A pedestrian passes Wednesday by the old Hawthorne Plaza in Hawthorne that has been closed for decades. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) Hawthorne city officials are fed up with the owners of ...

A judge ordered owners of the long- abandoned Hawthorne Plaza mall to secure the site and step up safety measures while devising a plan to either redevelop or demolish it. It's the latest in an ...

Graffiti is scrawled on the walls. Light fixtures have been torn out. The roof is partially collapsed and code violations abound – from plumbing to electrical. Welcome to Hawthorne Plaza, an ...

Editor’s note: Ron Sokol has been interested in the future of the long-abandoned Hawthorne Plaza. After reaching out to Robert Kim, Hawthorne’s city attorney, about the status of a lawsuit over the ...

Redevelop Hawthorne Plaza or it will be demolished, judge tells property owner The owner of the ill-fated shopping center, who did not return requests for comment, was ordered by a judge to demolish ...