Lou Harrison, the beloved California composer, would have turned 100 this spring, and arguably the most important centenary event will come Tuesday at Walt Disney Concert Hall with a sold-out staged ...

To the editor: Having grown up in Van Nuys in a family that had been in the Los Angeles area since the 1930s, I was typically not surprised by earthquakes — that is, until the Sylmar earthquake on Feb ...

LOS ANGELESLOS ANGELES — A disastrous earthquake that struck Los Angeles a half-century ago is being remembered for spawning improvements in seismic safety and research. The 50th anniversary of the ...

SYLMAR, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Twelve seconds of shaking that felt like a lifetime. The Sylmar earthquake woke Southern California up to the dangers of construction that could not stand up to the 6.6 ...

The deadly Feb. 9, 1971 Sylmar earthquake rattled Southern California, leaving dozens of people dead, causing more than $500 million in property damage and raised fears of a potentially devastating ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A disastrous earthquake that struck Los Angeles a half-century ago is being remembered for spawning improvements in seismic safety and research. The 50th anniversary of the ...