Skate Park Opens Under the 101 After Eleven Years of Promises
The long-delayed plaza of ledges, banks and a shallow bowl opened Saturday, and the first drop-in went to a man who had waited for it since before his son was born.
Sports
From Hollywood High to the big leagues.
How Hollywood Watches the Dodgers: Back Rooms, Garage Walls, and a Game Left On
Far from the stadium, the neighborhood follows the season in bar back-rooms and on garage projectors, where the game is less an event than a steady summer companion.
On a Saturday Diamond, a Baseball League Where Everybody Bats
An adaptive league pairs children with disabilities and teenage buddies, keeps no standings, and counts a completed lap of the bases as the whole point.
The Runyon Canyon 10K Is Coming Back in June, Organizers Confirm
After a six-year absence, the hill race above Hollywood will return this summer with a capped field, a dawn start and, the organizers promise, the same unforgiving climb.
In the Dead of the Baseball Winter, the Fans Keep the Stove Warm
The stadium sits dark and Opening Day is months off, but at a Hollywood barroom the offseason has rituals all its own.
A Young Sheiks Team Learns on the Fly
Hollywood High opened its basketball season with four sophomores in the rotation and a coach preaching patience, a season built more on next year than this one.
Young and Thin at the Line, Hollywood High Football Bets on a Long Season
The Sheiks return only a handful of starters and are learning a new offense on the fly, but their coach says the roster is bigger than it has been in years.
Souped-Up E-Bikes Turned the Boulevard Into a Racetrack, and a Neighborhood Argument
The teenagers call it the cheapest sport in town. Residents call the nightly packs of modified electric bikes a menace. Enforcement is stuck between them.
A Summer Three-on-Three Tournament Turns a Playground Court Into a Bracket
For one weekend, a neighborhood asphalt court gets a scoreboard, a sign-up sheet and a champion, at a three-on-three tournament run on a shoestring.
A Hollywood High Distance Runner Peaks at the Right Time for League Finals
After a season of running alone off the front, a Sheiks junior enters the league championships as a favorite in the 1,600 — and says the trick was learning to slow down in practice.
