Is it a case of food porn? Eye candy? Beefcake meets cupcake? To promote a new TV movie on the sugary sweet Hallmark network, onetime TV Superman Dean Cain made a withdrawal the other day from the legendary Sprinkles 24-hour cupcake "ATM." more ›

If you're in need of a good freak out, you might want to check out the scare-tactic video released a few days ago by opponents of Metro's proposal to put the Westside Extension subway tunnel underneath Beverly Hills High School. more ›

Local band Radars to the Sky recently took to Hancock Park and rocked the home of a rather musical family, including an adorable young boy with a talent for shaking it and beating his drum to the gentle acoustic rhythm of "You Take It To Heart." more ›

The skateboarding trend of "hill bombing" takes extreme skating to a whole new deadly level, and L.A.'s hilly San Pedro has become the local mecca for fearless "bombers." Following the recent deaths of two skatebombers, the L.A. City Council has decided to take action. more ›

Every year on her birthday, Jessica Evers and her mother, Elvira, mark a memorable milestone: Surviving the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. But Jessica has a unique tale of survival: Her mother, seven-and-a-half months pregnant on April 30, 1992, was shot on the street during the riots. more ›

Some days we come across a story that is simply too cute and heart-warming to not pass on to our readers. Today is one of those days. Los Angeles, meet Pebbles. Pebbles, meet Los Angeles. Baby Pebbles faced euthanasia due to an infected rear leg, but a local family came to the rescue. more ›

Yesterday marked the seven-year anniversary of YouTube's first-ever video, "Me at the zoo." The 19-second clip is quite thrilling, featuring a windbreaker-clad young man and two elephants at the San Diego Zoo. But that young man isn't just anyone. He's YouTube's co-founder Jawed Karim. more ›

LAist's own Christine Ziemba captured a few highlights of the 17th annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on video, including a reading by Michael Ian Black and an interview with John Cusack. more ›

While catching up on our daily Design Taxi dose this morning, we came across an invention that we hope never scoots its way to Los Angeles: a talking Domino's Pizza delivery scooter. more ›

With the heartbreaking news of crime at USC, American soldiers posing with corpses and Kim Kardashian's latest endeavor, we figure your hearts might need mending. more ›

Yesterday's fourth annual CicLAvia welcomed 100,000 participants who skated, strolled and cycled along ten miles of Los Angeles city streets that were open only to them. One Angeleno, Ted Timmons, pedaled upon the open roadways and captured his day on video. Timmons emailed LAist this morning with the video he "tossed together," and we couldn't think of a better way to treat readers and viewers for a Monday video lunch. more ›

Yesterday, the story of Caine Monroy, a 9-year-old Boyle Heights boy, had the Interwebs buzzing (in between tears) about Caine's Arcade. The enterprising youngster constructed an elaborate cardboard arcade inside his father's used auto parts shop in East Los Angeles, but the handmade game zone -- complete with prizes -- was missing one very important thing: customers. more ›

Whilst sailing the Pacific blue Friday afternoon, Clark McNulty and fellow sailors were greeted by two hungry gray whales snacking on krill near the ocean surface. The sea beasts were spotted about one mile off the Hermosa Beach coast as the crew sailed the 30-foot vessel "Pegasus" back to King Harbor Marina in Redondo Beach. more ›

Californians are no strangers to earthquakes. They occur more often than we know, as sometimes the rumbling and shaking is far too mild for our seasoned bodies to suspect the seismic waves. But that doesn't stop some of us from fearing the high magnitude quakes, which is why we felt Angelenos might be interested in an "earthquake-proof" table. more ›

Hipster mockery is a thing of the present, and on the heels of the recently released "Coachella Killchella" video, yet another short jabbing at ironic sunglasses, a penchant for PBR and distinct fashion sensibilities launched on YouTube this week. And it was filmed right here in Los Angeles. more ›

We've followed Lindsay Lohan's ups and downs quite extensively over the years, but no one has managed to track her 25-year transformation as thoroughly as VJ4rawr via YouTube. Producer of "all the hottest mixes with the most elegant fingers on the pulse," VJ4rawr's latest project morphs LiLo's face from youngster to present day in one minute and 14 seconds, revealing the effects of too much partying and time spent under the knife. more ›

It's springtime, and you know what that means: playtime. While there are countless spring and summer activities to conquer in L.A., some enjoy simpler forms of entertainment, like good old fashioned foosball. Thanks to a company in Spain, ladies can sport their very own female-dominated foosball table. more ›

Today's video lunch addresses the mural moratorium in Los Angeles, along with the LA Freewalls project and the current state of public art in the city. LALA Gallery's Daniel Lahoda guides viewers on an educational and entertaining journey through the facts in a three-minute video, "LA Freewalls." more ›

It's been awhile since we've heard any action from the talented, farcical duo Tenacious D. But Jack Black and Kyle Gass are back, and their new comeback video, "To Be The Best," which we present to you for today's video lunch on a steaming platter of rock and roll, is chocked full of facts, funnies, snippets of Jack's ever-impressive vocals and Kyle's guitar jams, celebrity cameos and a couple exterior shots of L.A. more ›

While we've been keeping you abreast of filmmaker Jason Russell's status following his naked rant earlier this month, we've decided to switch gears and focus on Russell's effort: the "Kony 2012" short documentary film. Fine Brothers Productions has spotlighted the film, produced by Invisible Children, in their latest installment of the YouTube series "Kids React." more ›

What if you could order a cheesy pizza pie via refrigerator magnet? Well, if you live in Dubai and are a fan of Red Tomato Pizza, you can. The pizzeria has unveiled the VIP Fridge Magnet, a pizza box-shaped magnet that delivers pizza orders straight to the eatery in a single tap. more ›

The countdown to Coachella weekend round one is just 21 days. Some people will do anything to score tickets to spend three days in the blistering desert heat to experience their favorite bands. Hipsters, according to a video by Olde Payphone, become quite murderous creatures when presented with the opportunity. more ›

A man of tradition, Rickshaw Bagworks CEO Mark Dwight embarked on his annual bicycle ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles in February, pedaling 525 miles to attend the TED conference in Long Beach. Thanks to a GoPro Camera clinging to his handle bars, Dwight captured over 40 hours of footage from his ride. more ›

Allot 30 seconds of your lunch break (or working day) to test your film knowledge with today's video lunch. Like Seitz's previous work, this one also moves fast with stylized design and illustration and help from the actual movie soundtracks. more ›

The paparazzi still seem to be interested in Paris Hilton--so much so that when a restaurant valet is impeding their progress as the blonde heiress revs the engine of her red Ferrari before zipping away from Madeo, he gets into it with one of the flash-popping paps. more ›

Happy National Pi Day, L.A.! Today is not to be (but usually is) confused with National Pie Day, which gives Americans the excuse to overindulge on January 23. However, we strongly encourage you to eat as much pie as possible today. more ›

Apple's new iPad hits stores this Friday, but for those of you yearning to know more before your new gadget is resting safely in your sweaty palms, feast your eyes on today's video lunch. more ›

Sound familiar? Guy arrives in Los Angeles with a 10-year-old car and a head full of dreams of Hollywood, only to be bested by parking tickets and towing fines and then left to chase his stardom with a bus pass when the city hauls the car away. more ›

A storm's a brewin', but it ain't no wimpy thunderstorm. It's a solar storm. One of the largest solar flares of the current cycle erupted Tuesday night, producing a solar storm that headed toward we Earthlings. It was expected to hit Earth Thursday or Friday, and according to the NOAA NWS Space Weather Prediction Center's Facebook page, it struck today. more ›