[YoungRemy]

you might be able to take Metro Rail from your area into downtown.

you can explore some areas around the Grammy Museum and LA Live complex. any night there is a sports jumble, (thanks DandyFop) you can hang out in the plaza and do more of that people watching pastime.

from there you can go into the heart of Hollywood via subway, or into Culver City via the new Expo line above ground. that path (expo line) takes you through the USC campus and passes the Museum of Natural History and California Science Center, which currently houses a Space Shuttle Endeavour exhibit.

in the Hollywood area, you can visit the Capitol Records building or take a hike above the Hollywood Hills, see the Griffith Park Observatory, or watch insanely vapid people and porn stars hiking Runyon Canyon.

go visit the former G-Son studios and MCA mural in Atwater Village off of Glendale Blvd.

in your area, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, El Segundo's nice.

co-sign Venice and Santa Monica area.