Established in 1999, Red Line Tours was first to offer access to story-rich walking tour experiences of Los Angeles’ neighborhoods on a regular daily basis.  In partnership with Williams Sound, we reinvented how our guests experience walking tours with our ground breaking “Live Audio” system overcoming the problem of street noise and improving your connection with our guides.   From the beginning, our mission has been for visitors and locals alike to re-envision Los Angeles by nudging them toward “a road less traveled” and weighing our experiences heavily on story and activating all your senses.

Tony Hoover (founder)

Born and raised in South Bend, Indiana, Tony Hoover studied fine art at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana and was heavily influenced by the post industrial Mid-West, cities, architecture and public art.  In the 1970s South Bend was in a steep decline and Chicago, 90 minutes outside of South Bend, was booming.  South Bend’s decline and Chicago’s boom heavily influenced Tony’s curiosity about cities, their stories and reshaping their futures.  Arriving to Los Angeles in the 1990’s Tony saw Los Angeles as he did Chicago of the 1970s – a city preparing to boom and with thousands of stories yet to be told.

Michael Hernandez (founder)

Born and native Angelino, Michael Hernandez began his adult career in non-profit but would later have a career change that would fit with his passion for Los Angeles!   While exploring and appreciating the diversity that Los Angeles has to offer, in 2009 Michael decided to leave the non-profit world so that he could work for Red Line Tours, this would allow him to put his city on display for tourists from all around the globe.  With all its diverse culture, its Pulitzer prize-winning architecture, its colorful outdoor murals and its Hollywood dream, Los Angeles had become his museum.