Tourism

The Big Eat

Saturday Event: Walk and Eat in Little Tokyo

Visit Little Tokyo, and -- even if you're a rabid manga fan or karaoke maniac -- your trip will likely involve food. Perhaps yakisoba, fried noodles topped with bright red ginger. Or okonomiyaki, a pancake cooked with a variety of savory ingredients. (The name literally means "what you want.") A ... More >>

Skydive Porn Performers Won't be Charged: Sex in the Skies is Legal, Apparently

KGETGetting down up in the air.​Remember that couple who "performed" sex while in mid-air, parachutes dangling from their backs? Turns out they didn't do anything wrong. (If that's the case, we see a potential business model here: Sex-skydive tourism; mile-high for a day). The stunt happen ... More >>

Hooray for Culver City

KGETGetting down up in the air.​Remember that couple who "performed" sex while in mid-air, parachutes dangling from their backs? Turns out they didn't do anything wrong. (If that's the case, we see a potential business model here: Sex-skydive tourism; mile-high for a day). The stunt happen ... More >>

First Fridays

KGETGetting down up in the air.​Remember that couple who "performed" sex while in mid-air, parachutes dangling from their backs? Turns out they didn't do anything wrong. (If that's the case, we see a potential business model here: Sex-skydive tourism; mile-high for a day). The stunt happen ... More >>

First Fridays

KGETGetting down up in the air.​Remember that couple who "performed" sex while in mid-air, parachutes dangling from their backs? Turns out they didn't do anything wrong. (If that's the case, we see a potential business model here: Sex-skydive tourism; mile-high for a day). The stunt happen ... More >>

Japan's Crisis Will Hit L.A.'s Pocketbook: City Prepared to See Fewer Tourists, Less Trade

L.A.'s Little Tokyo.​What's bad for Japan is bad for L.A. And while we can't belittle the pain and suffering of that nation, we can say that its triple disaster (earthquake, tsunami, nuclear crisis) will put a dent in our own economy. That's because Japan is the Port of Los Angeles' number-tw ... More >>

First Fridays

L.A.'s Little Tokyo.​What's bad for Japan is bad for L.A. And while we can't belittle the pain and suffering of that nation, we can say that its triple disaster (earthquake, tsunami, nuclear crisis) will put a dent in our own economy. That's because Japan is the Port of Los Angeles' number-tw ... More >>

First Fridays

L.A.'s Little Tokyo.​What's bad for Japan is bad for L.A. And while we can't belittle the pain and suffering of that nation, we can say that its triple disaster (earthquake, tsunami, nuclear crisis) will put a dent in our own economy. That's because Japan is the Port of Los Angeles' number-tw ... More >>

Los Angeles Battles Bay Area for Right to Host USS Iowa Battleship

Will the USS Iowa rest in the City of Angels?​The age-old battle between L.A. and "the Bay" might be getting a little more tense this year as the two metropolitan areas duke it out over the retired battleship USS Iowa, a.k.a. "the Big Stick." The Historic Ships Memorial at Pacific Square in t ... More >>

Today In WTF: Arizona Officials Headed To L.A. To Drum Up Tourism (Despite That Whole Boycott Thing)

Welcome to Arizona: Now go home.​If you'll recall, last year Los Angeles became one of the highest-profile cities in the nation to get on the boycott bandwagon against Arizona. The City Council didn't like its new law (still not fully in effect) that would have cops asking people they stop if ... More >>

I'M A WHALE WATCHER

Welcome to Arizona: Now go home.​If you'll recall, last year Los Angeles became one of the highest-profile cities in the nation to get on the boycott bandwagon against Arizona. The City Council didn't like its new law (still not fully in effect) that would have cops asking people they stop if ... More >>

The Lights of Hanukkah Family Tour

Welcome to Arizona: Now go home.​If you'll recall, last year Los Angeles became one of the highest-profile cities in the nation to get on the boycott bandwagon against Arizona. The City Council didn't like its new law (still not fully in effect) that would have cops asking people they stop if ... More >>

Cal State Northridge Prof Says His Website Was Not About Thai Sex Tourism, Though It Certainly Appeared To Be

Kenneth Ng's site was not about Thai sex tourism, the prof says.​A Cal State Northridge professor's controversial Thai sex tourism site appeared to be back up recently after he was shamed into taking it down. Economics professor Kenneth Ng last week defended the site as being about "what it r ... More >>

Universal Appeal

Kenneth Ng's site was not about Thai sex tourism, the prof says.​A Cal State Northridge professor's controversial Thai sex tourism site appeared to be back up recently after he was shamed into taking it down. Economics professor Kenneth Ng last week defended the site as being about "what it r ... More >>

En La Noche

Kenneth Ng's site was not about Thai sex tourism, the prof says.​A Cal State Northridge professor's controversial Thai sex tourism site appeared to be back up recently after he was shamed into taking it down. Economics professor Kenneth Ng last week defended the site as being about "what it r ... More >>

Peru Day

Kenneth Ng's site was not about Thai sex tourism, the prof says.​A Cal State Northridge professor's controversial Thai sex tourism site appeared to be back up recently after he was shamed into taking it down. Economics professor Kenneth Ng last week defended the site as being about "what it r ... More >>

First Fridays at NHM

Kenneth Ng's site was not about Thai sex tourism, the prof says.​A Cal State Northridge professor's controversial Thai sex tourism site appeared to be back up recently after he was shamed into taking it down. Economics professor Kenneth Ng last week defended the site as being about "what it r ... More >>

First Fridays

Kenneth Ng's site was not about Thai sex tourism, the prof says.​A Cal State Northridge professor's controversial Thai sex tourism site appeared to be back up recently after he was shamed into taking it down. Economics professor Kenneth Ng last week defended the site as being about "what it r ... More >>

