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Earlier this month, the California Right to Know campaign, which spearheads a State Ballot Proposition that would require labeling of genetically engineered foods, reported collecting 971,126 signatures—nearly double what is required to qualify for placement on the November ballot.

The identity of the second masseur who has filed a suit against John Travolta has been revealed. The New York Daily News managed to track down the masseur who is known as John Doe No. 2 in court documents.

Photographer and TV director Jett Loe said he stumbled upon West Adams by accident when he was apartment-hunting. Almost immediately, he fell in love with the neighborhood and its gorgeous architecture but he was dismayed to learn that few others shared his passion or knew anything about its long history.

A man died this afternoon from his injuries after his car plunged off the pier at the Port of Los Angeles. It happened around 3 pm on Navy Way near Pier 300.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, Zuckerberg gets hitched, a dead baby is banned from Facebook and the NAACP endorses gay marriage. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports. You can also find us on Pinterest, Storify, Foursquare, and Instagram (laistpics).

These are trying times for the Dodgers. The Dodgers place yet another player on the 15-day disabled list as they continue their weekend series against one of the better National League teams in the St. Louis Cardinals.

San Antonio Spurs defeat LA Clippers 96-86. You remember how the Clippers overcame a 27-point deficit in the first game of the playoffs on the road against the Memphis Grizzlies to eke out a one-point victory? Well the Clippers sort of know how the Grizz felt now.

Get out so you can take a walk (or a hike), learn something about early 20th century immigration or learn something from TV writers.

Actor Timothy Busfield is in hot water after he took a woman on a date at the Sherman Oaks ArcLight theaters. Law enforcement sources told TMZ that his date is accusing him of sexual battery.

A metro bus driver was fatally shot by a passenger in West Hollywood this morning, according to the sheriff's department. It happened around 9 am this morning near the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and West Knoll Drive.

Will Smith was on BBC's "The Graham Norton Show" this week taking it back...all the way back to the world-famous rap that opens the "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air." Smith has been on a worldwide tour (dodging kissy reporters) and promoting the third Men in Black movie.

Actor Nick Stahl, whose disappearance worried his wife, finally checked in with her more than a week after going MIA. Stahl had emailed his friends yesterday to let them know that he was doing alright, but he didn't include his wife Rose Murphy in the e-mail.

An 80-year-old man shot his wife inside their home in Lake Forest this morning before turning the gun on himself. The 68-year-old woman called sheriff's dispatchers around 8:30 am to let them know her husband was armed and distraught and that she feared for her safety.

Bee Gees member Robin Gibb, 62, passed away today after a long battle with cancer, according a representative for his family.

It was a bit premature to crown the ascension of the Kings. For the second time in this playoff run that began 39 days ago, the Kings have been staved off from sweeping a team. Like Vancouver did in Game 4 at STAPLES Center in the first round series, so too the Phoenix Coyotes have found a couple of breaths of precious life in their season with their 2-0 victory.

If you're on the West Coast, you might have noticed that tonight the sky suddenly got a little darker than usual this evening. We experienced a partial solar eclipse, and NASA said it was the best one since 1992.

This week's edition of Overheard in L.A. features snippets of conversation overhead at Whole Foods, the L.A. Zoo and that crazy place known as CAA.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, Doctor Who Puppet gets a tumblr, taco books are in style and what's happening to the Salton Sea. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports. You can also find us on Pinterest, Storify, Foursquare, and Instagram (laistpics).

It was the eclipse. That's the only explanation for how the Dodgers keep winning despite losing players left and right. Well at least the eclipse could be mythological excuse the Dodgers had Sunday night in their 6-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.

San Antonio Spurs defeat LA Clippers 102-99. And so the charade that is the Clippers' season comes to a screeching end. Despite trying to make a game of it, the Spurs calmly took control of the final minutes of the game sweeping the Clippers out of the STAPLES Center.

Likely the only Monday morning question today that will overtake the usual "Did you see 'Mad Men' last night?" is going to be "Did you see the eclipse?" We've got a whole bunch of gorgeous photos, but we also were directed to this time lapse video, shot by Cory Poole, a math and science teacher at University Preparatory School in Redding California.

Officials in Orange County are wondering just how in the heck marijuana with an estimated street value of at least $3 million got left floating in the Pacific about 13 miles off the coast of Dana Point.

Authorities in West Hollywood have released the name of the man detained on suspicion of fatally shooting a Metro bus driver Sunday morning.

The average price of a gallon of regular gas in Los Angeles County fell for a fifth consecutive day.

Four men were arrested Sunday night after the Dodgers/Cardinals game for their involvement in a fight in the stadium parking lot. The suspects, all in their 20s, were booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, notably fists and feet, police said.

Santa Monica beach goers will get to enjoy fancy new public bathrooms this summer, but the lofty price tag has aggravated some city taxpayers.

There are thousands of stories to tell in Los Angeles, but sometimes a picture says so much more. Thanks to our LAist Featured Photos Pool on Flickr, here are 7 moments worth taking a second look at in our 7 Reasons to Love L.A. series.

Los Angeles County authorities announced today that they are on heightened alert to spot any drivers who are not wearing a seat belt.

Joaquin Phoenix "returns" to acting in the first teaser trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson's hotly-anticipated new film The Master, which also stars Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Dern. Neither of those two stars are seen in the trailer, which features Phoenix being interrogated by a naval officer. It's been widely reported that Anderson's film is some sort of thinly-veiled biopic inspired by the life of creepy Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, and one could speculate that this trailer is drawing from Hubbard's checkered career in the Navy.

As evidenced by the rise of the rock star chef, the proliferation of food paparazzi, and the overwhelming amount of food blogs on the interwebs, foodie-ism has reached critical mass. Yet there's a disconnect between the hyper-educated culinary elite and the general populus, and our nation's food system is in a dire state.