Councilman Tom LaBonge hikes Griffith Park daily, inviting the community to come out in large numbers with him at each change of season. But instead of a Winter Solstice hike, he leads an annual New Year's Eve hike. The two hour hike begins at 4 p.m. in the north end of the Griffith Observatory parking. The gentle incline hike to Mount Hollywood at 1,625 feet above sea level will reveal some nice views of city with lighting provided by the last sunset and full moon of 2009. more ›

If you are vegetarian and love hip hop, or just a curious carnivore, the Los Angeles Tofu Festival will keep you in high spirits. The festival is going down Saturday and Sunday, but Saturday night’s live performances will surely draw the main crowd. more ›

We get all sorts of strange reactions when we confess that we don't have cable television. In fact, we don't watch broadcast television at all. That's right: never. We're sorry, but, is there anything on? We didn't think so. We're happy as can be in the world of DVD, and we couldn't be happier now that one of our favorite 1980s comedy-detective-romantic-dramas is out in a DVD box set: Moonlighting, Seasons 1 & 2. Sure, we were young and carefree when former model Maddie Hayes first met the rough and tumble David Addison. But the banter, the bickering, the Howard Hawks-esque patter was mesmerizing, coupled with the wailing saxophone of the theme song, and whodunit plot lines that were, for the most part, completely secondary to the bubbling sexual chemistry of opposites attracting...and repelling...and attracting. But for LAist, the best part about this home entertainment nostalgia, is that Moonlighting is a very LA show. This is LA in the late 80s, before Bruce met Demi and went Planet Hollywood, before Cybill needed old lady shoes, and when the hijinks of the Blue Moon Detective Agency gave tv viewers something to chew on, and tune in to (even if ABC constantly moved the show off and on and around their lineup). We like to see our city's less subdivided and developed streets, all in the soft focus haze of lower budgeted network fare. Don't worry--we're okay without tv, but, please, give us our DVDs! more ›