In-N-Out makes burgers beloved by many, but they also have a rep for making sure no one else makes a burger like them--or at least calls it by the same name. Famously protective of their menu and aesthetics, the SoCal chain has asked a nearly 40-year-old Manhattan Beach eatery to take the burger they're calling a Double Double off their menu. more ›

Native Foods Café fans are proving that you've gotta fight for your right for a good vegan sandwich. While we recently brought you the good news of the vegan restaurant chain coming to the Westside (and 14 other locations this year!), today we're hitting you with some somber information: The Classic Deli Reuben, one of our favorite Native Foods offerings, has been banished from the menu. But famished fans are fighting back via Facebook. more ›

Did you catch this one on Facebook? There's a serial killer on the loose in the South Bay and he's targeting women! Don't panic, say local authorities, because it turns out that's just an online rumor, and it's totally false. Where's the dislike button?! more ›

A Hollywood woman, using Facebook in a unique way, was charged Tuesday with breeding sugar gliders - small possums native to Australia - and attempting to sell the exotic animals on Facebook. Amy Young Lynn, 39, was busted with eight sugar gliders by undercover state Fish and Game officials. more ›

The U.S. Secret Service is investigating a former Carson City Council candidate after he posted a rather serious and concerning call for action on his Facebook page on Sunday - the assassination of President Barack Obama and his children. more ›

Travelers who check in for flights at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) are also checking in to the venue via Facebook. LAX has just been deemed the "most social airport" by social networking site Facebook, since more people "share" that they are there than at any other global airport. more ›

Whose face would you like to never again see on your Facebook feed? The baby updater? The FarmVille player? He who hath no filter for undercooked political opinions? Well, today's the day to make your move. In 2010, Jimmy Kimmel declared November 17 National UnFriend Day, and he's back promoting the holiday again this year. more ›

Sometimes the language of Facebook struggles to accurately describe our relationships — and that's certainly a dilemma posed by LAX's revamped Facebook page. You may not "like" LAX, but you might appreciate the page if you're a frequent flier, a Facebook check-in junkie or you want to know why those trippy pylons outside the airport were purple (it was Alzheimer's Action Day). more ›

Today at F8, the Facebook conference, the social networking übersite announced the next big change, and, OMFG!, you thought you were pissed yesterday when they effed up your news feed. more ›

Have you checked out the intricate beach trash mosaic on the side of Mollusk Surf Shop in Venice yet? To help clean up our beaches and promote the short film "One Beach," the Surfrider Foundation and Barefoot Wine teamed up with four local artists to mastermind the public artwork. A film "about creativity, optimism and fun at work on our coasts around the world," "One Beach" premieres online this afternoon at 3:30pm PDT (6:30pm EDT). more ›

Social Media Week (SMW) is in full swing, and L.A. is one of the twelve cities celebrating with events scheduled today through Friday, September 23. The biannual global platform "connects people, content, and conversation around emerging trends in social and mobile media," per the website, and is delivered through a network of conferences and online via social and mobile media. more ›

Say good-bye to the horror of logging on to your computer after a night out only to find pictures of yourself with your fist wrapped around a beer, sweat dripping down your forehead and your mouth forming the word "wooo!" -- the Gods of Facebook have deigned to let us approve photos before they get tagged. more ›

Dang, social networking has sure changed how we relate to each other doesn't it? Facebook users, take note. In one state, there's a kind of friendship that is verboten, but parents-to-be all over the globe can tell their friends the big news in just one convenient click. more ›

California houses the headquarters of the world's top social media sites - Facebook, Twitter, Google, LinkedIn, Myspace - they're all here in the golden state. Tripl, a Sweden-based social travel startup, whipped up a lengthy infographic called "The Social Travel Revolution." Their studies note the impact of 'social' on travel. more ›

17-year-old Michael Jason Wilson of Laguna Beach was sentenced to a year in jail and three years probation after pleaded guilty yesterday to "stabbing a rival in a feud that started with traded insults on Facebook," according to Laguna Beach Patch. more ›

Pro Publica has published a database that makes it easy for you to compare your access to quality education and at what cost in an effort to provide insight into the opportunity gap demonstrated by economic difference in the classroom. more ›

Community Coalition has a simple ask today: Give your vote on this Facebook page and Community Coalition could win a van to help transport after-school program participants to its center in South L.A. The contest runs until midnight and there are only a few other non-profits in the running (all ex-L.A.) so go on and give a click! more ›

A registered sex offender was arrested while surfing Facebook at the Apple Store in San Luis Obispo on Wednesday, according to the SLO Tribune. more ›

18-year-old Will Norton was on his way home after his high school graduation when the tornado struck Joplin, Missouri, and now the young man, poised to attend the OC's Chapman University in the fall is missing. Norton, according to a CNN iReport, was yanked out of his vehicle through the sunroof, by the force of the storm. more ›

When taking photos at the Playboy Mansion, be sure to tag yourself on Facebook so the health department will know to contact you in case of an outbreak. Turns out social media may be good for public health. more ›

A 17-year-old student at Millikan High was arrested Thursday after allegedly threatening violence in a series of Facebook posts. The boy threatened to harm a "small number" of classmates just a few days after friending them on the social network, according to Long Beach police. more ›

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Monday that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard classmates Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss "were savvy enough to understand what they were agreeing to" when they inked a 2008 $20 million cash deal over the social networking site, and "can't undo the settlement," reports the Associated Press. more ›

An L.A.-based street artist known as 2wenty can't seem to get enough of the social network that he's related to metaphorically as cancer sticks in his work. But Facebook has already gotten the relative street art newbie into local gallery shows as well as attention from across the pond. more ›

Less than two weeks before dropping the much-anticipated "Wasting Light" album, Foo Fighters reacted to unauthorized early leaks with an April 1 treat for fans that really is no joke. The Foos latest surprise for fans is a high-quality audio stream of "Wasting Light" available for your listening pleasure at the Foo Fighters website and Facebook page. Listen in for yourself. more ›

First Facebook made Mark Zuckerberg millions, then it garnered an Oscar for Aaron Sorkin, and now it has made possible one of the the most expensive sales of a single-family home in U.S. history. Russian billionaire Yuri Milner, who is a heavy investor in Facebook, Groupon and Farmville, according to NPR, purchased the $100 million, 250,000 square foot mansion in Silicon Valley from sellers Fred and Annie Chan. more ›

Because you don't already spend too much time on Facebook (hey, those cartoon farm fields don't till themselves), now Burbank-based Warner Bros. has a way for you to access and rent some of their films via the social networking service, says the AP. The service is in its testing mode, and launched today with an offer for their film "The Dark Knight." more ›