The city of Los Angeles got in touch with its inner child on Thursday, Aug. 21 when its Department of Recreation and Parks approved the purchase of a 99-year-old inoperative merry-go-round at a price ...

9:38 a.m. July 3, 2025: A previous version of this story said the city plans to build two smaller new pools and a splash pad. The plan is to build one smaller new pool and a “training pool” splash pad ...

The city of Los Angeles’ Recreation and Parks Department is planning on buying the historic carousel that entertained children and celebrities for nearly a century in Griffith Park. On Thursday, Aug.

The Griffith Park merry-go-round is in need of repairs but is one of the only four-across merry-go-rounds of its type still in existence. (Solomon O. Smith / For The Times) The Griffith Park carousel ...