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Two hives of bees are living on the top of a parking garage at 2nd & PCH, an outdoor mall in Long Beach. Far from happenstance, the arrival of the bees came at the invitation of mall’s owner, which sells their honey and says they make the mall more environmentally friendly.

The Natural History Museum, NBCUniversal, ArtCenter, Caltech and an affordable housing project make our year-end list. See what other architecture projects changed the SoCal landscape.

Hacienda Heights has been without landline phone service for six months due to copper wire thefts. Some schools’ power lines also have been cut.

The yoga scene in Los Angeles is unparalleled. Whether you’re just starting out, on a budget or seeking something different, these studios have an option for everyone.

Eduardo Escobedo, a convicted drug trafficker affiliated with the Sinaloa cartel, was killed last Thanksgiving in Los Angeles. Now his son is running the family’s restaurant business and learning about his father’s hidden life working with the infamous El Chapo.

The list of chief candidates reveals who among the LAPD’s top brass angled for the position and sheds light on heavy politicking behind the scenes.

A decade after the death of Salvation Mountain creator Leonard Knight, friends gather to pay tribute and plot how to protect the artwork, which sits on public land.

Video game actors, visual effects artists, animation workers and intimacy coordinators are all making big moves in the Hollywood labor space.

California is now producing so much solar energy that the state must increasingly ask solar farms to stop producing to prevent overloading the electric grid. In the last 12 months, power that would have fueled 518,000 California homes for a year has been curtailed or thrown away.

Amid Southern California’s most seismically active year in decades, some cities have yet to require retrofits of many apartment buildings deemed most at risk of collapse.