Kristen Lepore thought she had picnic game until she went to the Hollywood Bowl ... Kevin Ferguson explores the world of actors who pretend to be patients to train doctors ... Brains On! explains why your house cat puts up with you.
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These people have been picnicking for decades. It's a sport. We stopped by a concert to learn the tricks of their trades, which you can find right here.
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"Had the aircraft made contact with the drone, it could have been catastrophic." In other words, a drone operator could have caused the death of everyone on board the medivac helicopter.
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Forty-four years later, 76-year old Ralph Brissette tells the harrowing story of the Sylmar Tunnel explosion that killed 17 of his MWD co-workers. He was the only survivor.
Quitapenas plays the Museum of Latin American Art on Friday, August 21 and the Echoplex on Thursday August 27.
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The Standardized Patient program at USC is one of the first in the country, founded in 1963. Actors are trained to play any number of symptoms: liver disease, terminal cancer, diabetes.
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Listen in as the Fitzpatrick family tries to crack a safe and rob a bank — in good fun, of course. It's part of a live, interactive game that's catching on.
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The Buena Vista Museum of Natural History is the only museum anywhere that documents the geology, zoology and paleontology of California’s great San Joaquin Valley.
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In a list of best dressed sports teams from ESPN, Los Angeles' comes in at number 11. What went wrong? ESPN's Paul Lukas blames the Clippers.
A 100-mile-plus mile drive from Los Angeles will take you to Santa Barbara. It will also take you to Encinitas, or Big Bear Lake. Or it can take you to Bakersfield.
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Two new gays bars have opened recently in downtown Los Angeles, with a third on the way. What's happening?
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Shield your eyes, we've got Nudie Suits! The Rhinestone Cowboy outfitter to the stars of country western is reopening this October. Smell the coffee?