Originally Posted by rally
Metrolink (the train) is a good idea.....
BUT ,make sure you find out what time the last one heads North to take you back to Downtown LA.
Also Downtown LA is not a place I would want to be walking around at night, so plan on a Yaxi from Union Station to your hotel.
And now you're getting awfully close to the price of renting a car if you haven't already exceeded it.