Hollywood meets La Jolla: When the stars escaped to the sea

By the mid-20th century, Hollywood’s elite discovered La Jolla as a perfect getaway from studio pressures and public scrutiny ...

Fire destroys iconic Hollywood motel from ‘LA Confidential’ as man breaks window to escape blaze: cops

The fire came just weeks after the Cultural Heritage Commission voted to consider the site as a possible landmark.
FOX 11 Los Angeles

Historic Hollywood landmark burns down

A second fire in three months destroyed the century-old Hollywood Center Motel on Sunset Boulevard, leaving the long-vacant ...

Historic Hollywood motel where rock icons stayed and movies were filmed goes up in flames

The 120-year-old Hollywood Center Motel was destroyed in a fire just weeks after the Cultural Heritage Commission voted to ...
SFGate

The tree near LA's Hollywood sign that Hugh Hefner spent $1M to save

The lone pine tree stands sentinel over Los Angeles from its 1,690-foot perch on Burbank Peak, right at the western edge of the city’s largest green space. The mythology around the tree grew following ...