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Get out so you can enjoy locally brewed beer, check out the unveiling of 12 acres at Grand Park and jam to over 70 bands and DJs in Eagle Rock.

Everyone from sugar-high toddlers to hard-partying adults has fun on Halloween, but ghosts are the reason for the season and nothing beats the adrenaline rush of a good scare. We scoured the city for the events and attractions that will have you going to sleep with the lights on this fall.

Making its debut on opening night during a program that includes Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky is the the LBSO Balcony Club—a relaxed social lounge where guests are encouraged to kick back and enjoy the show. Members can bring drinks into the concert hall, use their smart phones (on silent and only non-flash photography) and come late or leave early without shame.

Roughly 200 people attended the march that started at 2 p.m. at Pershing Square and stopped at various locations, including a Bank of America branch, the Central Cities Association, a lobbying group that supports gentrification, and the Los Angeles Community College district headquarters to protest education cuts.

Some things are just not meant to be, and one of them is any kind of road connecting the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains with the Angeles Crest Highway. One such effort, in the 1930s, was wiped out by a giant flood - resulting in the Bridge to Nowhere.

Get out so you can see a comedy show, watch a Derby Dolls race or listen to The Rite of Spring at Disney Hall.

Get out so you can eat mooncakes, jam in a warehouse on the Eastside or head to the Cinerama.

There are many things throughout Orange County that are named after the twin peaks that dominate the landscape and can be seen, on clear days, from Malibu, the San Gabriel Mountains, Idyllwild and San Diego County. The distinctive saddle shape that gives the mountain its name is as recognizable as the impressive profile of Mt. Baldy.

The LA County Fair is almost over! The last day is this Sunday. Here are some of the rides, the (fried) food and opportunities for public humiliation that you won't want to miss.

When the Hernandez family of Van Nuys went into foreclosure last month, they had no interest becoming one of these statistics. With help from loved ones, the Occupy movement and the community, they decided to stand their ground.