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 ›

Indignant viewers of a brand new Burger King ad starring R&B diva Mary J. Blige singing about their Crispy Chicken Snack Wrap have prompted the fast food chain to yank the ad. 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 ›

Recently, the campaign to elect Carmen Trutanich for District Attorney released a press release, trumpeting the fact that 725,000 people had watched his campaign video YouTube. This huge number raised red flags (just for the purposes of comparison, note that Steve Cooley won his spot at the DA after receiving 573,236 votes in 2000, according to the county registrar-recorder). more ›

Netheads may be over the "Shit People Say" meme, but the videos just keep coming. And as of today, two videos showcasing shit said in Los Angeles have been uploaded to YouTube. more ›

Before Christmas, Jimmy Kimmel announced on his L.A.-based late-night talk show a YouTube Challenge for parents seeking revenge on their children. Parental viewers were encouraged "to wrap a terrible Christmas gift, give it to their kids and then tape their reaction when they open the gift," said Kimmel during "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" more ›

A Catholic High School in Torrance is closed for the day as authorities investigate an unspecified threat made late last week, according to City News Service. All classes at Bishop Montgomery High School are canceled today due to the threat, which was reportedly made on YouTube. more ›

A YouTube video produced and posted by 14-year-old Jonah Mowry of Lake Forest in August has gone viral, raking in over 7 million views. In the silent video, the teen holds up note cards detailing his heavy life as a closeted gay teen and essentially comes out of the closet to his parents and the online world. more ›

You and your buddy work at a BMW dealership. You decide to take a just-delivered BMW 1 Series M Coupe on a joyride. You make a video of your escapade. Guess what's next? Yep, you face criminal charges. more ›

It's video lunchtime! Don't you wish your microwave entertained you while warming your midday treats? Well, students from the University of Pennsylvania have made this possible. Dubbed the μWave, the appliance is outfitted with a tablet in lieu of a screen that fetches highly rated YouTube videos of the same duration as your cook time. more ›

Lindsey Miller, 26, is among the millions of us living in Los Angeles who never seems to run into celebrities--especially the one she has a crush on. Miller, a cancer patient, says on her blog that she recently saw the film 50/50, and has a message for its star, Joseph Gordon-Levitt: She wants to go on a date with him. more ›

This weekend, kids all over turning to the usually reliable, G-rated, educational video material posted by "Sesame Street" on their YouTube account were greeted with a "Big Bird" of a different feather: Porn. The unexpected content was courtesy of a hacker, according to Security blog Sophos. more ›

You've seen the "It all ends here" billboards around L.A. -- Deathly Hallows 2, the final installment of the Potter saga premieres July 15th in the states. Interviews with stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and author JK Rowling from today's YouTube-cast red carpet extravaganza are served up below for your video lunch. more ›

The simple lesson in the case of Kenneth Lucas II of Los Angeles is don't post videos of your pot growing operation on YouTube. For many who make their moola off marijuana, growing is one part of their weed-focused set-up. Lucas, however, has just been sentenced to 13 years in prison because what this video ultimately unearthed was that his pot op was just his seed money for "an even bigger moneymaking scheme," according to CBS2. more ›

Nothing like a good old fashioned internet uproar to spice up your day. Whether you're a devotee or critic, if you try to click on the YouTube page for tween cewebrity Rebecca Black's "breakout" video celebrating the last day of the work school week, well, sorry...the fun, fun, fun, fun, fun of "Friday" cannot be yours. more ›

June 15th is the day the State Budget gets voted on by our legislators, and as that day nears, Governor Jerry Brown has taken to YouTube with a video message about what he wants to do, and what he needs to happen to get it done. more ›

On June 21, KCRW is presenting MMJ live for 250 members and guests at The Village studios in West L.A. Tickets are available for $125 exclusively for KCRW members at 10 a.m. today. If you have any doubt about dropping the cash, clearly you are not aware that My Morning Jacket puts on as good a live show as any touring band today, as evidenced by last night's YouTube stream from Louisville, produced by Todd Haynes. more ›

Whether you missed out on tickets to Coachella this year, prefer kickin' it by the pool, or just dislike crowds (but love music), you'll be enlightened to know that the festival is comin' atcha live. On three channels, starting now. more ›

Less than 3 months after firming up a lease on at least 100,000 square feet of office space in 3 buildings surrounding the Frank Gehry-designed Binoculars in Venice, Google is buying up more prime office space, presumably to base its growing entertainment and YouTube operations closer to Hollywood. more ›

Google is going Hollywood and "enlisting top stars to supply original content for YouTube in a bid to boost profits and user engagement at the company’s online video site," reports the Financial Times. For lending their name to specialized channels and/or overseeing content (think: themes, niches, games, fashion, food, etc.), Google is reportedly offering top tier talent big cash advances against future ad revenue. more ›

"What are you doing?" That's pretty much the question that has launch a bazilliondy Tweets, ranging from real-time firsthand accounts of social upheaval, to celeb inanity, to some of the most "profound" navel-gazing ever (or not) imaginable. Today, the social media site Twitter is celebrating their 5th birthday, and they are doing a few things to mark the occasion. more ›

Titillating titans of musical industry Jackie Tohn and Jes Hudak teamed up last year to form the superpower vocal duo Powerfox & Ponymane. Since then, the local singer/songwriters have amassed a wicked covers catalogue of vocal badassery taking on today's hits, American Idol, Saturday morning... more ›

"It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring..." Wake him up, and wake yourself up, with these videos--mostly of the cheesy flashback variety--where rain reigns as motif supreme...and leads to lusting, contemplating, navel-gazing, and, thankfully, dancing. We apologize in advance for causing any hard-to-dislodge earworms. Blame it on the rain! more ›

Stoners are notoriously chilled out, which is exactly the vibe this set of spoof PSA ads a group called the B-Squad has released about Proposition 19, which, if passed, would legalize marijuana in California. more ›

The father of 13-year-old Miranda Hemphill of Victorville has turned to the internet to appeal to his missing daughter. An Amber Alert was issued overnight for the missing teen, who was last seen Sunday, and is thought to be with 22-year-old Ivan Lopez of Lennox, according to LA Now. "Lopez is wanted on a 2009 felony warrant for a sex crime against a minor." Hemphill's father notes in the video that his daughter met Lopez online. more ›

Much like in the high-profile cases of the ex-Mrs. Tiger Woods versus the golfer's SUV and Jay Leno versus Conan O'Brien, a CGI rendering of the events that allegedly transpired last week that resulted in the arrest of now-former San Gabriel Mayor Albert Huang is helping people all over the world visualize the bizarre confrontation. more ›

In anticipation of Conan O'Brien's return to the television machine (TBS, November 8), Team Coco Headquarters is offering a special 24-hour live stream of behind the scenes action from behind the red-haired curtain, today! more ›

Politicians have come to embrace Twitter as a great, free way to get out messages about their campaigns, policies, and events, but there's still plenty of room for gaffes, as a Meg Whitman staffer is learning. Two days ago, Whitman spokesperson Sarah Pompei turned to Twitter to send out a message from her own account about rival Jerry Brown... more ›