Los Angeles couple Juliana Park and Ben Lee, along with local photographer Amanda Rynda, chose a serene Santa Clarita meadow as the spot for their engagement photos. While peacefully sipping white wine, the couple was attacked by a member of the undead, who also happened to be their friend and coworker, Jason Boesch. more ›

While the issue of what to do with the known remaining caches of live smallpox was debated by the international health community this week, the Wall Street Journal took a look at a scab from 1876 after glove-wearing Feds swooped in to a Virginia museum to retrieve it, and the LA Times wondered aloud, "Could smallpox still be lurking in labs and museums?" more ›

Not bad for just moving to town to pursue your dreams. 22-year-old Elyse Porterfield arrived in Los Angeles in June and yesterday became an internet star overnight. more ›

News of U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker's decision to overturn Proposition 8 (today's coverage: 'Overturned', 'What They're Saying', and 'Can't Marry Yet') spread like wildfire online, becoming one of the most rapidly shared documents in internet history. more ›

The music industry has never been the savviest when it came to the internet and its possibilities. Suing kids, grandmas and college students left and right. But when the latest, happiest and most popular YouTube video with a Chris Brown song became a hit last week, they profited instead of becoming another lawsuit headline. more ›

We all know that Schwarzenegger loves Twittering and yesterday he uploaded a short TwitVid that began with him holding a very large knife, apparently a metaphor for his budget cuts. Har, har! As of 11 a.m., it's received over 100,000 views. more ›

First, it was David Duchovny admitting he was a sex addict. Then a tunnel was found going from Mexico to a house in Calexico, CA. And that's when LAist readers became concerned. more ›

Viral marketing, when done right, can be an absolute blast. Case in point, a pre-Transformers preview for a new J.J. Abrams film, tentatively titled "Cloverfield". What starts out as an innocent, hand-held video of a going-away party quickly descends into front-row footage of the apocalypse, with people running through the streets of New York City dodging flying cars hurled by an unknown source... not to mention a closing shot that already has people talking... more ›

A couple weeks back we interviewed Alex Delyle, managing editor of the West Hollywood-based startup The Daily Reel at the Economics of Social Media conference. more ›