Emma G. Gallegos

Now that Zuccotti Park is cleared, city officials are estimating that Occupy Los Angeles is the largest "Occupy" encampment left standing. Unlike other cities around the country that have cracked down on camps, officials here have no plans to shut down the encampment in the immediate future.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, a waitresses confesses to pushing cocaine, LAUSD has trouble with its new, healthy menu and Demi Lovato talks about seeing UFOs. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.

Is there anything quite like doing homework from the comfort of your jacuzzi? Some lucky bastards students renting out McMansions at UC Merced know the answer to that question. These mansions built during boom times were supposed to house the creme de la creme of Merced that never materialized after the economy went bust.

The city council of Lancaster just approved a program that will allow a Cessna to weave through the airspace of Antelope Valley for 10 hours a day while a camera rolls. The film will be sent to the sheriff's station on the ground and reviewed in real-time for people doing hilarious shit in the privacy of their own backyards crime, according to The Los Angeles Daily News.

Get out so you can consider chicano culture's role in the counterculture, listen to local authors or jam to some Bach (and Bach-inspired pieces).

Conductors and performers curse the skies, glower and sometimes even halt the performance when helicopters pass over the Hollywood Bowl. Now they're throwing their support behind a federal bill that would restrict low-flying helicopters.

The hottest trend among cartographers is grabbing data from NextBus and using it to create maps that help visualize just how long it takes to get around on public transportation in whatever city you choose. The digital cartographer Eric Fischer released a visualization of the Los Angeles Metro system.

The TV Show "Twin Peaks" has inspired spoofs, geocities pages lost to posterity and lots of art — but no piece has been quite as delicious as the red vines mosaic of the notorious Red Room on display in Echo Park.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, a lesbian is competing in Long Beach's pageant, Beverly Hills school district doesn't want a tunnel under its school and marijuana arrests are ticking up. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.

Having a baby born at the right moment is a coincidence — but proposing at the right moment takes planning. Not only did Alexander Williams pick 11/11/11 to propose to his girlfriend Dionne Savage, he wanted to do it at the ticket counter where he met her two years ago.

Get out! Get up! Visit Norton Simon and explore Dennis Hopper's legacy is on California art or go to one of (at least) six museums that are offering admission this weekend and a ceramic show.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, a baby was born at 11:11am, a man kidnapped a car salesman and Katy Perry is hosting a free concert. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.