Emma G. Gallegos

The art festival Pacific Standard Time kicked off this fall to celebrate the region's emergence onto the global art scene after World War II. Much like Southern California itself, the event has been epic, sprawling (and sometimes overwhelming). But it's all coming to an end very soon on March 31. To celebrate, the Getty Foundation is offering free admission to 19 museums around the region.

Gabriela Cortez, a high school Spanish teacher at Roosevelt High School, was charged in connection with bringing underage high school boys home to have sex with her.

The supporters of Hollywood Central Park have friends in high places. Friends of the Hollywood Central Park have been pushing for their ambitious plan to create a 44-acre park over the 101 freeway from Santa Monica to Hollywood boulevards for years now, but this week the effort got a boost from officials in D.C.

The severed heads of two dogs were found inside a dumpster in South Los Angeles yesterday. Today police are asking for the public's help to try to understand what happened to the dogs, and they're offering a $5,000 reward for more information about the dogs

Coming soon to a Starbucks near you: beer, wine and small plates. A Starbucks in Calabasas applied for a permit to sell beer and wine last week.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, a man says he killed his dad with a sledgehammer, Gwyneth Paltrow fights with the New York Times and the Occupy Wall Street protesters tell Mayor Bloomberg why they're grateful. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.

This week's round-up of overheard snippets of conversation come from on the set, Wondercon, homesick Angelenos in SXSW and, as always, Runyon Canyon. Our Overheard in L.A. feature relies on you to send us the strange conversations you overhear in this city. Send them our way at overheard@laist.com.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, Jan Perry (sort of) apologizes, a protest was held at a Fullerton jail, and a woman in Shanghai pole dances on the subway. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.

Get out so you can ring in the new year, say anything and walk on Turtle Island.

There's almost never a context where WeHo Jesus is not funny, whether he's picking up a latte, hanging out on the Miracle Mile or casually high-fiving Odd Future fans on Fairfax.

The brunch community was up in arms this weekend when it realized that 20,000 long-distance runners would be making their "Stadium to Sea" trek through prime brunch territory. (Perhaps folks were particularly cranky this year because they had downed a few too many shots of Jameson for St. Patrick's Day.)

Prepare yourselves: there will be little news from Lindsay Lohan for the next few weeks. It seems like she might actually have some half-decent friends hanging around, who understand that Lohan is her own worst enemy, because they have successfully convinced her to stay on lockdown until March 29, the day her probation ends.