Joshua Tree National Park: How to stay safe and what to bring
Many more people are visiting Joshua Tree National Park these days. Maybe you are one of them? In 2021, Ranger…
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Is Los Angeles ugly? Only to some locals, but visitors still love it
August 27, 2024 3 am Pacific Time To the editor: Your letters about our city’s preparation for the 2028 Olympics…
Los Angeles is not Paris, but here's what we can do to prepare for the 2028 Olympics
August 24, 2024 3 am Pacific Time Los Angeles isn't very pretty, but Paris is. Now, with the Summer Olympics…
Opinion: What Los Angeles needs to produce a (nearly) zero-emissions Olympics
Hosting the Olympics is a feat for any city, and after the many successes in Paris, fans are looking forward…
Laguna Beach learns the truth about tourism: it kills quality of life
August 18, 2024 3 am Pacific Time To the editor: Laguna Beach residents complain about something everyone else knows: tourism…
How not to be a bad tourist: what Europeans want visitors to know
AMSTERDAM — Travelling can be exciting or horrifying, and whether we like it or not, we all leave our mark.…
Joshua Tree National Park was defaced by paintball vandals
Three German tourists have been cited by the federal government for shooting paintballs at signs, bathrooms and trash bins at…
Is the Seine River safe for Olympic swimming?
PARIS — Some laugh out loud, others raise their eyebrows or make faces. On the stone quays of the Seine,…
Comedy Central removes 'Daily Show' and 'Colbert Report' episodes from site
It's a good thing Jon Stewart is returning to “The Daily Show” once a week because episodes of the show…
Buy and consume marijuana at the California State Fair site
For the first time in the 170-year history of the California State Fair, scheduled to open July 12 in Sacramento,…