Emma G. Gallegos

Lindsay Lohan has been getting rave reviews for her starring role as "the defendant" at the Airport Branch courthouse. LiLo landed herself the role of a lifetime after driving under the influence, pilfering a necklace and then violating the terms of her probation.

A producer for "Amazing Race" Jeff Rice was found dead in his Uganda hotel room with production assistant Catherine Fuller. The pair were found with large quantities of cocaine in their stomachs, raising questions about whether they were involved in a botched drug deal or poisoned. Ugandan police maintain the pair simply overdosed.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, "Tranny" adult performers get their due, a fund is set up for the victims of the East Hollywood shooting and Carson sues Shell Oil. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.

Los Angeles police got a call that a driver was pretending to be a police officer. By the time sheriff's deputies pulled over the car, they were in front of The Abbey in West Hollywood. If the car had been full of police impersonators, it would have been a great stunt for an aspiring reality TV star.

A very drunk-looking dude was caught on camera getting belligerent with Disneyland workers, other patrons— or anyone who came near him really. The video starts with two bellhops from the Tower of Terror holding the man back. Another worker walks up and the man takes a few swings until the worker pepper-sprays him in the face.

Who decides who wins the little gold men at the Oscars? It turns out it's mostly older, white men. This fact alone isn't earth-shattering if you've ever paid attention to which movies get nominated or you happened to notice what a big effing deal it was for a black women to win a Best Actress award in the 21st century.

Get out so you can go to a ball dahhhling, watch some experimental video shorts or listen to a lecture on the attempt to recover the "Austrian Mona Lisa."

Police are looking for a man who stabbed three other men at a Hollywood tattoo parlor before fleeing the scene early this morning. The stabbings happened at L.A. Tattoo, a parlor on Hollywood Boulevard.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, Steve Lopez writes about his dying father, Sheriff Lee Baca admits he broke a law with his endorsement and a skydiver is killed in a competition. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.

The one-time KFI shock jock Tom Leykis seemed to be waiting in the wings for such a moment: he called the hosts "total fucking pussies" while he was on The Gary and Dino Show podcast.

There was little hint of what was about to come on Thursday evening for the wife of long-time federal immigration officer Ezequiel Garcia. Garcia called his wife Balbina and talked about going to Korean BBQ with her when he got home from work.

The Los Angeles Interagency Metropolitan Police Apprehension Crime Task Force (or L.A. IMPACT) ended up seizing 130 gallons of PCP, chemicals for making 500 more gallons, semi-automatic weapons and $389,000 in cash as a part of this local operation.