B757 RWY CHANGED FROM 25L TO 24R AT KRAIN. UNABLE TO SEE TRAFFIC AHEAD IN CITY LIGHTS AND WITH NO ILS SIGNAL ATC DIRECTED A GAR FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER APCH.

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PRIOR TO CIVET INTXN INBOUND TO LAX CLRED CIVET5 TO WHAT I REMEMBER TO BE RWY 25L AND TO DSND ON THE ARR. APCHING KRAIN AT 10000 FT SOCAL ASKED IF WE WERE LINED UP FOR RWY 24L. REPLIED NEGATIVE WE WERE ESTABLISHED ON THE ARR FOR RWY 25L; INSTRUCTED TO TURN R 10 DEGS AND INTERCEPT LOC RWY 24L AND DSND TO 7000 FT. FREQ CHANGE TO 124.5 ON CHK IN RWY CHANGED TO RWY 24R. PROGRAMMED NEW APCH IN FMC AND TUNED LOC FREQ (108.5). COCKPIT INDICATIONS OF NO LOC SIGNAL; NO COMMAND STEERING; NO RAW DATA; LOC FMA WITH YELLOW LINE THROUGH IT AND NO IDENT. RPTED PROB TO SOCAL AND THEY SWITCHED RWY TO RWY 24L; FOLLOWING RJ TFC. DSCNT CONTINUED TO 3200 FT WITH NO VISUAL ON TFC AHEAD; PERHAPS DUE TO NUMEROUS CITY LIGHTS; OR TFC WAS NOT UTILIZING ALL LIGHTS FOR APCH. WITH TFC 2 MI AHEAD NO VISUAL CONTACT AND UNABLE TO DSND ANY LOWER; SOCAL BROKE US OUT OF THE PATTERN WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO CLB TO 3000 FT AND TURN R 020 DEGS (LAST ASSIGNED ALT 3200 FT) REPLY 'DSNDING TO 3000.' SPUN US ROUND FOR A SECOND APCH SLOWED TO 160 KTS THEN 150 KTS CLRED FOR VISUAL RWY 24R SPD 160 KTS SWITCH TO TWR 133.9 SAID SPD 150 KTS TOLD TO MAINTAIN 150 KTS. PF INITIALLY LINED UP FOR RWY 24L DUE TO NO FLT DIRECTOR STEERING TO LOC RWY 24R PNF CALLED LINE UP AND PF CORRECTED TO RWY 24R VISUAL AT APPROX 6 MI. SWITCHED TWR TO VERIFY RWY AND CLRED TO LAND RWY 24R. REMAINDER OF FLT AND TAXI UNEVENTFUL.