Arts-a-Palooza in San Pedro, local authors on stage at the Burbank Book Festival, hop on two wheels for Octavia’s Bike Ride and more of the best things to do this weekend.

The Dodgers are the first repeat World Series champions since 2000 when the New York Yankees won three in a row. Already, people in Los Angeles are looking ahead to next season to equal the feat.

Thousands of fans lined the streets of downtown Los Angeles for a second year in a row to celebrate another Dodgers’ World Series victory.

Former Los Angeles Lakers player Christian Wood apparently stopped a home invasion at his Sherman Oaks house in broad daylight on Wednesday, Los Angeles police confirmed. Wood fired at the ground as three assailants allegedly tried to break into the back of his house around 1 p.m., police said.

Bruce Willis looked like the multimillion-dollar star he is Thursday in Los Angeles ... as he was snapped enjoying a rare public outing.

Dillon Brooks is questionable for the Suns. He’s missed the last six games with a core muscle strain that was initially diagnosed as right groin soreness. He’s averaging a career-high 19.3 points in the three games he played to start the season with the Suns.

Growing up surrounded by gang violence, Victor Pasillas said the Bay Area taught him how to do more than just survive.

Project Angel Food, a Los Angeles–based nonprofit that provides free, medically tailored meals to residents with serious illnesses, has begun distributing $100 Ralphs grocery gift cards to clients who recently lost federal food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,