Hackers in LA?
christefano: The Dorkbot community is pretty cool:  http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsocal/

There also used to be events called "Geek Dinners" but they were mostly attended by "social media gurus" and the like. Not really my cup of tea.I'm on the westside and am always looking for hacker events. My company is a big sponsor of Drupal events in Boston and Los Angeles and that's where much of my focus has been.