

Heavy smoke could be seen coming from a one-story commercial structure located in the 1000 block of North Orange Drive, according to an alert from the Los Angeles Fire Department.

Los Angeles Fire spokeswoman Katherine Main said the fire broke out shortly before 9 a.m. Sunday at an industrial building on N. Orange Ave. in Hollywood.

On the second Thursday of each month, already hip DTLA swells in size as 20,000 plus art lovers, hipsters and other scenesters converge on this new haven of art, cool bars and great restaurants.

Come explore with the locals of Los Angeles. For two weeks you and your guests can come and enjoy dineL.A.'s Restaurant Week, starting this coming Monday, July 14-27.

The headwaters of the mighty Los Angeles River once harbored a fenced-off service roads lined with graffiti, broken glass and trash.

Mark a big orange X on your cat calendar for August 9th as we welcome Navajo and Meteor Blades to Southern California at 2 p.m. in a new venue for us, Guild just two blocks from the 7th St/Metro Center train station in downtown Los Angeles.

In this July 1, 2014 photo, Sandra Fluke poses for a photograph at her campaign office in Los Angeles.

Many in the movie industry feared the need to convert to digital could be the death knell for drive-ins, but drive-in operators are finding creative ways to afford the switch.

A Dunedin woman on a long-haul flight to visit her daughter in Hawaii died from a condition associated with deep vein thrombosis.

It's primary day in California and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is spending his morning extolling the virtues of neighborhood beautification to a sidewalk crowd in the city's Northridge neighborhood .

Photographer George Rodriguez shows a photo of George Burns that was recently on display at the Whittier Art Gallery in Whittier on Wednesday, July 2, 2014.

John Perez seemed to have it all as he ran for state controller -- a bankroll far bigger than those of his rivals, the political clout after four years as Assembly speaker and the Democratic stronghold of Los Angeles as his home base.

Eds: Sentencing set for 8:30 a.m., Dept. 109, Criminal Courts Building, 210 W. Temple St. LOS ANGELES - The first of five former Bell City Council members convicted of misappropriating public funds by receiving inflated salaries for sitting on city boards that rarely met are scheduled to be sentenced today.

Go to secretstairs-la.com for more information. 3. Stop to admire the Chandelier Tree: The tree has 30 vintage chandeliers dangling from its branches that light up the night at 2811 W. Silver Lake Drive, Los Angeles.