The city of Ventura has been taken off the map. Specifically, the Greyhound Bus Line service map. This week the company shut down the station in Ventura, and wiped it off their route, to the surprise of many who had been hoping to hop a bus out of town. So is busing it a relic of a bygone era? One possible reason behind the elimination of the stop is "Greyhound’s owners are trimming costs," according......

Claiming that the entire airport was not closed, FAA officials announced this evening that LAX experienced a power outage that caused international backups. According to the LA Times, at 5:30pm the world's fifth-busiest airport had to go on generator power because of unknown causes, immediately effecting flights in and out of our city. Power was later restored after 7pm. One flight from San Jose to Southern California turned around shortly after takeoff and returned......

First, if you haven't read downtown blogger Jeremy Hermanns' account of being on the Alaska Airlines flight that blew a hole in its side at 30,000 feet, read it now. The LA Times looks at Nissan's new concept car which, not surprisingly, drives fast and looks cool. When it's parked, a screen folds down so the driver can play the video game "Project Gotham Racing 3," using the actual car steering wheel and pedals......