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What you need to know to make the most out of the 2025 Rose Parade

Thousands of people will flock to Pasadena, with millions more tuning in on TV.

Japanese high school students play white tubas with Tournament of Roses logos as they march.

10 great SoCal walks after all that holiday food and drink

Did you eat and drink your fill at the holiday buffet? Us too! Now, we have some ideas of where you can get some steps in and enjoy Southern California at its finest.

How a Glendale house is bringing holiday joy, one Santa at a time

Xenia Sanders has been putting up her elaborate decorations for decades.

A woman with very short black hair is smiling while wearing a red and gray Mickey Mouse sweater and reading glasses on a chain around her neck. She's posing in front of a stand with dozens of Santas.

Yucca and sweet potato latkes? That’s tradition for Jewtina y Co.

The 5-year-old group founded in L.A. holds social gatherings that are part of a wider mission of acceptance of Jewish Latinos.

A man with facial hair wears a dark suit while bowing and gesturing over multiple plates of food at a table.

High surf advisory means 'barrels' of fun in Seal Beach

Big, hollow barrels only come to the Seal Beach pier a few times a year, when the swell is big and coming from just the right direction.

A surfer heads into a big barrel. In front of him in the water, a man holds his hands in the air. On the right, a board shoots up into the air.

All the things you can do on Christmas Day in LA and SoCal

There's so much to do ... and less traffic than usual. Happy holidays!

A costumed Mickey Mouse mouse in bow tie and tails and white gloves stands on a bridge gesturing toward a castle with turrets.

These sign makers are restoring LA to its neon glory, one display at a time

Signmakers L.A. makes all kinds of signs, but they have become the go-to folks to fix and make vintage neon signs.

A neon sign for The Knickerbocker on top of a building.

LA County's newest historical landmark is a grave that marks a little-known piece of CA history

The late Altadena resident Owen Brown was famed abolitionist John Brown's son. Like his father, he also participated in the Harpers Ferry raid. Later, the younger Brown settled in Los Angeles.

A gray headstone sits on gravelly soil, in front of dry brush and a tree. The headstone reads "Owen Brown, son of John Brown The Liberator, Died Jan. 9, 1889, aged 64 yrs." Smaller stones and pine cones are gathered at the base of the headstone. Mid-sized gray stones mark the ground in front of the headstone into the shape of a grave. The sky is blue and there are hills and telephone lines behind the scene.

Hand-picked holiday gift ideas from us, the LAist staff

A curated list of great suggestions for when inspiration runs dry.

A desert festival where robots are the headliner

Scientists are using the Mojave Desert to test robots for the next space age.

5 space events to look for this winter

Promise of several astronomical events into the new year.

A woman wearing a coat and beanie and a coat looks into a microscope while standing on a beach

After 19 years, a 'major lunar standstill' happened this week. Let us explain

The Griffith Observatory held a public and online viewing of something called the "major standstill northern moonrise" on early Sunday evening. So what is it exactly?

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