Why has the day of All Hallows’ Eve — Hallowe’en — devolved into a day of fun and fear? How was this once-holy day commemorated before it was all commercialized into a scary night? Take a look at some Halloween history:

Just over a month before Bianca Sicilian Trattoria opened in the Arts District, chef and owner Michele Galifi fell off a ladder during construction. Fortunately, from a young age his family instilled in him the values of hard work and dedication.

With 5K runs, participants can often have unique experiences while being active with friends and family members. The Los Muertos 5k on Saturday lets participants commemorate the Day of the Dead while experiencing Downtown LA.

Photographer Brendan North has spent the past decade capturing the energy and spirit of Los Angeles through his lens. On Sept. 26, he opened his first gallery, Monochrome Gallery, showcasing photographs that he feels reflects the city’s culture and glamor.

Halloween in Los Angeles is anything but ordinary. https://t.co/vYQmieKlib.

Los Angeles has become a hub for women redefining the face of business. From entrepreneurs launching startups in to executives leading venture capital firms, women are driving the city’s economic and cultural growth.

For DIAVOLO’s newest venture, “ESCAPE,” there are only three rows of seats set up in L’ESPACE DIAVOLO, the company’s black box performance space near DTLA.

For over 25 years, the Holiday Ice Rink Pershing Square has transformed its corner of Downtown LA into a winter wonderland, a contrast to the everyday experience of Angelenos with the California sun. It returns next month.

Though the 2025 LA2050 Grant Challenge, 55 LA-area nonprofit organizations have received grants totaling nearly $3 million, including three based in Downtown LA.

In just a few weeks, children and adults alike in DTLA will don costumes and celebrate Halloween. Many will go door-to-door, asking for tricks or treats — but only expecting the latter. Here are a few other ways to celebrate the holiday this year.

The city of Los Angeles, alongside 28 other local governments, has filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s attempt to impose unlawful and unrelated conditions on federal emergency and disaster preparedness funds.

The @SusanGKomen Foundation is not just trying to raise awareness for breast cancer. It is trying to cure breast cancer and will not stop until it does.

For more than a decade, PAC LA has been a resource for the photographic as well as entire arts community in LA and beyond. It has continued to grow its membership through curated public and member events throughout the city, online talks and guided travel.

The world premiere of “Paranormal Inside,” a stand-alone sequel to the specter-hunting tale “The Paranormal Brothers,” arrives in time for the Halloween season.

The LA Metro has added four new stops to the A Line, extending its services to Pomona in the San Gabriel Valley for the first time in decades.

The city expects to break ground in October on the $2.6 billion LA Convention Center project, launching an expansion designed to attract larger conventions, boost tourism and support tourism — all in time for the LA Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2028.

A homeless encampment of 40 people under and along the 110 Freeway was cleared last week.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation designed to increase transparency about immigration enforcement presence.

The stages, galleries and concert halls of Downtown Los Angeles are geared up to offer an unforgettable fall for local art lovers.

Chef François Behuet, executive pastry chef and chocolatier, has been named to the 2027 U.S. Pastry Team after an eight-hour long culinary competition held during the Chicago Baking & Pastry Forum.