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By Brady MacDonald
The smooth, quick and quiet Manta family coaster that debuted over Memorial Day weekend at SeaWorld San Diego is just the type of...
By Brady MacDonald
The clean, crisp modern lines of "Tron" have been replaced by the chaotic, rose-colored acid trip of "Alice in Wonderland," but outside of...
By Ryan Ritchie, Special to the Los Angeles Times
Intro: Let wine snobs snicker when they hear you spent a weekend at a vineyard in Temecula. I took a friend for an...
By Chris Erskine, Los Angeles Times
What an appealing slice-of-life California town, an easy day trip by car or train. Come for the history, stay for the food. This restaurant-...
By Brady MacDonald
By Brady MacDonald
The new knock 'em, sock 'em Transformers ride at Universal Studios Hollywood is an immersive, in-your-face experience that ranks among the...
By Brady MacDonald
I took a behind-the-scenes tour Friday of the new Transformers ride opening in a few weeks at Universal Studios Hollywood.
Take a behind-the-scenes tour of the new Transformers motion-simulator dark ride opening May 25 at Universal Studios Hollywood.
By Christopher Reynolds
First published on Feb. 20, 2011. Revised and expanded in January 2012.
By Christopher Reynolds
First published on April 24, 2011. Revised and expanded in January 2012.
By Christopher Reynolds
First published on March 20, 2011. Revised and expanded in January 2012.
By Christopher Reynolds
First published on Jan. 30, 2011. Revised and expanded in January 2012.
By Catharine Hamm, Los Angeles Times staff writer
As the wife of an ambitious politician, Pat Nixon had her hands full. Besides keeping up with Richard Nixon's various political...
Legoland California has updated the Star Wars Miniland area of the Carlsbad theme park with new characters, weapons and spacecraft...
By Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
It's a dry heat – a boulder-studded, wind-raked Mojave heat, in which rock stars lie low, artists think big, marines train, weird...
By Mary Forgione, Special to the Los Angeles Times
Right about now, tiny goldfields and purple mat should be erupting in carpets of color on the desert floor at Joshua Tree and Death Valley...
The $26-million OzIris inverted roller coaster will debut April 7 as part of a new Egyptian-themed land at France's Parc Asterix.
By Brady MacDonald
Six Flags Magic Mountain is expected to add a terrain-hugging launched roller coaster in 2013 featuring...
By Catharine Hamm, Los Angeles Times
President's Day weekend seemed to be a turning point for gasoline prices, which look to be increasing faster than a speeding bullet. If...
By Brady MacDonald