Without distractions, you notice more – the sound of a city street, the feel of the air, the way the light changes in the ...

Los Angeles (CNN) — Griffith Park is a massive, mountainous, wild oasis in the middle of the dense urban sprawl characterizing much of this fabled city. Yet its identity is still very LA — fun ...

Dr. Ed Krupp, Director of the Griffith Observatory, poses with a 90th birthday cake for the Observatory on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. The Observatory opened its doors to the public in 1935.

Griffith Observatory held a party on Wednesday, May 14, celebrating its 90th anniversary, and the leaders who make sure the observatory will live on praised its importance to Los Angeles and to the ...

Join the free celebration of the observatory with the iconic views this Wednesday.

The Griffith Observatory was the perfect place to welcome spring. It’s an observatory, planetarium, and exhibition space that has been free to the public since it opened in 1935, built with a bequest ...

Dr. David Reitzel Astronomical Lecturer for the Griffith Observatory’ points out the sun moving during the start of the Spring Equinox Thursday, Los Angeles CA. March 20, 2025.

The Griffith Observatory invited the public to join them on Thursday to welcome the start of spring, also known as the vernal equinox. A popular event, it drew a crowd to this annual moment when ...