Emma G. Gallegos

On the one hand, last week's 626 Night Market ended up being a nightmare. On the other hand, the market was a massive success. When the organizers came up with the idea for the event, their biggest problem was trying to convince vendors that it would be worth it for them to come out and sell their food and wares to the crowd.

A mama duck and her brood tried to cross the freeway not once, not twice but three times this afternoon.

A 23-year-old woman pulled what we are now referring to as an "Amanda Bynes": she got a DUI after slamming into a sheriff's patrol car. Only this accident was far worse than Bynes' who merely sideswiped the patrol cruiser.

A dude whipped out a gun and tried to steal a plane at the Woodley Airport in Compton last night. It didn't work out too well for him. Troy Daniel Long, a 25-year-old former flight student, went into the airport office around 8 am yesterday and took the keys to the airplane.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, what Taylor Swift will ruin next, The Rock settles in at its new place and Ventura LGBT folks get their own prom. 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).

A recent poll suggests that America just isn't that into Los Angeles. The poll taken by Public Policy Polling surveyed 900 American voters from April 12 to 15 and asked them whether they had a favorable or unfavorable opinion of 21 cities.

A junior high teacher who was fired this week after administrators found out she appeared in porn says she's not going to take it lying down. Science teacher Stacie Halas was fired after administrators figured out that the rumors that she had performed in a porn were true (once they figured out a way around the district's pesky web filter).

A 10-year-old girl reported missing turned up safe and sound at a friend's slumber party early this morning. Yaiza Cuevas, who lives in Echo Park was reported missing when her mother went to pick her up from her babysitter's home last night.

Two or three birds gave their lives on Thursday evening so that Air Force Two could land at Santa Barbara Airport. A bird strike downed the plane Vice President Joe Biden was on just as it landed on Thursday.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, Phil Spector takes on Alhambra, an ad agency reaches out to Don Draper and the assessor's office sounds pretty corrupt. 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).

There are tight-knit groups throughout Los Angeles county that have their own nicknames, hand signs and code of behavior. Investigators recently found evidence that one of these groups glorifies members who are involved in shootings. We're not talking about Bloods, Crips or the Mara Salvatrucha. No, these are cliques working within law enforcement.

Were you looking forward to getting a knock-off Coachella T-shirt this weekend? Sorry, bro. Festival organizers are asking a judge to put a stop to the sale of totally unauthorized merchandise featuring logos from the festival and headliners, like Radiohead.