Topic Archive: Visiting
Only about 12 of the 275 union workers who were laid off when the Hotel Bel-Air closed for renovations two years ago have been rehired
Posted October 8, 2011 12:16 PM
This warning has popped up just off the Mulholland Highway segment in upper Hollywoodland, east of the Lake Hollywood reservoir.
Posted June 13, 2011 10:39 PM
7 Days in LA bills itself as a web home for "the city's most interesting guided tours. We're not a tour operator, but a consortium of the region's best independent...
Posted June 3, 2011 5:29 PM
Pretty cool news about the space shuttle Endeavour being retired to the California Science Center after its final flight.
Posted April 12, 2011 8:58 PM
Author Anna Stothard, in the center of the photo, writes in the UK Guardian's Observer that "Los Angeles is more spectacular, and more unnerving, than its cliché suggests." She picks...
Posted March 29, 2011 11:31 PM
Effort to defend LAX against criticism lands a little short of the runway.
Posted March 17, 2011 5:32 PM
On a recent episode of "The Simpsons," Bart Simpson's list of "must-see attractions" for Los Angeles included Cerritos Auto Square, Keyes on Van Nuys, "The Valley," LAX lot C, the...
Posted February 23, 2011 9:30 AM
Many conventioneers go to the Playboy Mansion hoping for a special experience, but attendees at the DOMAINFest conference really did catch something special.
Posted February 12, 2011 9:08 PM
Not included in the Sofitel Hotel's pool shots: the big ol' shopping center right across the street.
Posted January 12, 2011 2:58 PM
Australia passed the United Kingdom and Japan to become the No. 1 feeder of overseas tourists to Los Angeles in 2010.
Posted January 5, 2011 12:13 AM
A week in the area Los Angeles, with no car and about $100 a day — staying in a youth hostel. Seth Kugel, the New York Times' Frugal Traveler: Seven...
Posted November 9, 2010 11:36 PM
A day ahead of the official ribbon-cutting, the new JW Marriott hotel — that's the shiny tower that looms over L.A. Live these days — admitted its first guests today.
Posted February 15, 2010 3:52 PM
The first reviews of how it fits in the cityscape are mixed.
Posted January 29, 2010 12:51 PM
Today's New York Travel section recommends 31 places to go in the world this year. Tucked in between Leipzig and Shangai — and after Antarctica and Damascus — is our own little town.
Posted January 10, 2010 11:54 PM
You have until Jan. 31 to pick up your car.
Posted January 4, 2010 12:30 AM
The staff will be laid off September 30 for a renovation expected to last nearly two years, Sharon Waxman says at The Wrap. The hotel, owned by the Sultan of...
Posted August 3, 2009 10:25 PM
Billy Vasquez, the 99 Cent Chef, has put together a blog and video guide to "dining and drinking establishments within the shadows of the arriving and departing giant silver birds"...
Posted January 21, 2009 9:15 AM
Today's New York Times notes the opening of the SLS Hotel and the Montage in Beverly Hills, and January's scheduled debut of the redone Hyatt West Hollywood as the chain's...
Posted November 23, 2008 6:25 PM
A couple visiting from Colorado had their bikes stolen — and their vacation spoiled — by a "mid 30’s well-dressed white couple" in Santa Monica on St. Patrick's Day. They...
Posted March 25, 2008 11:26 PM
Jet Blue to launch service at LAX Three daily nonstops to Kennedy and one to Logan begin in May. More flights also at Long Beach and Burbank. "This isn't necessarily...
Posted February 12, 2008 8:12 AM
Gene Maddaus at the Breeze delves into the decision long ago to spend $700 million building the Green Line light rail for 20 miles from Norwalk to Redondo Beach, then...
Posted January 9, 2008 5:27 PM
With United Airlines announcing a systemwide fare sale, it seems like a good idea to mention some of the deals available from LAX. You have to purchase by Jan. 10,...
Posted January 3, 2008 11:44 AM
Takedown of the new Michelin guide for Los Angeles began with Leslie Brenner in the L.A. Times food section back on Nov. 21. Sample: In short, it's amateurish, confusing and...
Posted December 2, 2007 8:45 PM
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