Instead of going to shopping centers and malls this holiday season, make an afternoon of strolling the main streets of one of the greater Los Angeles area’s small-town villages

At Bloomingdale’s, at 59th Street and Lexington Avenue, a mosaic of computer-generated animation on 100 digital screens depicts a dreamy winter landscape.

CERRITOS, Calif. _ The Black Friday shopping orgy got a little nasty in Southern California. Reports of a melee sent Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies to the Los Cerritos Center mall in Cerritos around 2:30 a.m. Sgt. Ciro Racowschi tells City News Service that a half-dozen men got into a fight in the food court, [...]

As you gear up for the busy holiday season, include vaccines, refills for prescription medications, an extra pair of reading glasses, and travel insurance in your shopping list. Do you need vaccines for your destination? You can hunt down this information online or by contacting a place that handles travel vaccines. A company known as Passport Health specializes in health care for travelers. Their web site is passporthealthusa.com.

Pencils, pens, notebooks and crayons can add up for parents facing economic woes as their children head back to classes. Here are some tips for trimming costs.