The La Brea Tar Pits said they closed the museum and halted admissions for the day. The La Brea Tar Pits closed early after ...

The La Brea Tar Pits are a group of natural asphalt pools in the Miracle Mile neighborhood of Los Angeles. In the middle of the nation’s second-largest city, millions of fossils of animals that were ...

LA PUENTE, Calif. (KABC) -- If you really want to learn about the ancient history of the L.A. area, you visit the La Brea Tar Pits and museum in the mid-city area. Now, students can learn about the ...

The La Brea Tar Pits – home to more than 3.5 million Ice Age fossils – is one of the planet’s best-kept records of what it was like in the area we now know as Southern California over the last 60,000 ...

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Eight young people were taken to the hospital Tuesday from the La Brea Tar Pits. (Carolina A. Miranda / Los Angeles Times) Eight high school students on a school trip at the La Brea Tar Pits were ...

Though it might be one of the more historically iconic L.A. tourist destinations–on par with Randy’s Donuts, Norm’s Coffee, and the Hollywood sign–the La Brea Tar Pits is also potentially one of the ...