Thanksgiving shopping
Shoppers line up outside the Steve Madden store at Orange County’s South Coast Plaza for a chance to pass through the red velvet rope on Black Friday afternoon. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
Shoppers laden with bags of sale items walk through Orange County’s South Coast Plaza on Black Friday morning. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
A shopping center Santa is among the throngs at Orange County’s South Coast Plaza on Black Friday afternoon. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
A shopper looks through a display of discounted footware at the Nordstrom store at Orange County’s South Coast Plaza. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
A tired little shopper reclines on a bench at Orange County’s South Coast Plaza on Black Friday afternoon. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
Shoppers armed with borrowed umbrellas and bags of sale items walk through South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
The first few shoppers rush into the Best Buy store in Atwater Village for bargains at 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Early shoppers grab big-screen TVs just after Best Buy opens at 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Early shoppers scramble for carts just after Best Buy opens on Thanksgiving. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
The first 100 shoppers grab shopping carts and enter the Toys R Us store in Burbank for bargains at 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Emmanuel Merino, 7, of Los Angeles sleeps in the shopping cart as his parents check out with the cashier at Kmart in Burbank on Thanksgiving Day. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Benjamin Alanis, 61, of Santa Monica shops at the Old Navy store on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica. The store was not very crowded on Thanksgiving morning. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
John Lee, 17, of Los Angeles lies next to his guitar in front of Best Buy in West Hollywood. He is hoping to get a good deal on a new laptop. There are about 30 people waiting for the store to open this Thanksgiving evening. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Skylar Fox, 32 , right, of Los Angeles, rides a stationary bike in line in front of Best Buy in West Hollywood. Mario Rivera, left, 15, of Los Angeles, Anahi Reyes, 31, middle, and her son Michael Guevara, 6, right, both of Los Angeles, wait in line on the sidewalk in front of Best Buy. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Veterinarian Dr. Katie Rainey of Los Angeles, left, and Michelle Roache of Burbank fill their shopping cart with pet-themed Christmas decorations for their Montebello doggie spa while shopping at Kmart on Thanksgiving. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
