Free: Griffith Observatory Sunset Walk ... It's Griffith Observatory, and the beautiful, chaparral-laden park that it has called home for over 81 years.

Griffith Observatory at sunset. After a baron donated the park, he left money for the observatory and Greek Theatre. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) By Chris Erskine Columnist .

Times reader “phreader” captured this photo of L.A.’s iconic Griffith Observatory during a recent trip. “Visited family in L.A. in mid-January and caught 85-degree weather, fantastic ...

Savor a Sunset Set Straight From Griffith Observatory Magic hour vibes will add loveliness to the musical livestream, which kicks off LA Tourism's new #StartYourComeback initiative.

Griffith Park has reopened to the public, a little over a week after the Sunset fire broke out in the area. The 4,210-acre park and its sprawling network of hiking trails opened at 8 a.m. Thursday ...

Councilman Tom LaBonge hikes Griffith Park daily, inviting the community to come out in large numbers with him at each change of season. But instead of a Winter Solstice hike, he leads an annual ...

It’s getting easier to visit Griffith Park without driving. DASH, Los Angeles’s city bus system, merged two bus routes Monday, ensuring more frequent service between the Vermont/Sunset subway ...

The Griffith Observatory DASH will run from noon to 10 p.m. during the week and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekends, with buses coming every 20 minutes.

Photo: savemejebus via Flickr Councilmember Tom LaBonge, who represents Griffith Park, loves loves loves to hike and be in what he calls the greatest park in the world. Often, he holds hikes with ...

But there’s a lot more to the park than that. Casey Schreiner, founder and editor of the blog Modern Hiker, is out with the first in-depth guide to the thousands of acres at Griffith Park. It’s called ...

It’s an observatory, planetarium, and exhibition space that has been free to the public since it opened in 1935, built with a bequest from industrialist and philanthropist Griffith J. Griffith.