Despite the fact that fireworks are banned in Los Angeles and many of its sister cities, they really know how to do the Fourth of July right.

My wife loves firework displays. In LA alone, we've seen fireworks from the Colorado St. bridge in Pasadena for the Rose Bowl show and from the deck of a home in the Palos Verdes hills watching the panorama from Carson's Home Depot to San Pedro's Queen Mary.

We watched with neighbors from a bridge over Ballona Creek for…

With 37 local teens, Echo Park artist Anne Bray created two two dozen films that will be shown on Metro Buses for five minutes each hour on this week  and again for two 45-minute sessions per day on June 18 and 19.…



The World Naked Bike Ride hangs in Echo Park today as riders take off their clothes and ride bikes to protest…