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websites that are loaded with timely infor-
mation. These include the following:
• The
Beverly H ills Visitors B ureau,
239 S. B everly Dr. (
&
800/345-2210
or
310/248-1015;
www.beverlyhillscvb.
com), is open M onday through Friday
from 8:30am to 5pm.
• The
Hollywood Ar ts Council,
P .O.
Box 931056, D ept. 1995, H ollywood,
CA 90093 (
&
323/462-2355;
www .
discoverhollywood.com), publishes the
magazine
Discover Hollywood,
a biannual
publication that contains listings and
Local tourist boar ds also ar e gr eat for
information regarding attractions and spe-
cial ev ents, but they often fail to keep a
finger on the pulse of what 's “in” in L.A.,
especially with r egard to dining, cultur e,
and nightlife. S everal city-oriented ne ws-
papers and magazines offer mor e up-to-
date info .
L.A. W eekly
(www .laweekly.
com), a fr ee listings magazine, is packed
with information on current events around
town. I t's av ailable fr om side walk ne ws
racks and in many stor es and r estaurants
around the city.
The
Los A ngeles T imes
“C alendar”
section of the S unday paper, an ex cellent
guide to the world of enter tainment in
and around L.A., includes listings of wha's
doing and wher e to do it. The
Times
also
maintains a compr ehensive w ebsite at
http://theguide.latimes.com. I nformation
is culled fr om the ne wspaper's many
departments and is always up-to-date. I f
you want to check out L.A. 's most imme-
diate ne ws, the
Times
's main w ebsite is
www.latimes.com
.
Los A ngeles
magazine (
www.lamag.
com
) is a glossy city-based monthly full of
real news and pur e gossip, plus guides to
L.A.'s art, music, and food scenes. I ts cal-
endar of events gives an excellent overview
of goings-on at museums, ar t galleries,
musical v enues, and other places. The
magazine is available at newsstands around
town and in other major U.S. cities; y ou
can also access stories and listings from the
current issue on the Internet. Cybersurfers
should visit
@ L.A.
's website,
www.at-la.
com
; its ex ceptional sear ch engine pr o-
vides links to more than 23,000 sites relat-
ing to the L.A. ar ea, including many
destinations covered in chapter 11.
To read numerous blogs about the Los
Angeles scene, log onto
LA.COM's
blog
page at www.la.com/blog, a popular travel
blog site. For a more esoteric array of L.A.-
based blogs, tr y
Metroblogging Los
Angeles
at http://la.metblogs.com.
schedules for the ar ea's many theaters,
galleries, music v enues, and comedy
clubs; the current issue is always available
online. You can also load up on info at
the
Hollywood Visitor Center,
6801
Hollywood Blvd., Ste. 237 (
&
323/467-
6412
), on the second lev el of the H ol-
lywood & Highland mall (btw. Babylon
Court and Awards Walk).
• The
West H ollywood Conv ention
and Visitors Bureau,
8687 M elrose
Ave., M-26, West H ollywood, CA
90096 (
&
800/368-6020
or 310/289-
2525; www.visitwesthollywood.com), is
located in the P acific D esign Center
and is open M onday thr ough F riday
from 9am to 6pm.
• The
Santa M onica Conv ention and
Visitors Bureau
(
&
800/544-5319
or
310/393-7593; www.santamonica.com)
is the best source for information about
Santa Monica. The Palisades Park walk-
up center is located near the S anta
Monica Pier, at 1400 O cean Ave. (btw.
Santa M onica B lvd. and B roadway
Ave.), and is open daily fr om 10am to
4pm. Also check out
www.malibu.org
for information about M alibu, to the
northwest.
• The
Pasadena Conv ention and Visi-
tors B ureau,
171 S. Los R obles A ve.
(
&
626/795-9311;
www .pasadenacal.
com), is open M onday through Friday
from 8am to 5pm and S aturday fr om
10am to 4pm.
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