Downtown News

Metro's timeline for its forthcoming transportation projects was leaked to the press and - let's just say, patience will be needed for our transit dreams to come true.

"I didn't have to put much thought into it....It's really an honor." - Lindsay Lohan , on posing nude as Marilyn Monroe for New York Magazine "What we need is Britney Spears to stay home." - LAPD Chief William ...

Here's a look at some of the events happening around Southern California this weekend.

Those having second thoughts about staying at home on New Year's Eve to watch the ball drop have a plethora of options for activities that don't involve leaving the neighborhood.

OKLAHOMA CITY Sgt. Joe Friday and Officer Bill Gannon, from the television show Dragnet , would probably feel right at home at the Bricktown Police Substation.

As we go through the last few days of 2008, we thought it useful to take a look at some of the important Downtown projects working their way through the system.

A downsized version of the Fashion District Business Improvement District has been approved by the City Council, and cleanup and safety services within the new BID boundaries will continue uninterrupted in ...

Less than a month after it opened, Versus, a three-story, 1,300-person capacity club has temporarily closed.

As part of a $100 million-plus statewide push to renovate more than one-third of its California properties, Hilton Hotel Corp.

Dress designer Stella Dottir took a stroll around her downtown neighborhood the other day and marveled at the ordinary.

The original Celestino was renowned for its fresh pasta in the 1980s, and his Il Pastaio brought beet risotto and squid ink into the everyday cooking of the city.

The French Dip sandwich is as iconic to Los Angeles as the hot dog is to New York, the muffaletta to New Orleans and the Philly cheese steak to, well, Philadelphia.

Even in the best of times, opening a restaurant can be a challenge. In a tough economy, when people are pinching their pennies and bank loans are rarer than steak tartare, it can seem like an impossible dream.

Eric Richardson [ Flickr ] Models wear dresses by Madison Marcus at "Downtown at Dusk," an event that kicked off the Fashion District's Spring fashion market in October.

EAT Cole's French Dip What: L.A.'s oldest saloon and sandwichery revitalized by Cedd Moses has a Neal Fraser remastered menu and Sasha Petraske and Eric Alperin classically stocked bar waiting for you.

Councilman Jose Huizar joked on Wednesday night that the Bringing Back Broadway effort has more meetings than city council.

As Morton's The Steakhouse winds down its 30th anniversary celebration, it leaves Downtown with special gift - make that lots of little gifts.

Downtown-based consulting firm Mozaic Media + Communications, in association with the O Hotel and the Weingart Partners of Downtown Los Angeles, will present "Benevolence: A Cosmopolitan Holiday Gathering," on ...

Applaud Walken buffs portraying the one-of-a-kind actor at Theatre 68, on Thursday, December 11 "ALL ABOUT WALKEN": Not everyone has the same favorite actor, but pretty much everyone in the known universe has a ...

I can now reveal* the answer to last week's first Where in Los Angeles am I? LA Observed Quiz.