Esperanza Elementary's $4.5 million makeover took six years and turned blacktop into a running track kids now use.

A bear wandered past a hair salon's front door at a Route 66 strip mall, stunning workers at Alur Studios in Glendora.

A pilot filmed the massive filter-feeder swimming alone between Malibu and Santa Barbara Island as warm water pulls tropical species north.

Three 90-minute cruises from Dock 4 near the Aquarium of the Pacific let visitors get close to massive cargo ships, no sign-up required.

Nearly a third of the released frogs were raised in the zoo's new headstarting lab before hitting San Gabriel streams.

The $4.5 million River Park behind Angel Stadium opens next summer, but visitors will have to figure out where to leave the car.

A global review study found Venice Beach's negative reviews included a high share of cleanliness complaints.

Hive & Hanger on Magnolia Boulevard sells vintage clothes and locally sourced honey side by side, with zero live bees on site.

A September 10 meeting at Newhall Park will let neighbors weigh in on splash pad and playground designs before fall's formal engineering phase.

Alexander DeBarros caught the rare scene at Chatsworth Nature Preserve, just as Coyote vs. Acme hit theaters the same weekend.

Rescuers spent weeks tracking the deformed coyote before catching her Monday. She's now on antibiotics and a soft-food diet.

The Mission Canyon garden marks a century of native-plant conservation with free Sundays, a silent disco, and a pooch parade.

A third cub escaped alone and waited in a tree while crews cut open the tank near Marshall Canyon Trail.