Llouellynde Orahood's flight from Los Angeles to Dallas has all the makings of a trip from hell, including weather delays, cancellations and almost-missed flights. What could be worse? Having to pay again for the same tickets. Now, neither the airlines nor her online travel agency is willing to help her recover the money she should have never had to spend. Is there any hope for a refund?
The windowless suite on the second floor of the Pacific Palms, a resort 20 miles east of Los Angeles, is prosaically named the NFL Presentation Room. In this sterile bunker, decorated with maps, charts, schematics, architectural models and a wall-mounted flat screen tuned to the NFL Network, Southern California real estate developer Ed Roski greets visitors and lays out his plan to build a gleaming pro football stadium a few miles down the road, where the 57 and 60 freeways intersect in the City of Industry.
Check out the 10-ft. great white cruising the bay where Matthew McConaughey and other celebs hang 10!
The Los Angeles Times' headquarters aptly sits where the U.S. Army corralled camels during the Civil War, when Southern California was a desert with no natural resources.
Celebs will be gifted, feted and spritzed at the Hollywood bash, co-hosted by PEOPLE
Authorities are looking for art thieves who made off with a collection of Andy Warhol paintings from a private residence last week, police in Los Angeles, California, said Friday.
Los Angeles firefighters and city crews worked for several hours Tuesday to rescue one of their own: a 22-ton firetruck that was nearly swallowed by a water-logged sinkhole.
The backdrop to countless movies and television shows, Los Angeles has been reproduced on film more times than any other city on the planet.
My City_My Life producer Laura McGeary writes a diary about her experiences on the road. In this first part the L.A. shoot is caught up in one of the biggest news stories of the year.
Here are a few tips on separating truth from fiction in Los Angeles, the city of dreamers.
Llouellynde Orahood's flight from Los Angeles to Dallas has all the makings of a trip from hell, including weather delays, cancellations and almost-missed flights. What could be worse? Having to pay again for the same tickets. Now, neither the airlines nor her online travel agency is willing to help her recover the money she should have never had to spend. Is there any hope for a refund?
The windowless suite on the second floor of the Pacific Palms, a resort 20 miles east of Los Angeles, is prosaically named the NFL Presentation Room. In this sterile bunker, decorated with maps, charts, schematics, architectural models and a wall-mounted flat screen tuned to the NFL Network, Southern California real estate developer Ed Roski greets visitors and lays out his plan to build a gleaming pro football stadium a few miles down the road, where the 57 and 60 freeways intersect in the City of Industry.
Check out the 10-ft. great white cruising the bay where Matthew McConaughey and other celebs hang 10!
The Los Angeles Times' headquarters aptly sits where the U.S. Army corralled camels during the Civil War, when Southern California was a desert with no natural resources.
Celebs will be gifted, feted and spritzed at the Hollywood bash, co-hosted by PEOPLE
Authorities are looking for art thieves who made off with a collection of Andy Warhol paintings from a private residence last week, police in Los Angeles, California, said Friday.
Los Angeles firefighters and city crews worked for several hours Tuesday to rescue one of their own: a 22-ton firetruck that was nearly swallowed by a water-logged sinkhole.
The backdrop to countless movies and television shows, Los Angeles has been reproduced on film more times than any other city on the planet.
My City_My Life producer Laura McGeary writes a diary about her experiences on the road. In this first part the L.A. shoot is caught up in one of the biggest news stories of the year.
Here are a few tips on separating truth from fiction in Los Angeles, the city of dreamers.
Since he opened his first restaurant in the heart of Beverly Hills in the early eighties, Wolfgang Puck has gone on to become a household name in the U.S.
Mark Frauenfelder is a writer, illustrator and sometime ukulele player. The 48-year-old moved to Los Angeles over 20 years ago with his wife -- a native of the city -- to work as an editor on the technology magazine Wired and went on to co-found bOING bOING magazine.
Los Angeles Film Festival (June 18 -- 28) Since the Oscars are a closed shop to the general public, turning up in L.A. for the biggest night in the movie calendar -- unless you happen to be on the guest list -- is pretty much a non-starter.
Looking for cheap airfares for your big trip abroad but suffering from search fatigue? When all else fails, try one of these tested strategies.
Even if they couldn't be at the Staples Center, Michael Jackson fans across the country gathered to mark the pop sensation's memorial. They packed a diner in Houston, Texas, streamed into a Fort Pierce, Florida, movie theater and amassed beneath a JumboTron in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Randy and La Toya Jackson are among those at Forest Lawn burial ground on eve of big memorial
Three people were killed and at least seven wounded Saturday in a drive-by shooting at a motorcycle club fundraiser in California, authorities said.
