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LAX goes Pink’s

LAX goes Pink’s

It only makes sense that Los Angeles International Airport would get the hotdog stand for the stars. Pink’s hot dogs, which, according to the LA Times Travel Blog, has been steaming up wieners to Hollywood’s finest for seven decades has now opened up a stand at LAX. Passengers haven’t had this much access to...
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Aim High – Oakland is

Aim High – Oakland is

Oakland – the highest city in California at sea level is aiming higher. Come November, you may want to think of Oakland as a vacation destination. If you plan your vacations around where you can get high, you’re probably aware that California has an initiative on the ballot in November to legalize marijuana. Chances...
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Catalina Island adds a little zip

Catalina Island adds a little zip

Another Zip Line has made it to America, so now, you don't have to go to Central America to experience a zip line -- though we be the one in Catalina has a lot more safety features than the one in Costa Rica.
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Earthquake rocks California, Mexico, US says, “it’s not our fault”

Earthquake rocks California, Mexico, US says, “it’s not our fault”

The 7.2 earthquake outside of Mexicali was felt as far away as San Francisco yesterday and most of the US media appeared disappointed this morning because the damage wasn’t very extensive. Californians were not surprised by the quake, as they are well aware they live on a fault line that spans the length of...
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Virgin in Vegas: Fly Girls ready for new TV show on CW program

Virgin in Vegas: Fly Girls ready for new TV show on CW program

Virgin America offered a special Friday flight to premiere its new reality TV show that debuts later this month. But on Friday, it was all cocktails, laughs and clips.
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Yosemite speed racing

Yosemite speed racing

Camping has always been an inexpensive way to enjoy some time off and save a few dollars -- but it requires a lot of planning if you want to camp in a good spot. And even then, it may not work out exactly the way you planned.
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بدون الخﻻيا: Arabaic flash cards land passenger in the TSA hot seat

بدون الخﻻيا: Arabaic flash cards land passenger in the TSA hot seat

If you study Arabic, expect delays. That’s the case for one Pomona College student who packed his Arabic flash cards in his carry on to study on the plane ride from Philadelphia to Los Angeles. Nicolas George is getting ready to enter his last year at Pomona where he’s studying bomb making and infidel...
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The dirtiest hotels in America

The dirtiest hotels in America

Hotels are not camping -- and most people don't like sleeping in dirt. So if you like to take someone else's advice, here's something a list from TripAdvisor you may want to look over -- and find some thing else.
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Walking in a dead woman’s heels

Walking in a dead woman’s heels

Some people only become a star when they die and while no one remembers Elizabeth Short, lots know her by another name: The Black Dahlia.
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Three cheers for alcohol tax going down the drain in California

Three cheers for alcohol tax going down the drain in California

A big tax on big alcohol in the most populous state in the union falls flat on its face -- as if it had one too many -- as the measure Charge for Harm measure in California dies. For now.
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