Not every burger needs to be made of beef. We definitely have a handle on the cow-less options for burger enjoyment, but what if that burger was made of...ice cream? Now fast food chain Carl's Jr. is in the testing phase for just that kind of item: An Ice Cream Brrrger. more ›

Boxer Manny Pacquiao's recent remarks regarding same-sex marriage has gotten him into some hot water, and out of one of L.A.'s trendiest shopping destinations. more ›

President Barack Obama's 10th visit to Los Angeles was pretty much a slam dunk, thanks to an impressive donation tally from last night's star-studded fundraiser soiree at the home of George Clooney. more ›

Mid-afternoon today, a rumor began to swirl on Twitter, and was spread via announcements at May Day protests around the country: "Confirmed. #OccupyLa has effectively shut down LAX." The thing is, that's not even remotely true. more ›

People have a lot of feelings and thoughts on the subject of Octomom's spending habits, and if they're in our email, they're on Twitter and Facebook. So we did a little digging, and hopefully we can learn from this. Or just laugh. more ›

A 10-minute clip of Peter Jackson's upcoming flick "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" at CinemaCon Tuesday has garnered mixed reactions from audiences and critics. Shot at 48 frames per second (fps) versus the industry standard of 24fps, the 3-D film has some swooning over its revolutionary look and others gagging. more ›

Where were you 20 years ago this week? For those of us who were in Los Angeles, we might remember tense times as the jury began deliberations in the controversial Rodney King beating trial. On April 29, 1992, shortly after the verdict was read, the city erupted in riots bred from anger and frustration. more ›

Things can get crazy at Coachella: Not only do dead rap superstars get resurrected as holograms for a performance, but a helluva lot of people lose their cellphones. more ›

Today's unexpected passing of the legendary Dick Clark has cast a dark cloud over the world, sending the Twitterverse into a mourningverse. We've compiled a few celebrity tweets remembering a man who touched the lives of so many, and others, not so much. more ›

Sometimes people don't know who Dick Clark is—and that's actually understandable. But one person did Tweet, "If you don't know who dick Clark is #killyourself" more ›

About 2,200 Hollywood Hills residents experienced a dark Monday night and Tuesday morning after a tree fell on power lines, causing an outage. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) tweeted Monday night, "Hang in there folks crews r wking,but its a big job," and pledged to work through the night to restore electricity. more ›

Taking a break from posting funnies to entertain his 25k+ followers, comedian Jon Lovitz recently changed his Twitter gears to combat teenage bullying. And his efforts worked. On April 3, Lovitz's childhood friend and the friend's 14-year-old daughter awoke to find anti-semitic graffiti on their Northridge front walkway, feces on their doorstep and toilet paper strung from their trees. more ›

The black bear that's been paying regular visits to Glendale and La Crescenta just wants to be free, you guys, to eat meatballs, and to pick oranges, and, like anyone else, to tweet. That's right -- like his predecessors, the Bronx Zoo cobra and the Burbank mountain lion, the Glendale bear recently opened a Twitter account. more ›

The popular photo app Instagram launched in the Android market today, leaving behind its prior iPhone exclusivity. Naturally--and after a flood of downloads--the internet is clogged with haters who be hating, evoking the old epic Coke versus Pepsi battle and some class warfare style barbs pitting phone versus phone. more ›

More and more, local governments are making use of social media to keep in touch with their constituents. Now a University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) ranking has taken a closer look at how cities use tools like Facebook and Twitter to apprise the community of what's happening. more ›

In case you hadn't heard, there's a Mega Millions Lottery drawing tonight, and the big prize is worth $640 million. We took a look at what people have been saying about what they want to do with their imagined winnings. more ›

Filmmaker Spike Lee recently took to Twitter to bring justice to Trayvon Martin, the Florida teenager who was shot and killed by neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman, retweeting what he thought was the killer's home address to his nearly 260,000 followers. more ›

Did you know there's an award for using Twitter? We talked to Shorty Awards co-founder Greg Galant to find out his thoughts on the state of the Tweet around the globe, what the heck "Mad Men" has to do with all this, and more. more ›

In Washington DC the USDA's Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and locavore darling Deputy Agriculture Secretary Kathleen Merrigan take to the internets today at 10 a.m. local time (yep, now) to launch the USDA's new Know Your Farmer Know Your Food Compass. more ›

If you raised your eyebrow at the thought of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art hauling a 340-ton, two-story rock from Riverside to the Miracle Mile in the name of art a little bizarre, well, you're not alone. Many area residents, including art lovers, a bit baffled by how this big ol' boulder is serving as art, and meriting all this hoopla. more ›

It was everywhere last night, and people can't seem to stop talking about it. No, not Jennifer Lopez's possible nip-slip. We're talking about Angelina Jolie's right leg, sticking right out of that made-for-it slit in her gown as she posed on the red carpet and stood onstage at Sunday's 84th Annual Academy Awards. more ›

Why has the internet gone apeshit spreading the news that LA Weekly's food critic Jonathan Gold is headed to the LAT? We take a look at the certainty of errors in reporting a known uncertainty. more ›

Courtney Love's big mouth has gotten her into all sorts of trouble, and now it's looking like a libel lawsuit filed by her own ex-lawyer is going to go ahead. more ›

Here's one Twitter account that is definitely not going to earn that blue "verified account" checkmark: A fake Eric Garcetti has been Tweeting since January 22, spreading mostly dopey messages of eco-friendliness and love of KCRW. more ›

A behind-the-scenes look at Twitter's new recruiting video reveals that the viral cheesefest cost the San Francisco-based company zero monies. The number is hardly shocking, but it's quite ironic that the social media giant chose such a low-budget method to lure in applicants. more ›

Last Monday, two British tourists landed at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and were greeted with handcuffs. The reason for their detainment did not stem from inappropriate behavior during their flight to the U.S. Rather, Homeland Security had flagged two of the male tourists' tweets leading up to his trip as potential threats to America. more ›

Twitter is apparently hiring, and one peek at their high budget recruiting video will surely have you crafting a cover letter and tweaking your resume in hopes of landing a job at a dynamic workplace where "the future is you!" more ›

Last week's Internet blackout protesting SOPA and PIPA had the world talking, and the almighty Twitterverse was undoubtedly buzzing about the dark day. As a way to gauge the Twitter community's reaction, two technologists developed a visual representation of the speed of which tweets mentioned the brief absence of some of the web's biggest sites. more ›

CelebTweets.com, in partnership with CelebGossip.com, have launched a new award series showcasing regrettable celebrity tweets. Ashton Kutcher, king of the Twitter #fail, has received the first-ever "Foot in Mouth Award" for his infamous Joe Paterno tweet in November. more ›

Charlie Sheen's Bieber Fever has apparently grown so intense that he accidentally tweeted his phone number to his 5.5 million followers instead of direct messaging it to only Justin Bieber last Wednesday. The two are apparently "bros," and now the whole globe knows it, along with Sheen's 310 number. Sheen is not winning at Twitter. more ›