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Every quarter, Eater LA publishes a map of 38 standout restaurants that best represent Los Angeles’s expansive dining scene. In this endless metropolis, there are both new and decades-old street ...

I was born in Bangkok and raised in Los Angeles, spending almost every weekend of my childhood at Thai temples in both North Hollywood and La Puente. I performed Thai classical dance at restaurant ...

Griffith Observatory sits on the south face of Mount Hollywood and overlooks the Los Angeles basin. Its location gives visitors impressive views of the surrounding area, which many rave about.

Amid a global flight crew shortage, the union representing WestJet pilots has asked a judge to quash federal approval of temporary foreign workers in the cockpit. In an application it said was ...

The recording from the cockpit of a plane which a pilot let his children fly has revealed the final moments inside the aircraft before disaster struck. The plane was being flown by Andrew Viktorovich ...