Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An abandoned Hollywood Hills mansion once occupied by squatters remains an eyesore for neighbors along Mulholland Drive. (Robert ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. How would you explain the Oceanwide graffiti saga to out-of-town visitors? Maybe: "Welcome to L.A.!" (Robert Gauthier / Los ...

Taggers clambered over broken fencing and into a downtown Los Angeles skyscraper Thursday afternoon, brazenly adding their own handiwork to the graffiti already covering at least 27 floors of the ...

In a recent filing, L.A. officials expressed doubt about proposed buyer KPC's ability to finish the project, which is to ...

The Heavens refers to a spot a graffiti writer has to climb in order to paint his piece. Graffiti prohibits no place for its artist to express themselves except for the graveyard and the church. Steve ...

With social media photo-sharing of Los Angeles graffiti going mainstream, some veterans in the local graffiti community remain lukewarm to the idea, which has taken on a life of its own with the ...

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To many, it’s ugly vandalism that blights the city. For others, it can rise to a form of art in the right hands. It’s been used to mark gang turf and as a form of political dissent. Graffiti has been ...

To many, it's ugly vandalism that blights the city. For others, it can rise to a form of art in the right hands. It's been used to mark gang turf and as a form of political dissent. Graffiti has been ...