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• Queen Victoria's bloomers sell for 4,500 pounds

  July 30, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Her majesty would not be amused. more

• Yosemite gets all the publicity

  By Eric Bailey and Maria L. LaGanga  |  July 30, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  . -- Residents to the world: What about us? As the Telegraph fire raged through the wilderness for the fifth day Tuesday, amused locals wondered... more

• L.A. earthquake: Thrill rides and theme parks remain open

  Travel & Deal Blog  |  July 29, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Was it the roller coaster or a quake? L.A.’s 5.4 magnitude earthquake that struck just before noon rattled amusement parks throughout... more

• California’s Great America plans first Halloween Haunt

  Travel & Deal Blog  |  July 28, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  California’s Great America launches its first Halloween Haunt in October 2008 with five haunted mazes, three scare zones and two live... more

• Magic Mountain adding wooden coaster in 2009

  Travel & Deal Blog  |  July 25, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Six Flags Magic Mountain officials confirmed plans to add a wooden roller coaster in 2009 with details on track specifications, location and... more

• Many flavors of hip feed the Hard fest

  By -- Dennis Romero  |  July 17, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  ON NEW YEAR'S Day of 1993, fans of cutting-edge music could have done worse than hanging out with Gary Richards on his 22nd birthday as he... more

• Six Flags Magic Mountain passes on Dark Knight coaster

  Travel & Deal Blog  |  July 16, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Six Flags Magic Mountain came thisclose to landing a Dark Knight roller coaster after a sister amusement park decided at the eleventh hour... more

• Twenty-three items about Anthony Kim

  By Chuck Culpepper  |  July 16, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  SOUTHPORT, England -- Twenty-three things about 23-year-old Anthony Kim, the surging golfer and amusing gabber playing his first British Open... more

• This siren's muted

  By Mark Swed  |  July 15, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  "Carmen" is not new to . On July 8, 1922, three days before the first season of "Symphonies Under the Stars," the Los Angeles Philharmonic... more

• Burgers, tacos and dogs

  July 9, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Looking for a burger for less than $10 but also want to enjoy it in a sit-down situation with some stylish Hollywood atmosphere? The Bowery... more

• Hot Trends watch: Klishamoop

  Web Scout  |  July 3, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Here's a weird one: the term "klishamoop.com" recently hit #60 on Google's Hot Trends. I don't recommend going to the site if you're spam... more

• Stay away from California theme parks on the Fourth of July

  Travel & Deal Blog  |  July 3, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Personally, I would never go near a theme park on the Fourth of July. Unless you like wall-to-wall crowds, endless lines and unforgiving heat... more

• The 'insert superlative here' place on Earth

  L.A. Now  |  July 2, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Blackest, battiest, gloomiest -- take your pick. When a few thousand goths converge on Disneyland this November for the 10th annual Bats Day... more

• A host still looking for himself

  By Jon Caramanica  |  June 29, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  THE QUALITY of an interview has, naturally, a great deal to do with the quality of the interviewer. But it may have just as much to do with... more

• No more line preferences at Knott's for the disabled

  L.A. Now  |  June 26, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Enough people have apparently pretended to have disabilities to force Knott's Berry Farm to end its policy of letting disabled guests cut... more

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