• Ashlee Simpson-Wentz took a day off from mommy duties for a grown-up shopping trip to Alice + Olivia on Robertson Boulevard in Los Angeles. The star was in great spirits as she shopped with a pal and tried on clothes. And Simpson-Wentz clearly liked what she saw: She walked out with bags of clothing. Also shopping at the same time: Jennifer Love Hewitt.
A chain-reaction wreck involving at least 15 vehicles Wednesday morning stopped northbound traffic on Interstate 15 in San Bernardino County, California, police said.
Finding one of the newest hot spots for dining in Los Angeles may require Twittering and a GPS, because the locations of the Kogi trucks are always changing.
Beyoncé, Britney and Posh face off to see who makes the most believable officer
In the worst job market in 25 years, job seekers are doing whatever it takes to find work, even if that means moving across the country.
• Avril Lavigne and hubby Deryck Whibley supported pal Britney Spears at her L.A. show at the Staples Center. Seated 20 rows back, the two rocked out for the night with some friends who accompanied them. "They were enjoying the show," says an onlooker. "They looked really cute together." The twosome slipped out right before the encore and headed in the backstage direction.
Brenda Gardenhire shows off her new home with pride. It looks like an oversized shopping cart covered with a khaki canvas. But to her, it's "wonderful" -- a stepping stone to get her off the streets and get her life back in order.
He had a rough life during the Ice Age, walking around with a couple of broken ribs and a possibly cancerous lesion on his jaw before dying at a young age.
How long did it take you to get a taxi last time you tried? If it was longer than 20 minutes, then chances are you live in the sticks or were calling on a busy Friday or Saturday night.
Across the city, Angelenos fuel up at gleaming, brightly painted taco trucks for a dinner or late-night snack of tortas, quesadillas and burritos (but mostly tacos). Here are a few of the best trucks.
The pop star serves as special guest with the mayor for a gala holiday ceremony
Wildfires driven by hurricane-strength winds tore through Southern California on Saturday for the second day in a row, destroying hundreds of homes, displacing thousands of people and forcing freeway closures and rotating blackouts.
Jheryl Busby, the former president and chief executive of Motown Records who helped foster the careers of Boyz II Men and Johnny Gill, has died
Firefighters Thursday extinguished all "visible" flames of a small wildfire that broke out near an upscale section of Los Angeles.
Mr. Blackwell, the acerbic designer whose annual worst-dressed list skewered the fashion felonies of celebrities from Zsa Zsa Gabor to Britney Spears, has died. He was 86
Mandatory evacuations were lifted Wednesday for many parts of the Los Angeles area threatened by wildfires as diminishing winds made firefighters' jobs easier.
Los Angeles fire officials say they're worried that nighttime winds could push two major wildfires, which already are blamed in two deaths, closer to pricey neighborhoods on the Pacific coast.
Officials are close to lifting the evacuation orders for thousands of people that fled raging wildfires that have torched more than 20,000 acres of Southern California terrain, Los Angeles mayor said Tuesday.
Powerful gusts stoked three major wildfires in Southern California that have charred nearly 12,000 acres
Fire officials prepared late Sunday for rapid growth of a wildfire blazing 20 miles north of downtown with the expected arrival of strong, dry wind gusts overnight.
What do "30 Rock" and "Entourage" have in common, outside of their showbiz theme? Their settings -- some of the hottest venues in New York and L.A., respectively -- make for great places to visit. And what better time to venture into TV land than with the start of the fall television season? Pack your bags for a weekend of sightseeing and clubbing ... camera crew optional.
If the White Sox (87-74) beat the Tigers on Monday in a makeup game at 2:05 p.m. EDT, they would be tied with the Twins (88-74). If that happens, the Twins would travel to Chicago for a one-game tiebreaker on Tuesday at 7:37 p.m. EDT. If the White Sox lose to the Tigers, the Twins would win the AL Central.
A metro train and a bus collided Friday, injuring at least 15 people near downtown Los Angeles, officials said.
Emergency crews found more victims early Saturday, boosting the death toll to 18, as they delicately picked apart the mangled wreckage of a commuter train that collided head-on with a freight train on the same track
• Salma Hayek, singing "Happy Birthday" in Spanish to friend Daya Fernandez – who founded the popular L.A. game Hollywood Domino – during her birthday bash at The Stork in Los Angeles. When she wasn't with the guest of honor, Hayek mingled with girlfriends in the lounge's bell tower. Meanwhile, Orlando Bloom stuck close to girlfriend Miranda Kerr – but still added his voice to the "Happy Birthday" chorus. Among the other celebrity revelers: Leonardo DiCaprio.
