The infamous Charles Manson is now 77 years old, still serving out a life sentence, and a week away from another parole hearing. more ›

If you Tweet about your work on your personal account, should you get in trouble with your boss? What if your workplace happens to be crime scenes? Twitter's @LAMurderCop is Sal LaBarbera ("Big City Homicide Boss" says his mini-bio on the social media site), and he is under fire for sending out a photo he took at one of the crime scenes he was called to. more ›

Prosecutors in the involuntary manslaughter case against Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's doctor, showed a harrowing autopsy photo of the late King of Pop today. The trial began on September 27 and has since released photos and audio surrounding the late MJ and the events that transpired before, during and after his death. more ›

During the prosecution's opening statement, they protected a photograph of the deceased Jackson lying on a hospital gurney. The photo was taken shortly after Jackson's death on June 25, 2009. more ›

The moon has been a spectacular sight this week, and hopefully you've had the chance to take at least a glance. Monday, September 12th marked the full moon, and it was in one of its most legendary annual phases, the Harvest Moon. more ›

Rocco Piganelli was on vacation with his family in Maui when he took the above photo last Saturday, July 9th. Moments after the photo was snapped the man seen at the far right was knocked down by a wave and vanished into the blowhole, never to return. more ›

The blog Failed Messiah was the first to post an image from a story in a Hasidic newspaper, Der Tzitung (or Der Zeitung depending on which Bubby you ask), showing an altered reality of the newly iconic Situation Room photo taken during the Osama bin Laden strike. more ›

Hundreds of Angelenos braved the wet weather Sunday morning to take part in 350 eARTh, the world's first-ever global climate art project visible from space. The installation at Los Angeles State Historic Park formed the shape of a "Solar Eagle Taking Flight," combining solar photovoltaic film sheets and copper, accented with people. more ›

Edith Shain, the woman whose spontaneous dip-and-kiss by a WWII sailor in Times Square was immortalized by photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt, has died. Shain "died at her home in Los Angeles on Sunday," surrounded by her family, according to MSNBC. She was 91 years old. more ›

Before he was named MVP in the chaotic series of 7 NBA finals games, this street art depicting the Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant in a Batman mask was spotted by LAist Featured Photos contributor Lord Jim. So who is the artist behind this image? more ›

June 1 would have been Marilyn Monroe's 84th birthday, and yesterday a celebration of sorts was held at Art & Artifact: The Photographic Art Center in West Hollywood. more ›

Holy Merry Christmas! Daily News photographer Michael Owen Baker caught this van loaded with bicycles parked on Glenoaks Boulevards in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Lake View Terrace (say "LVT" to sound like a neighborhood local) in the Northeast Valley. See a larger image here. Found via the new Daily News photo twitter account more ›

*Not all of you will see the unicorns. It's okay. We can't all have the gift. more ›

Los Angeles-based artist Shepard Fairey might be left with only his "hope" when it comes to the suit and counter-suit battles being waged in court right now regarding his iconic adaptation of a photograph of Barack Obama for use in his 2008 Presidential campaign. more ›

Two officers have been placed on paid leave as a probe continues into how a battered photo of Rihanna was leaked to TMZ, according to four unnamed sources speaking to the LA Times. In the early morning hours before the Grammys last February, Chris Brown threatened and assaulted Rihanna, his girlfriend, after a dispute. About a week and a half later, TMZ posted a leaked police photo of Rihanna showing cuts and bruises. The celebrity website was very hush-hush on where they obtained it and the LAPD asked the public's help in the case. more ›

As they always do with major fires in Southern California, NASA released a photo showing the burn scared mountains from the Jesusita Fire from May 10. The photo "shows the northern part of the burned area, which stretches from the outskirts of Santa Barbara (hidden beneath clouds) into Los Padres National Forest," says NASA. "Many valleys throughout the burned area appear to have been spared; green vegetation lines them like the veins in a leaf." more ›

