in LA you need a car. A bonus is that the beach and hte mountains are easy to get to with a car. The downer is that getting around town is not easy without one. I lived there 20 years ago, which wont help with parties now, lol. For non party or hip neighborhood options, i recommend taking in the view from Griffith park or something. The beach is there (visit santa monica, venice, malibu), but i rem the water being cold like hte ost see.
SF is like a 10 hour drive from orange county. Mexico is maybe 2!
It's a trippy little museum where some of the exhibits are real and some are not. If you're into oddities then it's more than worth a visit. They have taxidermy mice on toast.
hmm i think march 8th was a slow weekend in LA for techno...but if you are ever in the area again def hit me up. there usually good parties all month long.....i think everybody was recovering from interface madness the weekend before so they took the following week off