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• Economic growth

  Report: LAX is an economic powerhouse in Southern California

  Los Angeles International Airport is a massive “economic engine” that supports more than 630,000 jobs with wages of $37.3 billion and generates $126.6 billion in business revenues in Southern California, according to an economic impact analysis released Thursday. LAX also creates nearly $15 billion in local, state and federal tax revenues, said the study conducted by the Los Angeles County...

  Nick Green
  |4 hrs ago

• Amusement and theme parks

  Abu Dhabi plans $1 billion Warner Bros. theme park

  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United Arab Emirates has announced plans for a $1 billion Warner Bros. theme park in Abu Dhabi, which will bring to the Middle East the studio’s popular superheroes and cartoon characters ranging from Bugs Bunny and Scooby-Doo to Batman and Superman. The first phase is scheduled to open in 2018 and will include a Warner Bros. branded hotel on Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island, which is currently home to a Formula 1 race track, Ferrari World...

  Associated Press|2 days ago

• Fairs and festivals

  Nothing to be frightened about with Pasadena’s Monsterpalooza

  Horror films make you want to warn the actors “look behind you,” but Eliot Brodsky wants you to look behind the movies themselves — to the artists, writers and all the people who help bring a story to the screen. Brodsky is the founder of Monsterpalooza, a horror convention coming to the Pasadena Convention Center April 22-24. “It came about because of my...

  Michelle Mills
  Vernor Rodgers
  |3 days ago

• Amusement and theme parks

  This is the construction of ‘Star Wars’ land you’re looking for

  ANAHEIM >> Disneyland announced it has officially broken ground on “Star Wars” land at Disneyland and Walt Disney World. On Thursday, officials posted a 360-degree view of the site at Disneyland on its Disney Parks blog. The picture shows stormtroopers guarding a barren landscape with...

  Joseph Pimentel
  |6 days ago

• Natural history museums

  Natural History Museum enlists volunteers to catalog bugs and more in Southern California

  LOS ANGELES >> Long before Southern California was paved over with freeways and covered with cars and millions of people, it was teeming with snakes, slugs, spiders, snails and uncounted other slimy, creepy, crawly creatures. And it still is, say scientists at the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum who are intent on building a better world by enlisting thousands of people to find and catalog those creatures. On Thursday, the scientists will unveil the museum’s...

  By John Rogers The Associated Press|1 week ago

• Science museums

  Last surviving space shuttle external tank on its way to LA

  NEW ORLEANS — NASA’s only remaining space shuttle external fuel tank is headed to California, where it will land as part of a permanent display with the retired space shuttle Endeavor. The tank, ET-94, was built for the space shuttle program but never used in flight. The 15-story, 32 1/2-ton external tank left the NASA assembly facility in New Orleans on a barge Sunday and was to arrive at the dock in Marina Del Rey on May 18 before beginning a 12-mile ride through the...

  Associated Press|1 week ago

• Amusement and theme parks

  Wizarding World of Harry Potter opens to huge crowds at Universal Studios

  UNIVERSAL CITY — Muggles galore descended on Universal Studios Hollywood today to celebrate the grand opening of the much-anticipated Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction, which sinks park visitors into the theatrical world of the boy wizard. Thousands of people passed through the gates this morning as they looked to be among the first to visit the theme park’s latest -- and most eagerly awaited -- “immersive” land. •...

  City News Service|2 weeks ago

• Amusement and theme parks

  The Wizarding World of Harry Potter sold out for opening day

  Talk about selling out. After more than 5 years of planning, months of testing, weeks of soft openings and nearly half a billion dollars of investment, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter opens to the public tomorrow — and it’s already sold out. Ticket sales for the Wizarding World opening day at Universal Studios Hollywood were stopped days in advance, a first for the theme park, according to Larry Kurzweil, president of Universal Studios Hollywood. So...

  Samantha Valtierra Bush
  |2 weeks, 1 day ago

• Amusement and theme parks

  Harry Potter fans at Universal Studios now aided by $29-million Metro footbridge

  For years, hordes of visitors to Universal Studios and CityWalk had to brave busy Lankershim Boulevard to catch a shuttle up the hill to Universal City. But as the Wizarding World of Harry Potter opens at Universal on Thursday, thousands of pedestrians will be able to walk safely over a $29-million footbridge from the Universal City Red Line subway to the Universal Studios shuttle bus stop. “Our new pedestrian bridge makes it even faster and easier for transit riders to...

  Dana Bartholomew
  |2 weeks, 1 day ago

• Visual arts

  Teen-curated exhibition explores the healing power of art at Museum of Latin American Art

  A new exhibit at the Museum of Latin American Art aims to show the healing power of art. And to do so, museum officials enlisted the help of five Long Beach high school students to put together an exhibition that explores how creating and looking at art can “heal the body and elevate the soul.” “I think a lot of these pieces put the viewer in a very visceral setting. It’s one where they’ll have the...

  Richard Guzman
  |2 weeks, 1 day ago