If you can get out of work (or your jammies) NOW you may still have time to hit the road, or, better yet, catch a flight, up to the Sacramento area, where in a town called Orangevale, one medical marijuana dispensary is giving out free pot today. more ›

Road trip! Grab someone special, gas up the car, and hit the highway to check into the only California spot to make Food & Wine's list of the World's Quirkiest Hotels. For most of us Golden State-rs, it shouldn't be too hard to guess which SoCal hotel found a place to stay on the list. more ›

That quick drive to a Memorial Day Weekend getaway in Palm Springs was not so easy for some thanks to high winds and blowing sand leading to road closures across the Coachella Valley. Three major Palm Springs were closed at Whitewater Wash Saturday night as wind gusts up to 60 mph led to white-out conditions (see our video below). more ›

One weekend, the Pacific Coast Highway and two California must-sees. more ›

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In less than 24 hours, your LAist Inauguration 2009 correspondent will set off on a mad dash toward Washington, D.C., along 2,870 miles of this nation's most barren and beautiful landscapes. Through 10 states and four highways, I and two other Angelenos will drive toward a massive storm of an estimated two million people from around the country and world who will crowd this nation's capitol for the historic moment. more ›

Just 130 miles north of Los Angeles lies some spectacular desert scenery. Red Rock Canyon State Park, in Kern County bears the mark of prehistoric lakes, rivers and glaciers in the colorful striations on the cliffs and the rock formations that rise out from the forest of Joshua trees more ›

Los Angeles resident Josh Robbins and friends will embark on a twenty-seven day quest, by car, to visit baseball games at thirty baseball stadiums around the country. Their journey starts on June 16th, and they hope to set a world record, document the trip on video, and raise funds for the Jim Thorpe Little League in Hawthorne. All thirty stadiums and games, as well as information on donating to the project and the little league, can be found at their website – Thirty27.com. more ›

There were at least a handful of LAist contributors at this year's Coachella Festival, and as we slowly recover from our Coachella "hangover" we'll continue to upload photos and tell the stories from another epic weekend in the desert... (or at least the parts we can remember) more ›

The Super Bowl is the Hajj of the sports world. more ›