Last week, The Flaming Lips played two memorable shows at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery (a venue which is now this author's favorite in town). During the first night's performance of their 1999 album "The Soft Bulletin," frontman Wayne Coyne (LAist Interview) announced the two nights would be split with a sunrise performance featuring his friends from Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeroes. 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 ›

If you've had your eye on our skies the past couple of dawns and dusks, you may have paused to appreciate what have been some pretty spectacular sunrises and sunsets. These LAist Featured Photos pool contributors shared with us their shots from this week. more ›

It's Friday and we hope you have a happy one. So enjoy these sunrise photos, some which that are from our LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr. more ›

It's Friday and for some of you, it's a three day holiday weekend. You all deserve some relaxing and locally shot sunrise photos from contributors in our LAist Featured Photos group on Flickr. Rock on. 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 ›

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It's not every morning that we have clear skies. And depending on where you live, today might not be so different. But hey, it's Friday. Take a deep breath and enjoy these wonderful sunrise photos from the past found on Flickr. If you have some of your own, submit them to our LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr and check out our past two sunrise posts. more ›

It's not every morning that we have clear skies. And depending on where you live, today might not be so different. We know it's "hump day" so here's some beauty to make it a little better. Take a deep breath and enjoy these wonderful sunrise photos from the past found on Flickr. If you have some of your own, submit them to our LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr and check out last week's set of sunrises. more ›

It's not every morning that we have clear skies. And depending where you live, today might not be so different. But it's Friday. Relax. Take a deep breath and enjoy these wonderful sunrise photos from the past, some of them from our LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr. more ›

San Pedro (or as he would say, "Pedro") local Mike Watt kayaks just about every morning and always takes beautiful beautiful beautiful sunrise photos. Here's one recent morning over at the Harbor. more ›

I don't know when I've seen a picture with such intense colors. The zig-zagging of the breakwater makes such a balancedcomposition, and the tanker in the distance is the only sign that you are not on an island in the south seas. The breakwater is 9,250 feet long and contains nearly three million tons of rock, brought over from Santa Catalina Island. (Pedro Chamber of Commerce) The initial western section of the breakwater, called... more ›

Though the sun has been doing a bit of a peek-a-boo with us the past few days, we can't help noticing the increase in sunshine since we made it past last week's winter solstice. Hooray sunshine! Much as we like a nice blustery day, one of the main reasons we live in southern California is the intimate relationship with have with ol' Sol down here. Esteemed musician/composer/polar bear/lexicographer of hoot Mike Watt seems to... more ›