Preparations for the Tournament of Roses Parade According to the LA Times, the National Weather Service is reporting that a windy a New Years Day Tuesday could have sustained winds of 25 mph and gusts of winds that could blow small children away at 50 mph. Luckily, though, "Pasadena itself will probably be sheltered from the worst of the wind." Rain is likely to come next, however, it's expected later in the week, letting......

Although most of us here at LAist are gourmet vegan chefs, a few of us (hi!) get our meals via drive-thru's not just daily, but several times a day. So the day after Thanksgiving we found ourselves in the drive-thru of the Jack in the Box on Santa Monica Blvd. in Westwood right near the 405 and we saw this interesting sign. Because we're selfish, lazy, bastards, at first we thought "oh cool, Jack......

Renán Almendárez Coello, a/k/a Maximo Almendares, a/k/a El Cucuy, a/k/a El Cucuy de la Manana (The Boogeyman of the Morning) is having one heckuva New Years hangover. He surrendered himself to police today and was charged with making criminal threats to his wife and on the phone to a police officer. Almendares is best known as the popular morning host of La Raza 97.9 (KLAX-FM) in Los Angeles. His picture (like you see to......

While CalTrans expects heavy delays in and out of North Los Angeles County on I-5 beginning today through New Years Day (plan ahead), the Valley gets to celebrate more Orange Line sweetness (prepare to salivate). Today at 10:30 a.m. marks the official opening of the new Canoga Station at Van Owen and, well, Canoga (duh). It comes packaged with a 611-space Park & Ride Lot, the largest in the West Valley. But more importantly,......

LAist has ten pairs of tickets to give away for Wednesday's MySpace Records record release party at The Key Club. Celebrating the release of MySpace Records Volume 1 compilation, featured artists Plain White T's, The Summer Obsession and New Years Day are all scheduled to perform. Enter now for your chance to win; the contest ends Wednesday, December 14th at 9 AM. Fine Print: Affiliates of LAist (and any other -ist sites), MySpace, The......

Charles Phoenix posts his impressions of this year's Tournament of Roses Parade on Eye Spy LA. ... I was invited to share some of my vintage Rose Parade slides on KTLA’s live Rose Parade pre-show. My segment was scheduled at 6:10am. Frankly, I’m not used to getting up that early and I was worried my 1977 SEARS alarm clock that I got while still in high school, wouldn’t go off. Sure enough it didn’t.......