Arizona Immigration Law: The California Boycotts Start Rolling In

​Los Angeles-based Spanish-language newspaper La Opinion over the weekend called for a boycott of Arizona goods, services and tourism in response to the state's new law requiring immigrants to carry documentation and allowing police broad power to detain those they suspect of being in the coun ... More >>

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​Los Angeles-based Spanish-language newspaper La Opinion over the weekend called for a boycott of Arizona goods, services and tourism in response to the state's new law requiring immigrants to carry documentation and allowing police broad power to detain those they suspect of being in the coun ... More >>

SAVE THE WHALE WATCHERS

​Los Angeles-based Spanish-language newspaper La Opinion over the weekend called for a boycott of Arizona goods, services and tourism in response to the state's new law requiring immigrants to carry documentation and allowing police broad power to detain those they suspect of being in the coun ... More >>

Big Apple Takes A Bite Out Of L.A. Tourism

What's not to like?​New York City beat out Los Angeles for international visitors nearly two-to-one to take the top spot as America's destination for foreign tourists, the office of NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Monday. The Big Apple saw 8.6 million international tourists in 2009, twi ... More >>

SAVE THE WHALE WATCHERS

What's not to like?​New York City beat out Los Angeles for international visitors nearly two-to-one to take the top spot as America's destination for foreign tourists, the office of NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Monday. The Big Apple saw 8.6 million international tourists in 2009, twi ... More >>

Hanukkah Tour

What's not to like?​New York City beat out Los Angeles for international visitors nearly two-to-one to take the top spot as America's destination for foreign tourists, the office of NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Monday. The Big Apple saw 8.6 million international tourists in 2009, twi ... More >>

Foundation Seeks to Operate Will Rogers Ranch

In a sign of how quickly the economic crisis is loosening California's grip on its natural resources and historical heritage, the Will Rogers Ranch Foundation is, according to the L.A. Times, seeking to take control of the operation of Pacific Palisade's Will Rogers State Historical Park. The park i ... More >>

Tragic Carpet Ride: Esotouric Revisits Dark Pasadena

Forget the Little Old Lady from Pasadena -- unless she's Norman Bates' mother. This weekend the folks at the macabre bus tour company Esotouric delve into Pasadena Confidential -- that is, all things grim and grisly about our staid neighbor to the north. The tours strive to be "provocative and compl ... More >>

Positively Second Street: L.A.'s Tunnel Vision

The L.A Times' car-biz writer Dan Neil has a great piece on the Second Street Tunnel -- its history, going back to 1924; its schizoid appearance, depending on which end you enter, and how it's "probably the most recognizable city landmark most Americans have never heard of," having figured in films ... More >>

All Kinds of Nasty Shit Happened in the SanGabVal, Apparently

The L.A Times' car-biz writer Dan Neil has a great piece on the Second Street Tunnel -- its history, going back to 1924; its schizoid appearance, depending on which end you enter, and how it's "probably the most recognizable city landmark most Americans have never heard of," having figured in films ... More >>

Everything Bad Starts in Culver City. Everything.

The L.A Times' car-biz writer Dan Neil has a great piece on the Second Street Tunnel -- its history, going back to 1924; its schizoid appearance, depending on which end you enter, and how it's "probably the most recognizable city landmark most Americans have never heard of," having figured in films ... More >>

Best Steam Trains: Walt Disney's Carolwood Barn

The L.A Times' car-biz writer Dan Neil has a great piece on the Second Street Tunnel -- its history, going back to 1924; its schizoid appearance, depending on which end you enter, and how it's "probably the most recognizable city landmark most Americans have never heard of," having figured in films ... More >>

Art Seen

The L.A Times' car-biz writer Dan Neil has a great piece on the Second Street Tunnel -- its history, going back to 1924; its schizoid appearance, depending on which end you enter, and how it's "probably the most recognizable city landmark most Americans have never heard of," having figured in films ... More >>

Melrose Tour

Want to get a guided tour of these Melrose back alleys by the excellent graffiti author Steve Grody? The Alleys of Melrose Join Steve Grody, photographer and author of Graffiti LA: Street Styles and Art, for a walking tour that explores the array of graffiti art found in the back ways and alleys ... More >>

Cabrillow Whale Watch Program

Want to get a guided tour of these Melrose back alleys by the excellent graffiti author Steve Grody? The Alleys of Melrose Join Steve Grody, photographer and author of Graffiti LA: Street Styles and Art, for a walking tour that explores the array of graffiti art found in the back ways and alleys ... More >>

Blood & Dumplings Crime Bus Tour

Want to get a guided tour of these Melrose back alleys by the excellent graffiti author Steve Grody? The Alleys of Melrose Join Steve Grody, photographer and author of Graffiti LA: Street Styles and Art, for a walking tour that explores the array of graffiti art found in the back ways and alleys ... More >>

Cruising

Unlocking L.A.'s hidden treasures

Know Your Streets!

Walking tours reveal L.A.’s many secrets

7-Up Up and Away

Corporate sponsorship, civilian astronauts and inflatable space hotels follow in X Prize’s jet wash

Touring the Tower

Watts Tower visits threatened by budget problems

The Fourth World

Frenetic leisure, acid archaeology and the new breed of travel writers

Paradise Lost and Lost and Lost . . .

The bombing in Bali and sniper mania

Small Place, Big Hurt

Jamaica in Life and Debt

Harsh Holidays

Addressing the plight of laid-off workers

On the Edge

In times of war, living-wage backers fight for the jobless

Fucking Frogs

In times of war, living-wage backers fight for the jobless

The Big Nowhere

Out on the Nellis Range with the Center for Land Use Interpretation

Raising Santa Monica

Groundbreaking plan would double low-wage pay

Paradise Lost

Lindos, then and now