Los Angeles is well-versed in deception. Bring water to the desert, and everything will turn green. Build miles of freeway, and no place will be out of reach. Promise a dream, and the city will grow.

The Eiffel Tower was not, at its birth, universally admired. The fact that it was supposed to be temporary did not mollify the people who disliked it, chief among them the short-story writer Guy de ...

For nearly 60 years, a neon palm tree sign stood along Spenard Road, a symbol of the area’s colorful past. Now, after a few years of trading hands and lying dormant in a vacant lot, the sign has a ...

May 13—For nearly 60 years, a neon palm tree sign stood along Spenard Road, a symbol of the area's colorful past. Now, after a few years of trading hands and lying dormant in a vacant lot, the sign ...