Emma G. Gallegos

A really big tree branch fell on a guy in Brentwood Park this afternoon. Although there aren't a whole lot of details about what happened, it seems safe to say that he's going to be making a full recovery.

The Shrine Auditorium was evacuated and the red carpet shut down today for 15 minutes—just hours before the SAG awards were scheduled to begin. Everyone was escorted out at 1:55 pm this afternoon, and bomb-sniffing dogs swarmed the premises.

Get out so you can explore nature from a shopping center, explore surrealism or listen to a lecture on holograms.

A pet store in Orange County relented and dropped the case against two thieves who snatched a chow puppy from the store last week. Previously, the puppy-nappers sent an "I'm sorry" note and a wad with $600 in cash.

If you were driving by the Alex Theatre in Glendale, you might have done a double-take after passing a marquee proclaiming that the theater was hosting a private screening of "Deep Throat."

A man was arrested in Glendale this week after police caught him driving pantsless. Police said that during their investigation of Khan, they discovered that he likes driving around at night pantsless, looking for a cul-de-sac or driveway to masturbate in.

A pair of thieves wanted a pet store in Orange County to know that they were so sorry that they stole a chow puppy, so they sent the store a condolence letter and $600. The couple's puppy heist last Thursday was caught on a surveillance tape.

Every once in a while, The New York Times decides to turn its attention to the Best Coast, and this week the Grey Lady suggested checking out this bubbling asphalt pit full of prehistoric (or as we Angelenos refer to it B.F.: Before Freeways) fossils that's right smack-dab in the middle of the Miracle Mile. Isn't that insane?!!

In tonight's Extra, Extra, someone killed their neighbors' chihuahua with a golf club, downtown business love CicLAvia and 175 pounds of Nicorette gum looks as disgusting as you might imagine. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.

Get out so you can gaze at the stars and figured out what 2012 foretells, see a play about Mexico inspired by Chekhov or go to the museum for free.

University police say that a UCLA student was sexually assaulted near a residence hall on campus early this morning. A male suspect called out to a female student climbing what are called the Saxon Steps before he sexually assaulted her.

The Lincoln Heights community where resident Bree'Anna Guzman was last seen a month ago has been on high-alert since she left to go to the drug store on December and never returned. But that fear has only been heightened since her family identified her as the woman whose body was found near a freeway on-ramp in Silver Lake yesterday morning.