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Behind the scenes of the 49th Auto Club NHRA Finals

November 6, 2013

Auto Club Raceway The 49th annual NHRA Finals starts tomorrow and runs through Sunday. It’s going to be loud, wild and tons of fun as thousands of drag racing fans come out to join the action and see who the world champions will be. We stopped by the Auto Club Raceway today to see how…

Drag racing, dinosaurs and graffiti at Fairplex

November 1, 2013

Wow October has zoomed by! It seems like only last week that we were shutting down the L.A. County Fair and starting preparations for Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare and Oktoberfest. Throw in the Bubble Run, myriad extreme sporting events and expos and it’s no wonder that October is truly the busiest month of our…

L.A. Weekender: Cars & Stripes, a block party, a Color Run and science

June 28, 2013

Do you hear that? The birds chirping, the beat of the heat wave, splashes from the pool? That’s because it’s Friday… Given that Independence Day is less than a week away, we thought we would keep it fairly mellow this weekend so you can get your family ready for the fireworks festivities that are sure…

Pin-up Power: Retro Gals Head to Grand National Roadsters to Be Crowned

January 24, 2011

Pin-up girls have been a fascination with men and women alike since Betty Grable’s famous portrait made its way around camps throughout World War II. While the Pin-up genre began in the late 19th Century (the Gibson Girl! Who knew?), it really hit its stride in the 1940s and ‘50s. Along with Grable, Bettie Page,…