Taunted pugs, head traumas, groin traumas, mini-Darth Vader, Kenny G as prison-riot suppression, pro wrestlers in a folding chair factory, a Groupon "reject" and MORE! Not too shabby a showing for the start of the 2011 Super Bowl XLV ads on FOX. Stay tuned to LAist as we continue to update this post with more high-priced commercial hilarity. Audi's "luxury prison" is so far the clear winner. Those dogs, my spleen, hit 'em with the Kenny G. Hiiiii-larious. And now, the videos... more ›

The non-profit charged with bringing Los Angeles' revitalized downtown its first streetcar by 2014 released a short and simple one-year progress report today. more ›

There are no sure things with the Super Bowl, but there are sure commercials. In some ways, the Super Bowl is one of the quickest ways to become a household name known to man (short of staging a fly-away hot air balloon). Today's subject has a leg-up, being the face of the most highly-trafficked commercial of the NFL post-season BEFORE the big game, and as a result standing out amidst a quieter but equally captive period. more ›

When the going gets tough.... Tom Farber, a teacher at a suburban San Diego school, has sold out his ad inventory for the year. That's pretty good in this economy. more ›

A TV commercial, shown above, appearing statewide this week has ignited a debate on whether it is a political ad or not. Political ads must disclose donor names. The makers, Let California Ring, say it's not, but Prop 8 proponents say "it is a campaign ad," according to the LA Times. more ›

For the past few months we've noticed our friends randomly appearing in sidebar ads on Facebook and thought, "ZOMG Zuckerberg, are we all being used so you can pick up all of our friends for your third-party app-monkeys? more ›

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How 'bout the end of that Super Bowl? Good thing Eli Manning came through because the ads really weren't all that, save for the near death of Richard Simmons (with Alice Cooper behind the wheel). But at $2.7 million per 30 seconds, who are we to not expect more? more ›

LATimes.com is well aware of the conflicts that come with contextual advertising -- no ad box appears alongside search results for terms such as "porn" or "sex," for example. But, for now at least, "freaky big, cartoon like muscles" are only a click away. more ›

There I was, minding my own on the Red Line, screeching along toward Hollywood and Western, reading the ad copy on the walls. I'd seen the cross-promotional Metro-Wicked ads before, but I noticed something different this time: the witch is reading a copy of the Los Angeles Tribune. (Hed: "Metro Named America's Best Transportation Agency.") Two questions: First, why isn't she reading the Times? It's probably because Metro's marketing department wanted badly to include... more ›