Backpacks

“Stay off the glitter!” instructed ushers at the first night of Concept L.A. fashion week (of which the Los Angeles Times' Image section is one of several media sponsors) as attendees tried to make their way to their seats. The......

Baby wearing has been a hot topic of discussion among parents lately because of a recent warning by the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission that certain kinds of slings, if used incorrectly, can lead to infant death. Indeed, hazards aside, the...

Here's Bucky on last night's The Amazing Race:OK, no DVR again this week. Watching a foot of snow fall back home in Colorado (I love The Weather Channel) was too much to bear, so we extended our stay in California.......

Walt Disney World operates two outlet stores, Character Premiere in the Orlando Premium Outlets near Downtown Disney and Character Warehouse in the Prime Outlets on International Drive. The stores sell discontinued and overstocked — but not...

Well, dag gummit, as Jet and Cord might say, was that not a great episode of "The Amazing Race"? This week's installment had everything that makes "The Amazing Race" addictive television: major reversals, local color and surprises aplenty, as several........

Whether you sport khakis and Chuck Taylors, backpacks and beanies, or flannels and designer frames, you'll find something tailored to you this weekend. One of the busiest two-day stretches in recent rap memory commences Friday night at Vanguard with DJ......

We all know the image of students giving their teacher an apple (suck-ups). But how about the other way around? With several school districts across the country providing students with free laptops during their tenure, a cheaper and perhaps more practical...

Ten former "American Idol" finalists, including Season 5's Elliott Yamin, Season 2's Kimberley Locke, Season 6's Brandon Rogers, Season 3's Latoya London and Season 9's Didi Benami, came together in downtown L.A. on Tuesday to help fill backpacks with...

A dog's nose, of course, is where the trouble all begins. Homer and Chase are running through Solstice Creek in the Santa Monica Mountains on a warm Sunday afternoon. They are splashing in shin-deep water, darting past salamanders and frogs and jumping...

A pair of suicide bombers carrying explosive-laden backpacks penetrated Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone today and blew up a popular restaurant and shopping arcade during lunchtime, killing 10 civilians, including four Americans. More than 18...