After plenty of interesting and amusing speculation, it could be time to file this fleeting mystery as solved: A new, straightforward theory might explain what that "missile" was that was spotted over Los Angeles Monday night. more ›

Warm temperatures by day, mild temperatures at night, clear skies, and some stunningly beautiful sunrises and sunsets lately. Our LAist Featured Photos pool contributors give us these shots at the reds, pinks, oranges, and purple hues of recent sun-ups and sun-downs. more ›

This January has brought us skies made clear and hot summer-like temperatures thanks to the onslaught of Santa Ana winds passing through, as well as moody, cloudy, rainy days where all hell breaks loose on the freeways and many of us retreat indoors and hide under the covers. But each and every day the sun rises over our city no matter the weather, and these photos of January sunrises from our LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr tell the story of our varied--and often beautiful--early morning skies. So in case you slept in this morning, or the last few mornings, take a look at dawn's early light as seen here in L.A. more ›

In 1947 UFO hysteria swept across the world after Kenneth Arnold's alleged sighting of peculiar disc-like objects in US skies. Reports from Los Angeles are certainly nothing new either, and government intervention or involvement is certainly not just a modern possibility. more ›