Before the Hollywood sign was cordoned off by an elaborate security system in 1994, it was relatively easy to scurry up the hillside and alter those nine letters to send a different sort of message.

HOLLYWOOD — Someone has managed to modify the famed Hollywood sign to read “Hollyweed ... been targeted in a possible prank or act of vandalism. Danny Finegood, who passed away in 2007 ...

Shelby Grad, an editor with the Los Angeles Times, tweeted out a brief history of the Hollywood sign being vandalized, noting that this is not the first time the letters have been changed to read ...

By Arlene Washington The year 2017 is already starting on a high note. The famed Hollywood sign was vandalized early Sunday morning to read “Hollyweed.” In an apparent New Year’s prank ...

Tags similar to those on Los Angeles' iconic graffiti towers have appeared in another unlikely place in the City of Angels: ...

The Hollywood sign is an American landmark that’s come to symbolize glamour and the larger-than-life entertainment business. While it was erected in 1923, it’s seen many changes over the years ...

The Hollywood sign is LA's monument to the entertainment ... And people could get up to the sign a lot easier back then. So a lot of vandalism and crazy things went on up there, especially in ...

Subsequently, under the governance of the 1978 established Hollywood Sign Trust, the looming letters have been painted, secured, vandalized, fenced in and transformed for local commemorations like ...

Actress Gal Gadot's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was vandalized with messages calling her a "baby killer," referencing ...

Betsy Isroelit with the Hollywood Sign Trust told CNN that the last time the sign was vandalized to read “Hollyweed” was in 1976. Vandals have altered the sign several times over the years.

LOS ANGELES - Israeli actress Gal Gadot's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was reportedly vandalized with the words "baby ...