The Watts Towers are considered 'at risk' -- in desperate need of restoration. We take a closer look at the art and science of saving the iconic sculptures.

The Watts Towers gained a bit of national recognition this week, but not for a happy reason: The outdoor sculpture composed of salvaged steel, seashells, tile, glass, wire mesh, and concrete by ...

Cities have always been a complex mix of splendor and squalor, darkness and light, comfort and fear, art and ashes.It’s about the same today no matter wherever you look: San Francisco, London ...

A small altar bloomed in the shadow of the Watts Towers, beneath a large butcher-paper sign painted with the words “From Watts with love: RIP Ermias Nipsey Hussle Asghedom.”Kneeling on … ...

Responding to years of criticism from conservationists that the city of Los Angeles has botched its efforts to preserve the historic Watts Towers, the California Department of Parks and Recreation ...

Simon Rodia, 90, Italian-born tile setter who built the controversial Watts Towers here to express his appreciation for his adopted country, died Saturday in Martinez, Calif.

Aerial view of the Children’s Institute campus in Watts. Simon Rodia’s Watts Towers are located nearby. (Oltmans Construction Co./Courtesy Children’s Institute) Corrugated metal clad ...

Man, Zev Yaroslavsky's bloggers have the scoop on all the good city landmarks (like the Hall of Justice), and now that LACMA's offered to help out with the Watts Towers, they take a trip to visit ...

If a Los Angeles group backed by Tony Hawk has its way, young skaters will soon be kick-flipping and airwalking in the shadows of Watts Towers, a cultural landmark located in an emerging but still ...