| There are several airports that serve Los Angeles. The largest and most frequented is the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) http://www.lawa.org/LAX/welcomeLAX.cfm. LAX is close to the southwestern side of Los Angeles (Culver City, West Los Angeles). Sepulveda Boulevard and the 405 Freeway are direct routes to get there. Other nearby airports include the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank (www.burbankairport.com/), Van Nuys Airport (small airport) and Ontario International Airport ( http://www.lawa.org/ont/ ), which is in Riverside, southeast of Los Angeles. |
Public transportation is notoriously bad in Los Angeles. Some people manage to commute by bus but it's hard and cannot be relied upon to be quick, convenient or even available given where you are and want to go.
It's unfortunate but you really need a car to see LA efficiently.
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| The area codes for L.A. are 213 (Downtown), 310 (Malibu and the west side), 323 (Florence and Los Angeles excluding downtown), 562 (Southwestern suburbs) 626 (Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley), 818 (Burbank, Glendale, the San Fernando Valley and the northern suburbs) and 909 (eastern border of L.A. county).
There are pay phones around the city although some are being removed. Hotels and most hostels have phone access.
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| Many coffeehouses in L.A. have internet-ready computers that patrons can use for a fee (usually $5-10/hr.). Even more have wireless networks that you can use if you have a laptop with a wireless internet card. These are usually free but occasionally have a by-minute charge. Cyber Java (7080 Hollywood Blvd. Ph: 323-466-5600) charges $2.50 per 15 min. |
| There is a post office on 1615 Wilcox Ave. (800-275-8777). Open M-F 8:30am-5:30pm, Sa 8:30am-3:30pm. The postal code is 90028. |
| L.A. is the land of the strip mall, and many of them have laundromats. There are a number of pleasant places to get your whites white in Hollywood on Franklin Blvd. between Cahuenga and Vermont. Most charge between $1-1.50 per load and $.75 per 20min. to dry. A little farther south is Lucy’s Laundry Mart (5609 W. Sunset Blvd., ph: 323-463-3410). |
| The L.A. Times is Los Angeles’s daily newspaper and often features tenacious investigative journalism and reviews of cultural goings-on around the city. The L.A. Weekly is put out by the folks who produce the Village Voice and is a great place to look for news about music and art shows, as well as left-leaning political stories.
Many L.A. neighborhoods, especially the younger and trendier, have their own regularly published event pamphlets, usually geared toward the hipster scene. If you’re in Silverlake, Hollywood or Echo Park, look for these near the entrances independent clothing or music stores.
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