9:38 a.m. July 3, 2025: A previous version of this story said the city plans to build two smaller new pools and a splash pad. The plan is to build one smaller new pool and a “training pool” splash pad ...

Hikers carefully find an opening along a fence at Griffith Park on Dec. 6. Some of them are angry about the barriers, saying they're an eyesore. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) Pete Teti, who was ...

The city of Los Angeles got in touch with its inner child on Thursday, Aug. 21 when its Department of Recreation and Parks approved the purchase of a 99-year-old inoperative merry-go-round at a price ...

The city of Los Angeles’ Recreation and Parks Department is planning on buying the historic carousel that entertained children and celebrities for nearly a century in Griffith Park. On Thursday, Aug.

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 ...

With an increasing focus on flying above the city’s problems, a new idea took hold: building an aerial tramway over Griffith Park, the 4,000-acre refuge set in the middle of the city. The 1960s-era ...