Since moving to L.A. nearly six years ago, I've celebrated Jewish holidays in true nomad fashion, from Hollywood to the Valley and back again. more ›

After yesterday's citizen forester training, we decided to join a tree planting up in Lake View Terrace in the Northeast Valley to see a citizen forester in action. A teenage girl led it for her Girl Scout troop, planting 25 trees at the Lake View Terrace Recreation Center. more ›

- Howard Stern has more listeners than TiVo has subscribers - Gizmodo - Google keeps gobbling up start-ups - Tech Crunch - Pats are 6-1 and still the cops arrested the son of the Head Coach for weed. - Boston Herald - A list of companies who don't want to associate themselves with the Democrats - media matters - Happy Halloween: The Anna Nicole tease for her interview with ET should win some sort... more ›

SFist commeters pose for before and aftershocks when the mayor commemorates a 1906 earthquake...at 4:30 in the morning. A hot tip on the Chronicle vending machines comes in and the SFist war correspondent risks life and limb to post this dispatch from the frontlines. more ›

In the spirit of the holidays we recently took to the kitchen a second time to follow up our smashingly successful Cakey Chocolate Chip Cookies with another round of treats to share. This time we had our eye on a more Christmassy flavor: Peppermint Candy Cane. The cookie? Chocolate Peppermint. It's a chocolate-chocolate chip cookie with a mint-flavored glaze sprinkled with crushed candy cane pieces. more ›

About a week and a half ago, we went on a sunset hike, and it was just as lovely as the phrase "sunset hike" promises, at least if hiking appeals to you. The hike was run by the Sierra Club 20s and 30s Singles Section, which one can join without joining the Sierra club proper. We had never been on a nighttime hike before, unless you count long treks from campfire to bunk at Girl Scout camp. It was not quite a moonlight hike, because clouds veiled the moon, but the wide path at the top of Temescal Ridge was easy to navigate with a flashlight. more ›

LA.Comfidential notes that Girl Scout Troop 171 is taking a page out of Phyllis Neffler's playbook and giving their squad of young ladies a different kind of survival training. One mother, who happens to be president of local spa Dermalogica, is throwing what we can only hope is a beauty boot camp at the end of which the Santa Monica girls will get their clear-skin badge. more ›

Yep, it's time for the great spring ritual known as "Girl Scout Cookie Program," the official Girl Scout literature calls it that so LAist has adopted it, too. As any good Girl Scout already knows, she cannot sell cookies online but can send emails to friends telling them that they are selling cookies. You can find the Los Angeles Girl Scout Council here. more ›