This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Beating the odds is, by its nature, very difficult. For Heather Peggs and George Igoe, the odds happened to be in ...

To get a sense of what Griffith J. Griffith achieved for Los Angeles, all you have to do is hike up to the summit of Mount Hollywood, the second-highest point in the 4,210-acre urban wilderness park ...

As temperatures cool and skies clear in August, stargazing in California offers a front-row seat to meteor showers, constellations and even glimpses of the Milky Way. Whether you’re looking for a ...

Scenes of nebulas in the Milky Way, a cluster of galaxies and thousands of new asteroids are a teaser of how the U.S.-funded observatory on a mountain in Chile will transform astronomy. In this image ...

LOS ANGELES — From the Griffith Observatory, a landmark perched on a hilltop 1,000 feet above sea level, Joe and Jolene McGuire had a prime view of this vast city, and they couldn’t see what their ...

This month's full Strawberry Moon rides low across the southern sky via livestream on June 11. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

We all know that fun in Southern California can be costly, from Disneyland tickets that can leave a family of four out of $700, to Dodger dogs and other sports stadium food that’ll leave you telling ...

Los Angeles (CNN) — Griffith Park is a massive, mountainous, wild oasis in the middle of the dense urban sprawl characterizing much of this fabled city. Yet its identity is still very LA — fun, sunny ...

Editor’s Note: “My Happy Place,” a CNN Original Series following celebrities on deeply personal journeys, airs Sundays at 10 p.m. ET/PT. CNN also tapped its anchors and correspondents to share their ...

Griffith Observatory held a party on Wednesday, May 14, celebrating its 90th anniversary, and the leaders who make sure the observatory will live on praised its importance to Los Angeles and to the ...