If you thought earthquake season was over -- you were wrong! A 3.9 shaker hit the Lake Elsinore area earlier this afternoon. Maybe that explains the unseasonably warm weather today? Today in Shitty Traffic: parts of Wilshire are being closed off due to reports of a "suspicious package," Defamer is reporting that "the LAPD has closed the eastbound traffic of Wilshire Boulevard at Veteran Avenue to Westwood Boulevard." Hopefully justice will be served here:......

Tamara Gregory is an LA native who enjoys all the perks that our metropolis has to offer. She is a film producer and author. Her first novel, Passport Diaries, which brings an African American perspective to the Chick Lit genre, goes on sale tomorrow. A perfect beach-read, the novel follows LA-based assistant District Attorney, Kia Carson, as she embarks on a European vacation that also becomes a journey of self-discovery about global culture and......

Well, we're almost at the climax of the Christmas-Consumer Feast Days that usher in the winter season. If you are like us, you're cash poor but gift rich, and we've got to get through about 10 more days until payday. Here's some suggestions for making merry in LA on a budget: *Take part in the Las Posadas procession depicting the journey of Mary and Joseph at El Pueblo, downtown LA 7:15 p.m. on Thursday,......

The Westwood Farmers’ Market takes place on Thursday afternoons on Weyburn Avenue and Glendon Avenue in Westwood Village. It’s a favorite of UCLA students and employees, as well as area residents and workers who look forward to perusing fresh flowers and produce while listening to the strains of live jazz. However, the future of the market is somewhat up in the air as the organizers seek an alternative site within the Village. The current......

Celebrating almost two full months in existence, LAist's "The Coffee Buzz" continues its exploration of Los Angeles neighborhoods and the people who populate it as colored by the coffee they drink. Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf #8 1500 Westwood Boulevard, Westwood Hours: Monday - Sunday 6:00 AM - 12:00 AM Just south of Wilshire Boulevard and the University of California at Los Angeles, the Westwood Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf could be dubbed the......

Let's face it -- LAist knows that getting your caffiene-buzz on a Monday morning is tough enough simply because it's a Monday morning. But having to decide where to go, if there's enough parking, how quickly you can do it and which route to take are all legitimate and complicated decisions. But when competition becomes so crazy that the same unnamed beanery puts one of their stores directly across the street from another one......