Topic: Culver City

Atari landfill: Why the search for E.T. video game?

Atari landfill hunt: A Canadian company will search a New Mexico landfill for copies of the Atari E.T. video game, considered by some to be among the worst video games of all time.

Difference Maker He brought Christianity into the streets to promote civil rights

Episcopal priest Malcolm Boyd has taken the message of Christianity outside the walls of church to champion minority rights and show that God is everywhere.

Police: Some of 14 hostages freed from L.A. clothing store were assaulted

The ordeal began around 11 p.m. Thursday and ended around 3 a.m. Friday when a SWAT team entered the store but found no robbers.

Shuttle X-ing: Endeavour spacecraft slowly winds through L.A.

In retirement, it's crawling along the streets of Los Angeles at a sluggish 2 mph, a pace that rush-hour commuters can sympathize with.

L.A. earthquake rattles, Indonesia quake rocks

Los Angeles earthquake: A magnitude 3.8 quake rattled nerves but caused no serious damage in L. A. Wednesday. But in Indonesia, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake damaged 20 buildings, and caused at least one death. 

A filmmaker breaks down ballet stereotypes

Documentary filmmaker Bess Kargman followed the rigorous world of ballet competition for her new documentary 'First Position.'

Will and Kate visit L.A.: Locals' top 10 southern California must-sees

Royal newlyweds William and Kate have a busy, business-first itinerary for their three-day visit to southern California, which begins Friday. If they had asked us, we’d have given them these 10 tips for how to savor the SoCal experience. For every obvious tourist gambit, we’ve thrown in some insider info about where to pan for the best Angeleno cultural gold.
07/08/2011 08:48 pm

Obama in California: The good, the bad, and the $35,800 dinner plate

President Obama made his two-day, six-stop trip to California to raise money and rally his base. Along the way, he drew cheers at Facebook headquarters and hecklers in San Francisco.
04/21/2011 06:23 pm

Long Beach Airport crash probe planned

Long Beach Airport: A salvage company took the wreckage to a facility near Palmdale where federal investigators will examine it and try to determine the cause of the crash, said Ian Gregor, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration.
03/17/2011 05:33 pm

In Pictures Restoring sanity?

Veterans film fellow vets coming home

Back from Iraq or Afghanistan, five veterans pick up cameras to show the challenges of coming home to a civilian lifestyle for fellow vets.
03/26/2010 01:04 pm

Horizons Read my clicks

11/24/2008 12:00 am

'Hollywood' Bob McRae gets his classic cars on the Big Screen

The retired automobile dealer owns a fleet of 45 old vehicles, which he rents to studios for about $300 per scene. You've probably seen them – in 'The Aviator,' 'Pearl Harbor,' and 'Seabiscuit.'
03/06/2008 12:00 am

Backstory: Saving the planet, one car at a time

Switching an old convertible to run on plug-in power is tricky, expecially in front of an expectant crowd. Part 2 of two.
03/20/2007 01:00 am

Backstory: From gas-powered to electric auto in 36 hours flat

We ride along as entrepreneur Greg Abbott turns a 1978 Triumph Spitfire into a completely clean, zero-emissions electric vehicle. Part 1 of two.
03/19/2007 01:00 am