Emma G. Gallegos

Get out, so you can enjoy the last of Maine's lobsters, a literary view of the 9/11 attacks and a moonlit hike to get away from it all

A bill that bars Californians from buying booze in self-checkout lanes is heading to Jerry Brown's desk for his signature. Supporters say that requiring face-to-face sales decreases the likelihood that a minor will buy alcohol.

Photo by chickpokipsie via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr After a thermometer-busting week, the Southland is getting rocked by thunder, rain, hail and the possibility of flash floods that will continue into Sunday, according to weather reports. This morning a storm moved over Costa Mesa and into Huntington Beach, pelting Orange County residents with hail, before heading north. "We heard the thunder and then all of a sudden we heard on the...

The hunt for a parolee who let his ankle bracelet go uncharged for three days ended today, when a detective found him sipping coffee on a bench at the mall. Detective Peter Rasic from the El Monte Police Department heard that parolee Manuel Rodriguez, who has twice been arrested for exposing himself at the park, was on the lam this morning, after the East Los Angeles Sheriff's Bureau sent out an alert.

Worried that West Hollywood might be losing its quirky, flamboyant cred as gleaming high-rises go up, the city voted wants to honor those who played a key role in putting the Sunset Strip scene on the map: go-go dancers. "West Hollywood has been toned down to be family friendly. That's not what we are," Mayor John Duran told the Associated Press.

If you plan on drinking at restaurants in Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach, now would be a bad time to forget your ID. Restaurants there are probably going to be especially wary, after police cited four restaurants for serving liquor to young'uns during an alcohol sting last week.

When an electrical outage hit San Diego Thursday night, the rides at Sea World froze, everyone lost refrigerated food, sewage flowed into the ocean — and one utility worker in Arizona bore the brunt of the blame. That's not fair, say ratepayers advocates.

Get out, so you can listen to Marilyn Manson read poetry, channel the undead or jam to electronica, while checking out the Tim Burton exhibition. (And it's not even October!)

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And of course we're not referring to Jesus. Mel Gibson's latest project is catching some people by surprise on two counts. First, that there is a latest project. Second, that a man whose alcohol-fueled anti-Semitic tirade was heard around the world is choosing to make a biopic about Judah Maccabee, the Jewish freedom fighter and hero of the Hannukah story.

Beverly Hills is trying to become more bike-friendly. The city is working on a plan to create a bike route through the city. To start, the city's bicycle committee is planning improvements to Crescent and Beverly drives and Carmelita Avenue and Charleville Boulevard that will make those north-south and east-west thoroughfares more hospitable to bikers, Beverly Hills Patch reports.

The makers of the app Cloo are trying to solve a problem as old as modern plumbing: so many full bladders, so few accessible toilets. The app makers have come up with a solution (that sounds like it's ripped from the pages of the Onion). Users can rent out their bathrooms to anyone who is connected to them through their social media networks.