During a decade as a janitor at a US border station, Tom Kiefer gathered the trash left behind by thousands of undocumented immigrants, piecing together the histories of those who arrived seeking a better life. "The American Dream," at Los Angeles' Skirball Cultural Center through March, displays more than 100 photographs of these remnants, which the artist collected in secret at the Ajo, Arizona station between 2003 and 2014.

For most outsiders, Los Angeles is all about Hollywood, palm trees and sunny skies. But the huge metropolis that is home to nearly four million people is also the largest urban oil field in the country. Hundreds of active oil wells sit in densely populated and mostly low-income neighbourhoods of the county, butting up against schools, homes, parks, shopping malls or cemeteries.

Singer Rihanna was among the stars who descended on Los Angeles' fabled Hollywood Boulevard on Thursday night for the world premiere of "Queen & Slim," a thriller about a black couple on the run after they kill a white policeman in self-defense.

A new California wildfire has destroyed homes in a wealthy Los Angeles neighborhood and forced thousands to evacuate. Meanwhile, a local power company says its lines may have sparked two fires near San Francisco.

People stand in support of Hong Kong's anti-government protesters outside the Staples Center in Los Angeles as the NBA season starts. American basketball and China have been locked in a war of words after the Houston Rockets General Manager Ray Moury tweeted support for Hong Kong's pro-democracy activists during a pre-season tour of China earlier this month.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks about the need for residents to away from areas under an evacuation order.

Actor Kevin Hart suffered major injuries in a car accident in Los Angeles early on Sunday morning, the California Highway Patrol said.

Inside the Los Angeles high school specially designed for teenage mums.

Thousands of people streamed into a public memorial in Los Angeles on Thursday for slain rapper Nipsey Hussle, who was gunned down in the city last month.

Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief Emeritus Matt Winkler examines the economic boom of Los Angeles, California and the factors that set its economy apart from other major U.S. cities.

Grammy-nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle was shot and killed outside his clothing store in south Los Angeles on Sunday.

Angelina Jolie and her kids stole the show on Monday night when they turned up for the world premiere of Disney's new "Dumbo" movie in Los Angeles.