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Troy Adams is widely regarded as the creator of FusionDesign, an amalgam of American, European, and Asian design aesthetics and sensibilities. Now the Los Angeles–based interior designer has opened Studio Becker by Troy Adams Design, a by-appointment, state-of-the-art kitchen, bath, and home design showroom described as an e-ticket attraction for ...

The Dorchester Collection, a luxury hotel brand with eight properties from Los Angeles to London, is adding the famed Hotel Bel-Air to its five-star repertoire. Reopened this month after a two-year restoration, the hotel added 12 new accommodations, a fitness studio, a restaurant helmed by Wolfgang Puck, and a 4,134-square-foot ...

At the Los Angeles offices of Thornton Tomessti, a bright design celebrates no only solid structural engineering, but also organization and work-flow. When you walk into the Los Angeles offices of Thornton Tomessti , an international engineering company, it's hard not to notice the floating reception desk situated in front of a bright green mural bearing the company's name.

The trial of Dr. Conrad Murray, the physician charged in Michael Jackson's death, has opened in a Los Angeles court.

News that the porn film star who tested HIV-positive last week and shut down Los Angeles’ billion-dollar industry does not have the virus raises questions about incorrect test results.

My first city was Conan Doyle’s London, in the company of Holmes and Watson. My mother gave me a two-volume omnibus edition when I was 10

Hollywood seems to have caught alien fever. In the past few months, a slew of big-budget alien movies has hit theaters, from kiddie flicks ("Mars Needs Moms") to comedies ("Paul") to high-octane action films ("Battle: Los Angeles," "Green Lantern" and the just-released " Cowboys & Aliens ," among others).

A Los Angeles judge has given troubled actress Lindsay Lohan 21 days to seek psychological treatment. Her attorney, Shawn Chapman Holley, says her client can't afford to pay for counseling

The Los Angeles Unified School District is taking a stand against child obesity, becoming the nation's largest school system to stop serving sugar-laden flavored milk.

Wolf Kahn’s breathtaking, colorful landscapes hang in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), but the German-born painter’s next gallery show, Color & Consequence, will be a lot more intimate. It opened at the Ameringer McEnery Yohe gallery on June 2. ...

A retrospective of Tim Burton , last year's Cannes jury president, comes to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. "The show allows Tim's work to be seen in the broadest context of creative activity," says curator Britt Salvesen

Forty-six days after being beaten nearly to death at the LA Dodgers' opening game, 42-year-old Bryan Stow was transferred from a critical care unit in Los Angeles to San Francisco General, nearer his home in Santa Cruz. Bill Whitaker reports on the ongoing search for his attackers.

"Jessie's Girl" singer arrested in Los Angeles on suspicious of drunk driving

Toscana has long been a favorite gathering place for power brokers, epicures, entertainment personalities, and residents of the Los Angeles neighborhood of Brentwood. For more than two decades, these loyal patrons have flocked to the contemporary trattoria to enjoy its casual atmosphere and the flavorful output of its wood-burning oven. ...

When Eddia Mirharooni was an architect in his native Iran, he designed an innovative suspended roof that appeared to float above the walls on sheets of glass.