Sources: ABC
"The Salesman" directed by Asghar Farhadi won Best Foreign Language Film. Farhadi and other film crew did not attend the ceremony in protest of Donald Trump's visa ban. First Iranian in space Anousheh Ansari and scienist Firouz Naderi attended in place of Farhadi. 2017-02-26
Viola Davis wins the Best Supporting Actress for her role in "Fences". 2017-02-26
The board for the US$1 billion Lucas Museum of Narrative Art announces it will construct the museum in Los Angeles, California. 2017-01-10
Ex National Football League player Darren Sharper is sentenced to 20 years in prison for drugging and raping two women in the American city of Los Angeles, California. Sharper has been accused of attacking a dozen women across the United States. 2016-11-29
The Los Angeles City Council votes to increase the minimum wage in the American city of Los Angeles, California, to $15 an hour by 2020. 2015-05-19
The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards for television programs broadcast in the United States are held in Los Angeles with "Mad Men" winning the outstanding drama series and "Modern Family" winning the Outstanding Comedy. 2011-09-18
US rapper M-Bone, of the hip hop group Cali Swag District, is killed in a drive-by shooting in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood. 2011-05-15
Italian film producer Dino De Laurentiis ("Serpico", "Death Wish") dies in Los Angeles, California ending a movie career that spanned seven decades in both the United States and Italy. 2010-11-10
United States rapper T.I. and his wife singer Tameka Cottle are arrested on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles for illegal drug possession. 2010-09-1