Thursday will mark the end of a movie-going era in Westwood, when the curtains fall on the village's two 1930s-era movie houses. Regency Theatres' Westwood Village and Bruin theaters will close ...

“If there was a movie opening, everyone headed to Westwood ... Gang violence was surging in L.A., and in 1988 it jolted Westwood Village. A 27-year-old woman named Karen Toshima was taking ...

A memorial service was held Friday at Los Angeles' Westwood Village Memorial Park, the cemetery where she was laid to rest Benjamin VanHoose is a Staff Editor on the Movies team at PEOPLE.