If you're like me, you notice great gift ideas while surfing the web in April. Then one day you realize it's already December. In fact, it's a week before Christmas and you forgot to order anything. Is it too late? Do you really have to brave the crowds at the mall? Of course not! This is America! Amazon.com will guarantee shipping, but you have to shell out the bucks. No more Super-saver shipping. -For......

It was a craaaaazy night on the town. You took dozens of photos with your pocket-sized digital camera. But you don't have Photoshop, and all you want to do is upload your pics directly to Flickr (something you could even do wirelessly if Hanukkah Harry hooks you up with with an Eye-Fi). Good news. Flick just went live with a new feature that allows you to crop, resize, touch-up, de-red-eye, brighten, and flip your......

Capt. Curtis of the Beverly Hills Police Department appeared before the BH Traffic Commission to address one issue, the “SUV vs. Cyclist” incident on August 21, 2007 that resulted in a citation for the cyclist and nothing for the motorist. Also in attendance were 8 local cyclists, none having met the cited cyclist before but all committed to supporting his fight for justice and all committed to fighting for equal access to the streets for......

Everybody's favorite "spoiler" third party candidate, Ralph Nader, may be gearing up for yet another encore in the forthcoming 2008 presidential election. According to a recent article in USA Today, Ralph Nader "told the Green Party's national convention that he is considering a 2008 presidential run." Apparently not yet satisfied with having already helped cost two prior Democratic nominees the presidency, Nader is primed and ready for another go if he deems it sufficiently......

Welcome to the latest edition of 'Ask the MACist', the column where I answer your Macintosh and other technology questions. Our question this week comes from Jim in Santa Monica. He asks: I have a bunch of PDF files that I need to combine into one document. How do I do that? That's a good question that I get asked frequently. In fact, I had to do this just the other day with several......

Here at LAist, we are all for government contracts. After all, It makes fiscal sense, especially with the ominous budget cuts on their way next week. From medical benefits to office supplies, vendors save the tax dollars. Period. But there is another way vendors cost you money in the City of Los Angeles and that comes in the form of fighting a parking ticket. Before we move on, you must know that the officer......

- Is LAX really trying to more than double the rent on several low-cost airlines? - Daily News - Speaking of LAX, SkyWest celebrated their 30th anniversary with the airport - Yahoo - Speaking of anniversaries, Little Ethiopia is preparing to celebrate Big Ethiopia's millennium - Nazret - Brandy is being sued by the sons of the woman who died in last year's car crash - AP - The LA Daily News takes a......

One of my New Year's Resolutions was to make all social gatherings "good" and have a socially conscious aspect to them. And why not? If people are going to get together for a party, birthday, brunch, networking -- it seems easy and fun to try to incorporate a certain "give back" quality. And I know, fun can be described as different things to different people, but for this do-gooder, well, I just couldn't resist.......

Farms are like NFL referees: if they're getting noticed, that's bad news. Bad news hit Oxnard's Boskovich Farms, when it was discovered that their green onions were part of the east coast E.coli incidents that caused dozens of people to get sick after eating at Taco Bell restaurants. In a statement that Boskovich posted on their website, the farm hints at the idea that the E.coli might have been developed at the "third party"......

The OJ Trial never ends. People will be debating the botched police work, the missing blood, the glove that didn't fit, the 9-1-1 call, Kato hearing a knock, the cut on OJ's hand, the mysterious slow Bronco chase that was never even alluded to during the epic trial, and Mark Fuhrman getting caught lying on the stand for years to come. For a jury who heard all the testimony and came back quickly with......

Our "20 Under 30" interview series with the coolest Angelenos under 30 continues (don't despair, we're almost done) with an interview with Jack Cate. A third party nominated Jack with this description: "Why they're cool: Jack's developing embedded electronic systems, handling IT for an international firm, and being a father to 3 kids. He's just 28 years old and on the fast track. He's been on the cover of MSI Magazine and speaks around......