Probably not the best marketing for public transit in Los Angeles, but it's quite a sight anyway. LAist Featured Photos contributor Fire Monkey Fish was riding a Metro bus last week in Hollywood when she saw this man. "I guess you can't look too happy riding the bus with your pet spider," she wrote below the photo. We can't imagine anyone else being too happy either! To join LAist Featured Photos, visit Flickr......

Cell phone photo by LAist News Editor Andy Sternberg Found yesterday morning on the 101 south on-ramp at Glendale Blvd. Sign #1: "Honk if you Drink" Sign #2: "'Will work for Beer" Thank you Caltrans, thank you.......

This last Tuesday at the crack of dawn, famous San Pedro local Mike Watt snapped this shot. "I'm paddling my kayak down in the harbor here in Pedro and I saw the Angels Gate Lighthouse being reflected down onto the water and took a shot of it as I was about to pass her and head out into the open sea. I flipped the picture 180 degrees to give it a trippy perspective. It......

LAist Featured Photos contributor corsakti took this photo over the weekend. "I think this should be added to the list of proofs," he said.......

Photo by Zach Behrens/LAist Not only was the lovely and feigned Johnny Depp buying makeup at the Hollywood & Highland MAC store, but he was also getting tips on how to best smudge black eyeliner and what kind of makeup remover to use. To pay, he lifted his treasure chest to the counter and opened it, handing her magical gold coins. To have your work featured on LAist, submit photos to the LAist Featured......

LAist Featured Photos Pool contributor LA Wad snapped us a shot of this unusual eatery that is an architectural and thematic curiosity in Koreatown. Our photog explains:Cafe Jack is a Korean coffeehouse and restaurant. No, that is not a real ship. The owners of the restaurant took a modular office building of a former used car lot and added elements to convert it to resemble a luxury liner. They are trying to go for......

It's that time of the year again, when Long Beach closes city streets for the Long Beach Grand Prix. LAist Featured Photos contributor Rink Rat submits this photo and we're jealous we can't be there right now alongside. The 31-year-old annual event runs today through Sunday and more info can be found at their website.......

"Yes, this was taken on Sunset Strip... Could have been 1985," LAist Featured Photos contributor davehodg said of his photo he took last night. Previously on Sunset - Glam Rock fiction on Sunset Blvd with Rock of Ages - In the 90s, the River Phoenix Wall......

Looks like Drew Barrymore is a Derby Dolls fan! Awriggggghhht, Drew... we are too! The actress was snapped by LAist Featured Photos Pool contributor rinkrat last night when the Fight Crew met the Tough Cookies--according to rinkrat, "Tough Cookies dominated the Fight Crew to remain undefeated." Nice! We were there for the season opener, when the same two teams met up...and the Tough Cookies toppled the Fight Crew. Are you in our Flickr pool?......

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Photo used with permission The good folks at the New York City based blog, ANIMAL, have let us use this photo to share with you. Welcome to American Apparel owner Dov Charney's supposed front doorstep in Silver Lake (maybe Hollywood Hills actually). Now this is one way you can greet visitors to your home. "Whether this monument acts as the magical source of Dov's panty-dropping power or if it's just an insightful look into......

Photo submitted by benrodian to the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr He may be young and may not have billboards of himself around Hollywood like Angelyne, but the twenty-something Chad Luckette does have a van and trailer displaying his name, which seems to be found in Silver Lake Sunset Junction area more than often. Who is he? "[Chad is] an aspiring actor you can also find his resume and headshots as well as......

A few days ago we heard about the death of Bingo, the wiener dog that was a familiar face--of the four-legged variety--to Silver Lake-rs. Bingo was part of the family at Pull My Daisy, and one of their employees, Rhachel, wrote to let us know about the loss, saying: "If you are familiar with the Sunset Junction at all, you have seen this little guy. You have probably fed him bacon or maybe your......

On Saturday, LAist Featured Photos contributor Victoria Bernal found this mural in Echo Park on Morton Place. Unfortunately, it's graffitied. Bernal writes down the quote, adding "and Woman" at the end: "When we are really honest with ourselves, we must admit that our lives are all that really belong to us. So it is how we use our lives that determines what kind of men we are...only by giving life do we find LIFE.......

Photo by highervision via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr As of right now, the weather forecast for the weekend is looking pretty good with temperatures in the high 60s and partly cloudly skies. And to boot, it's a three-day weekend for lucky bunch of local government workers -- Caesar Chavez Day is on Monday. Last week, an effort to make the holiday national launched. You too could get the day off in respect for......

Frequent LAist Featured Photos contributor discarted submits this photo and tells us what's happening. These cops harassed me the entire time i photographed them during this arrest. The only way I could get them to back off (especially the bald guy; he was the most aggressive) was to ask him if he wanted to talk to my lawyer. The bald cop then said, "Oh I bet you would do that. you're out for the......

