Eight attendees and several Times staffers gathered at the Elysian Park West Loop trailhead on a crisp but glorious morning. We did a few stretches to warm up and then set out to explore Los Angeles’ ...

Hi — I’m Deborah Vankin, a wellness writer for the L.A. Times. I’m not sure about you, but 2025 has been a whopper of a year so far. Especially since the fires in January forced us indoors, robbing us ...

Southern California is packed with popular parks that attract crowds year-round. But tucked inside these well-known spots are hidden trails that offer... The post 5 Hidden Trails Inside Popular ...

Griffith may be the city’s largest, but Elysian Park (835 Academy Rd., L.A., 213-485-5054 or laparks.org) is its oldest: Mayor E.F. Spence dedicated it in 1886. To walk beneath the wild date palms ...

The full moon, yoga and hiking: nonprofit We Explore Earth hosts regular events to bring people together outdoors, both those who grew up hiking and those who didn’t. The next event is Sunday in ...

It was 2016, and William Vazquez had an epiphany while hiking along a river. He wanted to expose people who didn’t grow up hiking to the outdoors, while nurturing a sense of responsibility to take ...

Invasive plants are a pervasive issue across California’s public lands, with volunteer groups and public agencies up and down the state working to remove nonnative plants from the landscape by pulling ...

Ever since I moved to Echo Park 15 years ago, I’ve been living with and utterly failing to come to terms with the huge landmass that is Elysian Park. Most of L.A. only thinks it knows what’s here—cops ...

ELYSIAN PARK, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Lowriders ended up in Pasadena Sunday after they said their annual Cinco de Mayo event got shut down by law enforcement in Elysian Park. The Los Angeles Police ...