Chelsee Lowe

Ten ways to celebrate Mother Earth this weekend—though we hope you're looking out for her everyday.

Good news for cyclists and other savvy, earth-conscious Angelenos: Bike Nation has announced that plans for the city's first bike share program are in the works, and the wheels are expected to hit downtown Los Angeles in April of 2013.

There are dozens of indie stores around LA for your holiday shopping needs, but there are also plenty of craft fairs and community sales in December, too. Here's a roundup of local bazaars going down this coming month.

No one likes a mosquito bite, but residents living within one mile of the Los Angeles River need be especially careful. Ecologists from the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District recently found six new positive West Nile virus samples in the area.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, Jerry Brown makes a burrito stop, Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky decides not to run for mayor and ten ICE employees sue Obama. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports. You can also find us on Pinterest, Storify, Foursquare, and Instagram (laistpics).

Get out and practice your iphoneography skills, build a time capsule, listen to tunes, or peruse a local artist's new exhibit.

The best things in life are free, so head out to collect some local fruit and join organization Fallen Fruit tomorrow at their 6th Annual Jam Session in Hawthorne's Del Aire Park.

The 52nd annual Manhattan Beach Sand Castle Design Contest is this Sunday morning from 8am to 10am. Kick off your flip-flops and come out to watch artists of all ages strut their sandy stuff. Better yet, join the show and build something yourself!

Get out today to buy crafts, drink a free beer, visit LA's newest park, watch a spaghetti western, or peruse a new art exhibit.

It's been about one year since the dog-friendly, German pub Wirtshaus opened its doors on La Brea, and what better way to celebrate a summer birthday than with a cold, free beer from the motherland?

Amanda Palmer visited Pop tART gallery in Koreatown to deliver just the performance the audience hoped for: A bull horn blaring, knife wielding, get naked kind of party.