“Have a great ride!” shouted an enthusiastic Jeremy Hollis to his son, 4-year-old Bennett, who clung to a slightly bigger pony than usual at the Griffith Park Pony Rides Wednesday morning, Dec. 21.

In a move that will make kids cry, Griffith Park’s historic, 74 year-old pony ride attraction is being shuttered as the city declined to renew its contract, Steve Weeks, who runs the rides, announced ...

Parents and their children waited in lines to make one more memory at Griffith Park as its iconic pony ride is now at the end of its trail. "Oh my gosh, that is terrible," said father Jose Miranda who ...

CITY HALL - Avoiding the use of idioms about dead horses being beaten, we will note that it was after 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning when City Council voted to move away from allowing pony rides and ...

GRIFFITH PARK, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A confrontation took place on the last day of operation of the iconic Pony Rides and Petting Zoo at Griffith Park. It was animal rights advocates versus those in ...

When Los Angeles authorities declared the popular pony rides at Griffith Park would close forever three days before Christmas, animal rights activists blamed it on extreme neglect of the ponies by the ...

Vivian Tognazzini smiles as she rides a pony at Waller Park in the Santa Maria Valley. Pony rides have been provided at the park since the late 1960s, hosting generations of youngsters. Credit: Janene ...

It’s been a long time coming for Linda Aldrich, operator of the pony rides-for-kids attraction that was a longtime fixture at Howarth Park in Santa Rosa up until 2020. Early on that year, the COVID-19 ...