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Helpful links for Los Angeles:

 

LA Times

The LA Times has developed a top tier reputation in the last couple of years. Visit latimes.com for weather, news and all the Hollywood stories you can handle.

 

City of Los Angeles

If you are moving to Los Angeles the City of Los Angeles site can help you with a lot of local issues www.ci.la.ca.us like how to get your car back when the city tows it! (LA has a three day rule - if your car is parked for more than threee days in the same spot it can be towed. Beware!)

 

UCLA

The famed UCLA is a good reason to move to Los Angeles ucla.edu

 

USC

Lest I get shot by USC Trojan fans - usc.edu is also a magnificient reason to move to LA!

 

Los Angeles dot com

A guide to everything Los Angeles losangeles.com

 

Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art

Many people view Los Angeles as a cultural wasteland. Nothing could be further from the truth. Visit lacma.org

For a peek at some of the art treasures available in this city. You will need a car though to get around between locations!

 

Cal State

One of the many fine educational institutions the Los Angeles are has to offer calstatela.edu

 

Los Angeles Library

The library is one of the first places to get acquainted with when you move to a new area. Find your local library at lapl.org

 

Los Angeles Zoo

What city is complete without a zoo? Visit lazoo.org before you visit the zoo.

 

LA Weekly

For a real glimpse of LA culture you cannot go past laweekly.com for an insight into the city. Left wing politics sit rights next to massive ads for plastic surgery. Can you spell incongruous?

 

Los Angeles Lakers

Oh yes, the Lakers. Another microcosm of this fascinating city. Click on nba.com/lakers and get yourself a ticket to watch Kobe Bryant in action.

 

Helpful links for Santa Monica:

 

City of Santa Monica

This is a great resource if you are moving to Santa Monica for the first time. Even locals will find a lot of information about their city they don't know pen.ci.santa-monica.ca.us

 

Santa Monica Bus

Need to get around but the car is in the shop? Santa Monica has some of the only clean, safe and reliable public transport in Los Angeles County bigbluebus.com

 

Santa Monica College

If its time to get your brain fired up smc.edu will get you to the Santa Monica College website. This is a feeder school for prestigious USC usc.edu or the famed UCLA ucla.edu

 

Hiking in the Santa Monica Mountains

If you want to get out and about in the great outdoors nps.gov/samo will direct you to the National Parks in the Santa Monica area. This area will make you glad you moved to Santa Monica!

 

Santa Monica Police

Need the Boys in Blue? Click on santamonicapd.org to get in touch with the Santa Monica Police Department.

 

Santa Monica Webcam

Want to see what the weather is like in Santa Monica in three minute updates?! Want to check on traffic by the Santa Monica Pier? Check out www.westland.net/piercam

 

Santa Monica News

Have a look at smmirror.com to find out all the local Santa Monica gossip.

 

Santa Monica Museum of Art

If you're an art lover www.smmoa.org will help you get in touch with some of the great art the Santa Monica region has to offer

 

Santa Monica Music

If you love edgy student radio kcrw.com will take you to Santa Monica Colleges student radio station.

 

Santa Monica Place

Are you a mall rat? Then santamonicaplace.com will be your local shopping location!

 

Santa Monica Libraries

Santa Monica has a great library system. Find all your library locations at smpl.org

 

Real Estate

Are you having trouble finding a new home, apartment or condo? Check out realtor.com, the official site of the National Association of REALTORS.

 

Financing

Many mortgage companies today offer no money down mortgages to a variety of different people. Check out mortgage101.com to see if you qualify.

 

Furniture

Moving into your first place can be expensive. If you need a cost-effective way to furnish your new place, check out the furniture section of craigslist at craigslist.org.

 

Packing / Unpacking

If you don't have enough time to pack or unpack your belongings, consider unpackme.com. They specialize in unpacking your items and putting them away in a logical fashion.

 

New City Information

Make sure the city you are moving to is right for you! Check out citysearch.com  to discover what restaurants, sports bars, retail, ect. are available in the area BEFORE you move.

 

Visit at-la.com for the most up to date local information about Los Angeles.

 

Getting situated to any new situation is difficult. Use yahoo.com to find out any local information you may need.

 

Don't forget to change your address with the post office at usps.com.

 

Moving Day Tips

Check out the weather on the day of your anticipated move at weather.com.

 

Give the movers directions on how to get to your new place through mapquest.com.

 

 

 

 

 

"Thank you for the smoothest, easiest (for us!) and quickest move. You are a dream team and you saved the day!"

-Olga Gerald, October 2004