The sponsor of a proposal to rein in aggressive celebrity photographers is meeting resistance from Los Angeles' top cop, who says the law is not needed when celebrities just behave.
Weary of the scrums of photographers chasing celebs at the airport, on the beach and through the streets, some Los Angeles-area leaders are contemplating tougher regulations
iReporters across the Los Angeles area felt a magnitude 5.4 earthquake that struck east of the city at 11:42 a.m.
A magnitude-5.4 earthquake shook the Los Angeles metropolitan area Tuesday, leaving residents rattled but causing no serious damage or injuries.
Preliminary information from the U.S. Geological Survey estimated the quake at magnitude 5.8, centered 29 miles east-southeast of downtown Los Angeles
The Los Angeles City Council has approved a one-year moratorium on new fast-food restaurants in a low-income area of the city
Joel Stein checks out L.A.'s hot liberal fund-raising scene -- and falls for The Fall Guy's girl
The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to ban plastic shopping bags from stores, beginning July 1, 2010
A rediscovered film from 1961 offers an incisive portrait of Native Americans in L.A.
• Cameron Diaz, beaming with a post-workout glow after hitting the gym in Beverly Hills. The fitness buff has been stepping out recently with British model Paul Sculfor.
Firefighters took advantage of cooler temperatures and higher humidity overnight to help containin a blaze burning through the mountains in Santa Barbara County, Calif.
• Cameron Diaz, proving her commitment to fitness while working out at the Gym on Nemo in West Hollywood. The athletic star must have worked up an appetite: The following morning she ordered a breakfast burrito while out with friends at Café Montana on Santa Monica's Montana Avenue. The fitness buff washed down her meal with a full fat latte!
Having lost her job and her three-bedroom house, Darlene Knoll has joined the legions of downwardly mobile who are four wheels away from homelessness
Microbes flourish in the most punishing environments on Earth. Could such exotic life emerge in the frigid arctic plains of Mars?
She's jostled and her father pushes photographers after their flight from Louisiana
The Los Angeles High School for the Visual and Performing Arts, with space for some 1,600 students is the crown jewel of the district's ambitious $20 billion building campaign
A high school digs out after a schoolyard brawl involving hundreds of students. Is it a symptom of wider race problems in the city's schools?
Old-fashioned American bakeries are popping up everywhere on the body-conscious West Coast. Here, five of the city's sweetest sensations.
For a third day, firefighters continued to battle a stubborn wildfire that has consumed 538 acres of dry brush in the Southern California mountains.
A gunman fired into a crowd of people at a Los Angeles bus stop Wednesday, wounding eight, including children, authorities said.
• Ellen DeGeneres and partner Portia de Rossi, enjoying some Oscar weekend pampering at West Hollywood spa Ole Henriksen Face/Body.
Dear FSB: Do I need a business license for an apparel and accessories, embroidery, screen-printing and promotional product services business? If yes, where do I apply for one in my city? What documents will be needed?
The housing market is only getting worse, according to the latest report from S&P Case/Shiller released Tuesday.
An intimate memorial for Heath Ledger, attended by immediate family and close friends including former girlfriend Naomi Watts, was held in Los Angeles on Saturday night just hours after the actor's death was marked at a New York event.
The risk of foreclosure is on a rapid rise nationally and, with a possible recession at hand, this spike in mortgage-defaults could last for years.
Isolation, psychological evaluations and unfamiliar surroundings: that's what life is like for Britney Spears while she continues her 72-hour mental lockdown at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in L.A.
As more and more of you dream and scheme your vacations around unforgettable meals, T+L has searched far and wide -- through eight cities across four continents, to be precise -- to unearth the world's greatest new dining experiences.
• Mom-to-be Jessica Alba and boyfriend Cash Warren, shopping for furniture together at Landon Cole in Los Angeles. No, she wasn't shopping for baby furniture – yet! Instead, the actress seemed interested in the store's three-piece, sectional suede sofa.
No charges will be brought against a 10-year-old boy accused of accidentally starting an October wildfire that scorched more than 38,000 acres north of Los Angeles, California, prosecutors announced Tuesday.
The entertainment industry was not immune to the impact of the fires blazing across Southern California.
The dress codes, cool shops and hot spots unique to six cities -- with Katharine McPhee modeling each city's style.
The star talks about how the disease has affected his family - and his song for daughter, Miley
Parts of Southern California sweltered in triple-digit temperatures on Monday as a heat wave stretched into the seventh day and contributed to power outages that left thousands with without air conditioning.
The worsening housing market and rising foreclosures are finally starting to affect parts of the state that have long seemed immune. Will it spread farther?
