Councilmember James Mai raises the idea of a city-owned columbarium. The council plans to discuss that idea Tuesday, Jan. 13.

With a great sense of history and “without spectacle,” he wrote about the gravesites of Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Liberace, Al ...

How did the rapper, still omnipresent three decades after his death, come to rest in a Lumberton grave? Journalist Jeff Pearlman went down to Robeson County to find out. This is an excerpt from the ...

BAY VILLAGE, Ohio -- Underground work is nearly completed on the city’s 1.3 million-gallon sewer storage tank being constructed north of Wolf Road, across from Bay Middle School. Jeff Filarski, an ...

The Bean Family Farm in Westwood has some serious agricultural pedigree. The first farmer in the family, John MacBean, arrived in New England from England in 1652, according to Chuck Bean, the ...

This post was updated Dec. 1 at 10:32 a.m. When Tara Radmard arrived in Westwood as an incoming first-year student, her first stop was not UCLA. It was the Westwood Village Theater. “When you walk in, ...

The Directors Circle has committed to fundraising to restore and remodel the hundred-year-old movie palace into a multi-purpose screening and event facility. The American Cinematheque will program, ...

Any lauded location that is approaching its centennial has a way of shining brightly at the center of the spotlight, as fans, supporters, and those who grew up visiting the venue pay respectful homage ...

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The Village Directors Circle, the collective of filmmakers Jason Reitman brought together to save the Westwood Village Theatre, has entered into a partnership agreement with American Cinematheque that ...

The team-up is the latest stage in the effort to preserve the architectural gem and create a cultural landmark. By Borys Kit Senior Film Writer The Jason Reitman-led collective of filmmakers that ...

At a moment when some of Los Angeles’ most storied movie houses remain dark — most notably the ArcLight Hollywood and Cinerama Dome — and many others are still fighting through a fragile recovery, one ...