Emma G. Gallegos

A rare tropical mosquito making an appearance in the San Gabriel Valley has authorities worried. Last week, an Asian tiger mosquito was spotted in El Monte during a routine call to vector control. The rare mosquito can carry with it some pretty nasty diseases, including dengue or yellow fever.

It's hard to be an urban homesteader on the go. Any neighbor can water your sustainable garden when you're out of town, but who is going to watch the chickens? That question is popping up for urban farmers from Culver City to Monrovia, and they're turning to the services of a new fixture on the local farming scene: Easy Acres Chicken Sitting.

The Music Center Plaza in downtown wants you to come down next Saturday and strike a pose — there's nothing to it. The venue is hosting an all-day "Taste of Dance CRAZES." For a single dollar, you can spend 20 minutes learning a dance craze of your choosing.

A man who dressed up as the claymation hero Gumby and his accomplice could face time in the pokey. Jacob Kiss, 19, and his accomplice PokeyJason Giramma, also 19, turned themselves into police after they were caught on tape demanding cigarettes from a convenience store clerk over the Labor Day weekend.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, we have a complete history of Larry David's on-screen culinary adventures, a would-be burglar gets robbed and Apple's new headquarters get panned. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.

Gird yourselves: Hello Kitty is storming Dodger Stadium next weekend. Sanrio and the Dodgers teamed up to offer Hello Kitty collectibles and discounted tickets, and don't shoot the messenger — and please, honey, don't cry — but the deal has already sold out.

A man is facing terror charges after he threatened the driver of a Metro bus last night with a backpack rigged with exposed wires to look like a bomb. Eugenio Paredes, 62, was arrested last night around 6 p.m. on suspicion of making terrorist threats and possessing a hoax explosive device.

The owner trying to sell the home where Michael Jackson died is suing the woman who sells star maps just feet away. The owners, Roxanne and Hubert Guez (of Ed Hardy fame), complain that the peddler's swift business in the shadow of Jackson's final home is driving down property values, TMZ reports.

Check out links from around the other Ists, including coverage of the massive Texas wildfire, a round-up on the Amanda Knox case and public nudity legislation in the Bay Area.

Sheriff's deputies are looking for suspects who rolled up to a backyard barbecue in a dark vehicle and fired off a rifle that killed two men and injured two others.

A couple of passengers got drunk and locked themselves in the bathroom of an LAX flight bound for New York on the tenth anniversary of 9/11. The crew called the TSA, who had a pair of F-16 fighter jets shadow the flight for the last hour of the flight until it safely landed at 4 p.m. at John F. Kennedy Airport.

A man was arrested this morning for killing his neighbor who was hosting a loud party this weekend in North Hollywood, Studio City Patch reports. Caitan Arreguin, 25, was arrested for fatally shooting Rafael Flores Baca around 1 a.m. Saturday at an apartment complex near the intersection of Laurel Canyon Boulevard and Saticoy Street.