Here is one visitor’s view of two very different cities. At left, the Golden Gate Bridge at dawn in San Francisco, and at right, sunset over Coronado Bridge in San Diego. Both cities hold their own charms. (Golden Gate Bridge by Robert Durell / Los Angeles Times; Coronado Bridge by Micha Pawlitzki / Getty Images) [...]

Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs didn’t ascend the stage sporting a robe and full beard to announce the most anticipated tablet since Moses’. But the crowd at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco received the introduction of the iPad with a roar of thunderous applause. Perhaps the worst kept secret since, well, the iPhone, [...]

Leading up to the long-speculated launch of Apple’s iPad tablet computer, the publishing industry — newspapers, magazines and books — seemed to be the target. At least, those execs were at the forefront of the leaks (thanks, McGraw-Hill!). Could the iPad instantly succeed — like the iPod did for digital music before it — where [...]

Nuevo terremoto en el castigado sector automovilístico de Estados Unidos, uno de los más azotados por la crisis. El fabricante japonés Toyota ha anunciado este miércoles que suspende las ventas de ocho modelos por un problema en el pedal del acelerador detectado hace semanas en 2,3 millones de vehículos en todo el país. La conducción [...]

  “Avatar” has become the highest grossing movie of all time, surpassing the Oscar-winning film “Titanic.” Will “Avatar” make a big mark on Oscar night too?  We talked earlier to Rebecca Keegan, the author of “The Futurist: The Life and Films of James Cameron,” and here she weighs in on why this could be the year a [...]

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Reports of Brad Pitt and Angelina’s break-up are “not true,” a publicist close to Brad Pitt’s assistant told Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush. Reports of a split spread like wildfire from the Internet to radio and TV news over the weekend — while other reports besides Access’ have also denied the break-up. [...]

The Al Qaeda leader vows to continue targeting the U.S. as long as Washington backs Israel. But American officials doubt he played a meaningful role in planning the failed attack. On the tape, Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden said: “The message we want to communicate to you through the plane of the hero, the [...]

The actor is back in theaters after a long break — and a very publicized breakdown. Will moviegoers welcome his return? Says Gibson on predicting the reception his new film, “Edge of Darkness,” will receive: “I would hope people would be gracious and give me a chance.” (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times) By Geoff [...]

CON REDJESON. SEGURO QUE DEL CAOS LOGRAREMOS ENTRE TODOS UN MUNDO MEJOR. Todavía no nos hemos enterado de la magnitud de la tremenda tragedia de Haití. No es posible. Si alguna vez ha tenido sentido esa expresión de que en ocasiones la realidad supera la ficción, ésta lo es. El dramatismo es absoluto: Mientras cientos de miles de [...]

The Palos Verdes Peninsula’s last farmer James Hatano has been growing crops in Palos Verdes for more than 50 years, the last link to an area dotted with farms worked by Japanese immigrants. When he retires, a century-old tradition will end. Jeff Gottlieb James Hatano turns off one of the Palos Verdes Peninsula’s oceanfront drives [...]