Flags have been placed at 85,000 grave sites at Los Angeles National Cemetery in Westwood in observance of Memorial Day 2008. | Photo & Caption by Jonathan Alcorn (Sundogg) via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr It's Memorial Day. That means Federal, state, county and city offices, courts, libraries, animal shelters and banks are closed. And Metro will run on a Sunday schedule. But the holiday is much more than a day off and a......

Bring together Positive Television and Animal Acres in Acton, CA, and you're going to get an event worthy of your Saturday afternoon, even if it is about an hour north of Los Angeles. Saturday from 2 to 6 p.m., Progressing Together will bring out speakers to talk about international charity work, 5 years after 9/11 in Afghanistan, and what children can do to make a difference. Sky Valencia of the Vegan Vixens will talk......