Thanks to packed planes, crowded runways, and thunderstorms, most business travelers will be spending more time than they'd like in airports this summer. If you're anything like me, you've considered joining an airline lounge club—but balked at the price. (American, Delta, United, and Continental all charge upwards of $400 a year, which is a lot unless you're particularly loyal to one carrier.) Then came British-based Priority Pass (prioritypass.com). Long a favorite of international travel gurus but a well-kept secret stateside, it allows access to more than 500 airline lounges in 275 cities worldwide. The best part? It's a bargain: Basic membership starts at $99 a year, plus $24 each time you visit a club; the $399 plan allows unlimited visits. I first flashed my black-and-gold card at Delta's Crown Room in L.A. the other day—and the complimentary glass of wine in a quiet room sure helped pass my four-hour delay.
Big cities are turning to new technologies and theories to try to relieve an old problem: traffic congestion
A judge on Monday approved a $660 million settlement between the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles and more than 500 alleged victims of clergy abuse
If you've been finding yourself stuck in traffic lately, it's no wonder; about 52 percent of urban-area interstate roads now qualify as "congested."
It used to be that women would get dolled up at home and then head out for a night on the town. But these days, spas and salons are hoping women will bring the party to them.
Leyla Safai is the owner of Heartschallenger (myspace.com/heartschallenger) in Los Angeles:
Los Angeles ranks as the smoggiest city in the United States, according to an annual report card released Tuesday by the American Lung Association. It leads the nation in all three major air pollution categories, short-term particle pollution, year-round particle pollution and ozone pollution.
Question: My wife and I are in the 33 percent tax bracket. We're getting the standard tax breaks for owning our home, having a child and making charitable contributions, but we're getting hit hard with taxes. Do you think we should buy a bigger home to get a bigger tax break? - J. Court, Houston, Texas
Los Angeles and Chicago are battling to represent the United States in an international contest that will determine the host of the 2016 Summer Games. A decision will be announced this Saturday, but before that, SI.com asked Los Angeles resident, Arash Markazi and Chicago native (and eBay phenomenom) Sarah Spain to present the cases for their respective cities.
Los Angeles, California, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa introduced in February an aggressive initiative to combat the surge of gang-related violence in his city.
THE PHOTOGRAPHS LOOK ripped from the pages of National Geographic. I'm standing upstairs at Ace Gallery in Beverly Hills, staring at five-foot-tall images of sumptuous landscapes: a pier glowing in...
California authorities on Tuesday arrested a man suspected of spilling mercury in a Los Angeles subway station before Christmas, according to an FBI spokeswoman.
This month CNN Business Traveller is in Los Angeles. Home to the trans-Pacific super-hub of LAX -- Los Angeles International Airport.
Lennar, one of the nation's largest home builders, warned that it will miss fourth quarter earnings forecasts and post a net loss as it writes down the value of some of its land and other assets.
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A vast, decentralized urban sprawl, Los Angeles challenges conceptions of what a city should be. It's the ultimate monument to America's love affair with the automobile, where even the food is fast -- four wheels good, two legs bad.
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Now more than ever, top customers of airlines find that loyalty pays. Business 2.0 takes a look at the best � and worst � of frequent-flier programs. By Lia Steakley
A vast, decentralized urban sprawl, Los Angeles challenges conceptions of what a city should be. It's the ultimate monument to America's love affair with the automobile, where even the food is fast -- four wheels good, two legs bad. These days of course the freeway ain't so free. The 16-lane snarl-up is an occupational hazard for L.A. commuters who reputedly total up 99 million miles a day between them. Autopia has become autogeddon, complete with a sub-culture of car chases, car-jackings and drive-by shootings. Built as far west as geography would allow and hemmed in only by the Pacific, LA is a crazy town where manifest destiny has been given free reign, where anyone can turn up and claim to be someone -- if their agent is any good. It's a city of angels and demons, where a thin sheen of plastic surgery perfection barely conceals a seedy underworld of hustlers, dealers and movers on the make. That side of the city has long fascinated crime writers from Raymond Chandler to James Ellroy and, more recently
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In L.A., where you go is just as important as what you drive--and who goes where is as carefully plotted as The Da Vinci Code: Stars such as Heath Ledger, Natalie Portman, and Scarlett Johansson dig the Chateau Marmont (no surprise), while studio brass can be spotted breakfasting at the Belvedere, where you can often catch them popping open a bottle of Bollinger to celebrate a deal.
HERE'S ONE WAY TO BEAT JET LAG: Nightlife impresario RANDE GERBER keeps his watch on L.A. time while he's on the road (his 19 hot spots include the Whiskey bars in New York City, Chicago, and Las V...
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