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More for Your Money: The quest for transparent airline fees
If you think flying is tedious, try figuring out what your flight will cost. Fees for bags and optional services, such as seat selection,...
Lucille Ball museum: Where you can love Lucy all over again
Even though she was born 100 years ago next month and her mega-hit TV show premiered 60 years ago this October, there remains a single truth...
Travelers Aid Society ends 61-year run at LAX
The safety net at LAX became significantly smaller last week when the city of Los Angeles, which operates the airport, ended a $400,000-a-...
A prison stay with exit privileges
After ushering his visitors through the reception area, Mark Schreiber pushed a button that electronically shut a heavy iron gate.
Go ahead and indulge — it's Taormina, Italy
I am sitting on the balcony of the Grand Hotel Timeo eating almond-flavored granita (a kind of Italian sherbet) for breakfast and thinking...
International visitors' favorite places to visit in the U.S.
Whether you're shopping at Tiffany, contemplating the Liberty Bell, hiking in Yosemite National Park or throwing dice inLas Vegas, odds...
A journey through Civil War sites
Although the Civil War was waged across the country — from Arizona to Maine — some of the heaviest and most decisive fighting...
Bigfoot was here — maybe
Full disclosure: I am no Bigfoot junkie. In fact, before strapping my mom, my 3-year-old and myself in the car and traveling north on U.S....
Fly or drive – what's the better deal?
Who would take a road trip when gasoline is hovering near $4 a gallon? Well, you might, especially if you're taking the family.
Enjoying California's volcanic legacy
The Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway yawns languidly for 500 miles from the southern reaches of California's Cascade Range to lower Oregon....
On the healthful highway
For the junk food junkie, a road trip can be a dream journey. Between the fast food outlets and the glop at gas station minimarts, travelers...
It's worth stopping along California 99
Call it the accidental road trip. Looking for a less monotonous route home from Northern California last summer, my family and I took...
Know your rental car insurance coverage
As the owner of a communications agency in Del Mar, Calif., Andy Abramson travels often. In fact, he's had two accidents in the last two...
Dogs find a welcome spot at California B&Bs
In the age-old war between cats and dogs, the Fidos of America have scored another victory.
Roswell UFO museum's fascinating space
As head of the International UFO Museum and Research Center in Roswell, Julie Shuster has heard every imaginable story about flying saucers,...
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Your Scene: Taking liberties with the angle
The Statue of Liberty has been photographed countless times from all directions, but Jill Bowker, who had tickets that allowed access to the icon's crown, took a fresh look. The result is a bird's-eye view of the tablet in Lady Liberty's...
Letters to the editor
Regarding "No Junk in the Trunk" by George Fuller, June 26: You can find healthful choices at almost all fast-food joints — get the grilled chicken sandwich, feed the bun to the birds, skip the fries, etc.
Travel: Letters to the editor
Jane Engle missed an obvious and overwhelmingly important point in her story ["Are We There Yet?," June 12].
Letters
I enjoyed Christopher Reynolds' article on Orange County ["A Swell Time," May 29]. He covered it well, in an entertaining way, but failed to mention Newport's Back Bay. I guess he thought there was nothing of interest there for travelers....
Letters: Recalling Cambodia's killing fields
I read Susan Spano's "After the Killing Fields" [May 15] with much emotion. I am a survivor of the killing fields. I remember precisely the event that had me clinging to my grandmother's hand and my older brother holding steadfast to my...
Readers recommend: Hemet's Quality Inn
Six of us decided to spend the night in Hemet after attending a matinee of "Ramona" at the Ramona Bowl. We had made reservations at the Quality Inn and were pleasantly surprised by the motel experience. The managers were accommodating and...
Letters to the Travel editor
As a 71-year resident of the Valley, I thought I would mention two of my favorite eating places that Chris Reynolds' article, "Valley Visions" [April 24], did not include: Art's Deli in Studio City and Brent's Deli in Northridge.
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