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Extra, Extra: CA High-Speed Rail Costs, Storm Drain Trash Screens & Tree Frog Salad
'Fashion! Turn to the Left!' Photos of Fashion's Night Out L.A.
Several L.A. hotspots celebrated Thursday's Fashion's Night Out Los Angeles, including Beverly Center, Downtown Santa Monica and various other boutiques and venues. The acclaimed masterpieces of designers, couturiers and milliners showcased for adoring (and drooling) fashionistas.
Party Like Rhesus Witherspoon: Today Is Monkey Day!
Didn't know Ms. Legally Blonde was a monkey? It's true. Many famous people are actually monkeys: Josh Roloway, Christina Aguerezas, Barbara Mandrill, Jessica Langur, Marmosetduke, Spidermonkeyman, Howler Mandel, El DeBrazzas, Tamarin Diaz... Even historical figures like Christopher Colobus and Capuchin Kangaroo were monkeys.
Put eBoy's Los Angeles on Your Laptop
eBoy's take on Los Angeles is now available for you laptop and other portable devices. GelaSkins offers hundreds of designs on easy peel off 3M adhesive. The new series by eBoy puts their logo filled New York, Baltimore, and Los Angeles landscapes on almost every type of hand-held, laptop, and gaming devices.
TV Junkie: Fred Segal in Santa Monica in Reality Series; Messing in NBC Comedy
Tonight is jam-packed at 9pm but lacking until late night. Choose your poison.
The Donnas @ Alex's Bar 9/15/07
Yes, that's right, I have a Donnas album. That damn song "Take It Off" was so stuck in my head and the lyrics were so funny that I ended up just buying Spend The Night, even though the girls had clearly changed a bit from the straight Ramones sound they had when I heard them years ago on the ubiquitous Rodney on the Roq. I got invited by friends to catch their show with...
How Paul Frank Lost His Name
Poor Paul Sunich. First he lost his monkey. Now he's lost his middle name. Costa Mesa-based Paul Frank Sunich, creator of the ubiquitous Julius the Monkey icon, can no longer put his name on T-shirts, according to a 16-page ruling yesterday by an Orange County U.S. District Court judge. Paul Frank Industries (PFI) prevailed in a trademark infringement lawsuit against the designer, who last year after a falling-out with the company he co-founded ten years...
Eat Brunch. F$ck Cancer. Win Tickets To Coachella.
I go out on Friday night and I come home on Saturday morning. But what happens when I go out on Saturday night? Sunday brunch. And this Sunday, the Revlon Run/Walk For Women team, The MissFitz, are presenting a MUSICAL BRUNCH EVENT at Safari Sam’s that will cure your hangover, and possibly cancer. Hosted by Rakaa of Dilated Peoples, “Brunch For A Cause” will feature performances by The Aggrolites, theSTART, Vonyse, The Stoats and...
Want to touch my monkey?
Paul Frank has been fired from Paul Frank Designs, and he's pissed. Pissed to the tune of a multimillion-dollar lawsuit. The South Bay designer started by sewing a monkey, Julius, onto a wallet. We remember hearing that Julius was something his mom or grandma designed first, but we can't find that online. Is maternal credit due?

