Local questions in Los Angeles

Colored curbs in Los Angeles, California, indicate the following parking prohibitions or restrictions: Red curbs: no stopping, standing or parking at any time, regardless of whether a vehicle is attended. Yellow curbs: between 7 am and 6 pm, stopping restricted to loading or unloading freight by vehicles with commercial license plates for up to 30 minutes, and other vehicles may Read more...

American actor and musician River Phoenix died, aged 23, in the early hours of October 31st, 1993, at The Viper Room nightclub on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California. He stopped at the club on the evening before his death to perform with the band P, and reportedly became unwell after taking cocaine and heroin at the venue. He Read more...

The Sixth Street Viaduct bridge between the Boyle Heights neighborhood and the Arts District in downtown Los Angeles, California, was demolished in 2016 because of concern about its ability to withstand a major earthquake event. Constructed in 1932, the condition of the iconic arched concrete bridge over the Los Angeles River was deteriorating because of an alkali-silica reaction caused by Read more...

The Theme Building at Los Angeles International Airport is a futuristic-looking structure, actually constructed in 1961, comprising an elevated circular tower beneath two crossed parabolic arches of stucco-covered steel. The iconic mid-century modernist structure is often described as resembling a UFO or flying saucer on legs, and is an example of the Googie style of architecture common to Southern California Read more...

The flashing red light on the spire atop the Capitol Records Building, near Hollywood and Vine, spells out the word ‘HOLLYWOOD’ in Morse code. Read more...

The first ever Super Bowl was played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on January 15th, 1967, when it was known as the AFL-NFL World Championship Game. The contest did not formally adopt the Super Bowl name until Super Bowl 3 in 1969. The game was between the National Football League champions, the Green Bay Packers, and the American Football Read more...

British film director and producer Tony Scott died by suicide, aged 68, when he jumped off the Vincent Thomas Bridge in the San Pedro district of Los Angeles, California, on August 19th, 2012. He had left his Toyota Prius car parked on the bridge, with a note containing contact information, and a note for his family was found later in Read more...

Pop star Michael Jackson died in his rented mansion on North Carolwood Drive in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles on June 25th, 2009, aged 50 years old. He was found unresponsive on a bed at the property by Dr Conrad Murray, his personal physician, who had prescribed or administered various medications to the singer, including the anesthetic propofol. After unsuccessful attempts Read more...

The Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where they were known as the Brooklyn Dodgers until 1958 when they relocated to LA. During the Brooklyn era, one of the team’s nicknames was the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers, a reference to Brooklyn’s burgeoning number of electric trolley cars in the 1890s and the tricky business of dodging them Read more...

The Notorious B.I.G., also known as Biggie Smalls, was killed, aged 24, in a drive-by shooting at the intersection of Fairfax Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles in the early hours of March 9th, 1997. The Brooklyn-born rapper, whose real name was Christopher Wallace, had just left a music industry event at the Petersen Motor Museum at around 12:30 Read more...

The Capitol Records Tower in Hollywood, Los Angeles, is built in the Googie architectural style. Located near the intersection of Hollywood and Vine, the distinctive white tower designed by Louis Naidorf was completed in 1956 and its cylindrical shape with window awnings on each level and a spike emerging from the top resembles a stack of records on a turntable. Read more...

Rapper, businessman and community activist Nipsey Hussle was shot dead on March 31st, 2019, outside the Marathon Clothing store he co-owned in a neighborhood strip mall at Slauson Avenue and Crenshaw Boulevard in South Los Angeles. The 33-year-old, whose real name was Ermias Joseph Asghedom, was taken to hospital where he was declared dead. Eric Holder, reportedly known to Hussle, Read more...

American film producer and businessman Steve Bing died on June 22nd, 2020, aged 55, after jumping from the 27th floor of the Ten Thousand apartment building where he lived in the Century City neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. He had his own production company, Shangri-La Entertainment and among his credits are Executive Producer on the 2000 Sylvester Stallone film Get Read more...

The nearest hotels to Universal Studios are the Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City and the Sheraton Universal Hotel. Both hotels are located adjacent to Universal Studios Hollywood, within easy walking distance of the park entrance, and free shuttle buses are also provided. Read more...

For LA Lakers basketball games at Crypto.com Arena (formerly the STAPLES Center), doors open 1.5 hours prior to the start of the game. For Suite and Premier ticket holders, doors open 2 hours beforehand. Read more...

Well known Hollywood family therapist Amie Harwick was murdered at her home on Mound Street in Hollywood Hills in the early hours of Saturday, February 15th, 2020. Police responding to a report of a woman screaming found Doctor Harwick gravely injured on the ground beneath the property’s third story balcony. She died in hospital from her injuries and her former Read more...

Actor Harrison Ford crash-landed his vintage World War 2 era Ryan airplane near the 8th hole of Penmar Golf Course in Venice, California on March 5th, 2015. An experienced pilot, Ford reported a loss of engine power shortly after taking off from Santa Monica Municipal Airport and was attempting to return to the airport when he crashed on the golf Read more...

Pop Smoke was shot by masked intruders at his Hollywood Hills home in the early hours of February 19th, 2020 and later pronounced dead at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in West Hollywood. It is understood that the 20-year-old rapper, whose real name is Bashar Barakah Jackson, was renting the house on Hercules Drive from Edwin Arroyave, husband of Real Housewives of Read more...

Actor Orson Bean was struck and killed by a car on the evening of February 7th, 2020 on North Venice Boulevard at Pisani Place in Venice, Los Angeles. The accident occurred outside the Pacific Resident Theatre where 91-year-old Bean and his wife, actor Alley Mills, were members. Read more...

The Los Angeles Kings ice hockey team plays its home games at Crypto.com Arena (formerly called the STAPLES Center) in downtown Los Angeles, California. Since the team’s founding in 1967, the LA Kings played for 32 years at the Great Western Forum in the LA suburb of Inglewood, before moving to their current home at the start of the 1999–2000 Read more...