Karen Carpenter and her brother Richard moved to Downey with their parents in 1963 and shortly after formed a jazz group called the Richard Carpenter Trio.

DOWNEY, CALIF. – Karen Carpenter, 32, the silky-voiced singer, who with her brother, Richard, recorded some of the biggest hits of the 1970s, died yesterday after collapsing at her parents’ home.

DOWNEY, Calif. – Fans of The Carpenters now have something else to be down about besides rainy days and Mondays. The owners of Karen and Richard Carpenter’s former home – the hous… ...

He was 13 when he first saw the woman who changed his life. She was already dead. Randy Schmidt sat perched on his mother’s couch in Cordell, Okla., transfixed by the haunting voice flowing t… ...

DOWNEY, Calif. (KABC) -- Michelle Berting Brett and her producer husband created a musical show called "We've Only Just Begun: Carpenters Remembered" to pay tribute to the beloved duo. Karen ...