This is the first in a series of columns I plan to write about hidden treasures you can visit in Southern California. They’re unique, interesting and sometimes wacky, but all of them are worth seeing.

When the founder of Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale first came to see the site in the 1910s, San Fernando Road was "an unpaved road where vehicles mired down when it rained and sank deep in dust ...

A few fans and plenty of media trucks from around the world are camped outside the cemetery that’ll likely become Michael Jackson’s final resting place. KPCC’s Molly Peterson is in the San Fernando ...

Forest Lawn Memorial-Park Association is one of the few names in the cemetery and funeral industry with a brand on par with its best-known customers. Show business royalty like Lucille Ball, Clark ...