It’s one of those tidbits of Los Angeles architectural history that can seem minor or hugely emblematic, depending on the context. In April 1965, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art opened its new ...

Buildings shown on fire during the 1965 Watts riots. Thirty-four people died and an estimated $40 million in property damage was recorded. (Library of Congress) By signing up, you confirm that you are ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The woman who intervened when an officer pulled over one of her sons, leading to a racially-charged scuffle that set off the 1965 Watts riot, has died. The Los Angeles Times reports ...

“ Almost all of them are dead now,” the Los Angeles Times’ Doug Smith began his story Wednesday evaluating his paper’s coverage of the Watts uprising of 1965. “When I joined The Times in 1970, they ...

What does Lyndon Johnson have to do with the creation of L.A.’s Koreatown? The lasting effects of the Immigration Act of 1965 were apparent at a recent swearing in ceremony at the Los Angeles ...

Fifty years ago in 1965, a traffic stop in Los Angeles changed history and sparked a revolution. Riots broke out in Watts over the arrest of an African American driver and a whole portion of the city ...

The most amazing aspect of the following video isn't the donuts performed around an iconic donut shop or the amount of smoke garnered from the tires. It's that there isn't any traffic in Los Angeles.

In the community of Watts Monday, Los Angeles Police officers, community leaders, and citizens took a knee together, acknowledging what unites them in a powerful symbol of solidarity while looking ...

Times are tight, for sure. A box set is a luxury that few can afford these days. Given the choice between a 4 cd collection and paying the phone bill or buying a bottle of Scotch, well, let's just say ...