Palms is lousy with apartments, though I've never thought of them as particularly crappy. Both the buildings have recently had a bunch of work done, new paint, new fencing, and as a finishing touch, new signage. See the other building after the jump.......

These flowering blossoms remind us that today, March 20th, is the first day of Spring. The first day of Spring is also known as the Vernal Equinox. It is one of two days a year (The other being Autumnal Equinox) when there are 12 hours of sunlight and 12 hours of night. Equinox = equal night. Why? Most descriptions are a little overly complicated, so let's try not to get too Mr. Science about......

Who looks and studies the sample ballot? We all know how to vote, right? Well, after Super Tuesday's "double bubble" controversy (which was thankfully solved for the most part), it might be good to brush up on those bubble filling skills. And LAist Featured Photos contributor coffeextv found this statement upon looking through the sample ballot: "Shall Los Angeles County be declared the sun and leisure capitol of the world?" The photo is titled......

The weather was strange all over Los Angeles last weekend, with dark, looming storm clouds juxtaposed against bright blue skies. Rain mixed with sunshine, and it seemed like earthquake weather. Then came the winds. This unusual combination made for some interesting light. Here is a photo of dusk in Long Beach last Saturday. Photo by Elise Thompson for LAist......

Photo by edenjet via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr After getting to know Los Angeles Space Invaders after yesterdays photo essay, LAist Featured Photos contributor edenjet submitted this shot taken last month. Rawk. Previous art found in the streets of LA -- There Will Be Graffiti -- You Rock My Life Marion -- Silver Lake Cares -- Hollywood Stars Hang Out At Liquor Stores...Just Like Us! -- Was This What She Was......

'Capitalism' by Kwasi B. via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr American Flag. Check. California Flag. Check. City McDonald's Flag. Ha! Location possibly near Wilshire and Western......

$3.55 for unleaded. Check, albeit annoying. $3.79 for performance plus. Ugh, okay, check. $9.38 a gallon for high performance. Che-- wha???!?!?!!!? LAist Featured Photos photographer Movie Lover snapped this shot on the Westside. "While driving past a gas station in Brentwood, CA a while back, I noticed that the price had gone up. Way up." Yeah, no doubt. Let's see, April Fool's Day is next month. It's not a six upside down. This doesn't look......

Found on Franklin Blvd. in Los Feliz, Flickr user and photographer, Zabowski, snaps this shot of a sad little sedan. We feel ya, we really do. Photo by Zabowski via Flickr......

LAist Featured Photos contributor at our Flickr pool submits this photo from outside Union Station where this group protested the death of fleas. She asks "were they serious? Or some type of public theatre art. Thoughts? Also, where'd she get the flea costume?" Well, we found this video below of the same people, this time protesting on Hollywood Blvd. saying fleas are needlessly murdered.......

Photo by ve®onica via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Thanks to our shutterbug readers, our LAist Featured Photos Pool on Flickr was gifted with some shots from yesterday's 23rd Annual LA Marathon. Pictured above is Tatiana Aryasova in the middle of the group, who won the "Banco Popular Challenge" (and $100k!) and the ladies' division. After the jump, more great pictures from the run, including men's elite winner Laba Moiben of Kenya.......

Photo By Lester Cohen/WireImage. Used with permission Did you catch these guys and gals in full Slash regalia making the 26.2 mile trek through the city today? Here's the official explanation of the eccentric marathon attire and attitude: Today's LA Marathon was invaded by rocker Slash look-a-likes, who competed in the race for Gibson Guitar as part of a worldwide launch for the Velvet Revolver guitarist's new signature model Gibson and Epiphone guitars which......

Photo © Copyright 2008 by Jonathan Alcorn (Sundogg) via the LAist Featured Photos Pool on Flickr It might be Oscar season here in LA, but it's also still rainy season. LAist Featured Photos Pool contributor Jonathan Alcorn (aka Sundogg) caught some shots of the setup going on at the Kodak Theatre in preparation for Sunday's big night. Think Mother Nature will dare to rain on Hollywood's most glamorous red carpet parade tomorrow?......

LAist Featured Photos Pool contributer delara-photos submitted this shot of an exit sign that calls to mind elements of surrealism or, at the very least, makes you wonder "exit to WHERE, exactly?" From the position of the sign, it looks like the way out leads to either the big blue sky, or the mountains that curtain the San Fernando Valley. The photo was taken in North Hollywood. Photo by delara-photos via the LAist Featured......

Photo by ryanwhiteacre via Flickr In a follow up to "Found in LA: We Know You Went to USC, But Where Did You Learn How to Park?" LAist Featured Photos Flickr contributor, ryanwhiteacre, sent the above to us. We'll be publishing a coffee table book soon, including a section devoted to USC.......