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 ›

As we all know by now, actor Alec Baldwin was recently escorted off an American Airlines flight because of his passionate devotion to Words with Friends. Baldwin decried the move by the airline on Twitter, then the airline lashed out at him, and now, Greyhound bus is getting involved because, well, why the hell not? more ›

Shed a tear: "In this case, while other people were still manipulating their own phones, this one employee singled me out to put my phone away." more ›

A female hiker was the victim of a sexual assault on Halloween afternoon in Elysian Park, and the Los Angeles Police Department have released a sketch of the suspect, who may have tracked down his victim using Twitter. more ›

Move over, Muppets, Billy Crystal is going to be the host for the 84th Academy Awards. At least, so says Crystal on his Twitter account. So far, there has been no official announcement from the Oscars about a new host, who quickly rallied after losing producer Brett Ratner to his own poor taste to replace him with veteran producer Brian Grazer. more ›

Thursday nights from 5 to 9 p.m., a handful of trucks are parking outside Tiki No in North Hollywood, and the combo of fun food trucks and affordable tiki drinks in the Valley is hard to resist. more ›

Police are investigating the creepy possibility that a sexual assailant used Twitter to find his next victim. On Halloween afternoon, a man jumped out of the bushes and sexually assaulted a woman finishing up a stroll through Elysian Park. She managed to escape and the suspect fled. more ›

Ashton Kutcher told his 8 million Twitter followers that Penn State's firing of Joe Paterno was an insult... but he didn't know why Paterno was fired. more ›

If you work or live between Westwood and Hancock Park, prepare for a commute nightmare this evening, courtesy President Barack Obama, who arrives in town just in time for rush hour fun. We list some affected streets (and share some Twitter bitching for amusement/comfort). 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 ›

News of Steve Jobs' death spread through Twitter faster than any other event in the (admittedly brief) history of Twitter, eclipsing the recent record held by news of Beyonce's pregnancy. The social media monitoring firm SR7 expects official Twitter figures will show that in the hours after Steve Jobs' death was announced, his fans and admirers sent out 10,000 tweets per second, according to the Australian paper The Age. more ›

It was their lips that got them in trouble, but not for smooching: Earlier this week, former "L Word" star and member of the band Uh Huh Her Leisha Hailey and her girlfriend, Camila Grey, were kicked off a Southwest airplane after being reprimanded for kissing. more ›

Ready your Twitter account and stock up on Netflix: President Obama is coming to L.A. The president is headed to town next week for a west coast campaign swing. He'll be in L.A. on Monday, then fly to San Diego later the same day. more ›

Social Media Week (SMW) is in full swing, and L.A. is one of the twelve cities celebrating with events scheduled today through Friday, September 23. The biannual global platform "connects people, content, and conversation around emerging trends in social and mobile media," per the website, and is delivered through a network of conferences and online via social and mobile media. more ›

Contrary to reports that the rebels didn't want Chris Jeon after all, some foreign correspondents stationed in Libya are saying that Jeon is considered a hero — and he isn't leaving the fight just yet. Foreign correspondent Bradley Hopesent out a tweet this morning, saying, "Last we heard, he was still a celebrated mascot of the rebels, going from brigade to brigade. But info is hard to get." more ›

All this summer all that anyone could talk about was the 405 this, Carmageddon that. It was only a matter of time before some of the other freeways in Los Angeles got jealous of all the attention lavished on the 405. There are plenty of hellish commutes in Los Angeles — why should one freeway get all the attention? more ›

In just under a week, The Game has gone from a prankster under criminal investigation to a champion of responsible free speech. The rapper got into hot water with the LA Sheriff's Department after he sent out a tweet with the agency's public help line but authorities agreed to drop charges after he apologized for the incident on CNN. more ›

From Dusty the Klepto Cat to the Bronx Zoo Cobra, any savvy animal making headlines these days is going to get a Twitter account to communicate with the masses, and the elusive Capybara of central California is no exception. more ›

Claiming a music internship opportunity, Charles Louboutin, The Game, tweeted the public help line number for the Compton Sheriff's Station of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department to his nearly 580,000+ followers at 5:23 p.m. on Friday night prompting hours of calls and delaying emergency response service for incidents including "a missing person, a spousal assault, two robberies and a stolen car," according to a LASD statement. more ›

Whether we call them catering trucks or mobile kitchens, its pretty indisputable that the trend of the contemporary food truck can find its roots in Los Angeles, and that our food trucks here number among the nation's most known and popular. To look back at the very brief history of the Twittering food trucks as we now know them, Mashable recently published an infographic chronicling "The Rise of the Social Food Truck." more ›

It didn't take long for the promoter of the controversial Electric Daisy Carnival "rave," Insomniac, Inc., or the EDC's fans, to distance themselves from the fracas. So is a Twittering DJ looking for a #flashcrowd to blame? more ›

A disturbance broke out this evening in Hollywood when a large crowd tried to get access to a screening of a rave movie. Hollywood and Highland was shut down as the Los Angeles Police Department attempted to get a hold of the unruly crowd. more ›

White House staffers may have lulled the Twitterverse to the deepest depths of boredom with a live #WHCHAT on fiscal policy. But the potentially never ending back and forth was punctuated with an interrobang. more ›