The popular Griffith Park pony rides will close later this month after 74 years of operation, authorities said on Monday, Dec. 5, and the owner of Griffith Park Pony Rides and Petting Zoo blamed ...

George Mandella, 51, of Pasadena holds up his phone while playing the "Ghosts in the Machine: The Old Zoo" mobile game at old Griffith Park Zoo. (Kayla Bartkowski / Los Angeles Times) The remains of ...

GRIFFITH PARK, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A confrontation took place on the last day of operation of the iconic Pony Rides and Petting Zoo at Griffith Park. It was animal rights advocates versus those in ...

The owner of Griffith Park's longtime pony rides attraction defended his handling of the horses after Los Angeles parks officials cited a “lack of transparency” into the deaths of four ponies as the ...

Griffith Park, located near West Hollywood, has over 50 miles of hiking trails, including iconic hikes to the Griffith Observatory and the Hollywood Sign, which are notable for being among the best ...

In 1912, the city of Los Angeles petitioned to build a “healthier” zoo in Griffith Park, but funding stalled and they had to make do with a mere fifth of their budget, an inadequate amount to build ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. George Mandella, 51, of Pasadena holds up his phone while playing the "Ghosts in the Machine: The Old Zoo" mobile game at old ...

The remains of the original Griffith Park Zoo are imbued with memories of the past. Forgotten animal pens, decaying cages and stony backdrops now sit in various states of abandonment. It is, in other ...