It was 1961, Bob Baker was looking for a place for him and his beloved marionettes to call their own. Handcrafted and each with its own distinctive “personality,” the Bob Baker Marionette Theater was ...

The museum in Bob Baker’s Huntington Beach home has decades of memorabilia relating to the fire service. There’s an old speaking trumpet, a leather fire helmet and axe from the 1890s and an aluminum ...

The all-things-puppetry extravaganza that is the yearly Bob Baker Day at Chinatown’s Los Angeles State Historic Park has landed on its themes and parade-leading grand marshal for its 2025 edition, set ...

Doubling the grins, doubling the guffaws, and doubling the delight a kid discovers in a particularly fun and festive stage show? Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. It sounds ...

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There’s no need to pull any strings to get into this festival because it’s free. But you may want to pull some strings while at the festival because it’s all about celebrating a late puppet master.

Theater marquees have always been designed to attract your attention and get you to come inside and L.A.’s newest is one of the flashiest. A glorious new neon confection was unveiled at the Bob Baker ...