Early Thursday evening, TMZ released a leaked photo taken of Rihanna immediately after her altercation with Chris Brown in which he allegedly beat her. From the picture one can see that Rihanna's whole face is extremely swollen with two huge bruises on her forehead, a busted lip and what looks to almost be a broken nose. If reports of the abuse are true, Chris Brown didn't simply get upset, yell at and shove his girlfriend. No, he full on beat the crap out of her, making the beautiful songstress hardly recognizable. Unfortunately, with the degree of the injuries, one can assume this wasn’t the first time something like this had happened. more ›

Barack Obama was sitting next to George Clooney at a 2006 National Press Club event in Washington D.C. when freelance photographer Mannie Garcia snapped some shots of the now-president for the Associated Press. One o those images is now one of the most famous in the world. "It looks like the image that poster artist Shepard Fairey said looked presidential, telling the Washington Post: 'He is gazing off into the future, saying, 'I can guide you,' ' actually showed our new president listening to George Clooney. Or, probably more likely, fellow Senator Sam Brownback (R-Kan.)," said photographer and sleuth blogger Tom Gralish of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Gralish was obsessed with finding the photo behind the Obama poster and he finally did. more ›

At least 100 residences were destroyed by an uncontained brush fire that was spotted in the Montecito hills northeast of Santa Barbara around 6 p.m Thursday and up to 1,200 more remain threatened, according to officials. more ›

Last night's election was, as it has been and will be oft repeated, historic. more ›

And this is why smoke related air quality and public health advisories are being issued everyday as the fires continue. more ›

I'll just start by saying this: I LOVE Korean food. These Asian brothers and sisters know how to eat! And the selection of Korean food here in LA is just spectacular, just take a quick drive over to Korea Town and see for yourself. more ›

The Batmobile gets a spit shine before the crowds descend on the Arclight theater in Hollywood
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I have so many fond memories of this place. I came to Pho So 1 at least once a week while studying at UCLA. The food is cheap, it came out fast, and right next door is Ranch 99 where you can pick up most anything you'd want to cook for the week. Pho So 1 is also probably one of the best Pho places even remotely close to West LA, and I'm very happy to revisit my old feeding grounds for a meal. more ›

When my old boss Mike wrote to me a couple of weeks ago to tell me about Alligator Tacos in the valley, I was immediately sold. Big vicious remorseless killer reptilian taco? I'm so there! Hot's Cantina is in Northridge, inconspicuously occupying a single storefront in a mall. It seemed like this place is all about the ridiculously large nachos and tacos. (Nachos, by the way, were the size of costco pizzas.) Boy, there was a lot of tacos. 8 kinds of chicken, 7 kinds of pork, 9 kinds of beef, 9 kinds of seafood, and even 3 kinds of vegetarian. Oh, and there's a small section labeled "Exotic." I'm here for that. Alligator, duck, shark, kobe beef and lobster, and crayfish. more ›

It's been a perfect weekend on the beaches near Los Angeles. There's a bike path that stretches from Pacific Palisades to Palos Verdes, and along one stretch of Dockweiler State Beach you'll find an area that's been dedicated by the City, County, and State as the home of modern hang gliding in the United States. Seemed like a perfect "photo of the day." more ›

Il Chanti is a hidden gem, I tell ya, because although I had heard that there's a nice Japanese Italian place in Lomita, I could not have guessed that it was THIS good. This is definitely one of the best meals I've had so far this year. There's tons of pictures today, so let's get right to it. more ›

Cracked Crab is my seafood fantasy come true. more ›

Morro Bay is a beach town about 200 miles northwest of Los Angeles. On a recent trip I had the pleasure of dining in the area, and the result is this quick back to back weekend series. Come back tomorrow for even more seafood as we head down the coast to Pismo Beach. Today, though, we're sticking to the beautiful town of Morro Bay. Known as a fishing port and a tourist town, Morro bay has a good selection of seafood restaurants and I've got my sight locked on this one. Giovanni's is one of those half-seafood-market, half restaurant places. It came highly recommended for their fish and chips, and while I'm game for fish and chips, what I'm really here for is their oysters and crabs. more ›