Emma G. Gallegos

Scientists who cut open the rare 18-foot oarfish that washed ashore in Catalina a few weeks ago made an interesting discovery: the fish was full of parasitic tapeworms.

This week's edition of Overheard in L.A. features bits of overheard conversation from all sorts of Angelenos who are thinking very deeply about what they ingest.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, we explore which state you should live in, what to do about yogis in Echo Park and porn star injuries. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports. You can also find us on Pinterest, Storify, Foursquare, and Instagram (laistpics).

The council voted unanimously to ban circuses from using bullhooks, a hook used to train elephants and goad them into performing during a show. The traditional circuses that roll through town say that without bullhooks, elephants can't perform—and without elephants there isn't much of a circus.

You can find plenty of tacky souvenirs in Los Angeles from plastic Oscar statues to overpriced star maps, but this T-shirt we spotted at the Farmers Market over the weekend has got to be one of the worst. For $6.99 (or $24.99 for a family pack!), you can have an orange T-shirt that says "Los Angeles County Jail."

In the past 10 years since Elliott Smith died, the Silver Lake mural that became the backdrop of his album "Figure 8" has served as a place for the fans to pay tribute to the singer-songwriter who lived in Echo Park.

A married couple shopping for some exceptional wholesale values were arrested after the gun in their fanny pack accidentally went off inside a Sam's Club. Whoops!

A woman who was attacked by a coyote while she was visiting her mother's grave at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills is suing the cemetery.

Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar says that he had a consensual affair with a staffer who just filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against him today.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, Fran Drescher is dating a legit tech dude, there's a new reality show to make us barf and how one couple is paying for the good time they had on their way to Vegas. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports. You can also find us on Pinterest, Storify, Foursquare, and Instagram (laistpics).

You would think that Kim Kardashian and the Hollywood Walk of Fame would be a match made in heaven. Both of them are overrated and obsessed with fame, but we're stuck with them for the foreseeable future. The difference is that the Walk of Fame likes to pretend it has some sort of standards.

Stars are just like us: they binge-watch the final season of Breaking Bad until the wee hours of the morning, and then proclaim the show "addictive," "Jacobean" and even "Shakespearian." But unlike the rest of us, Anthony Hopkins had a hook-up through his talent agency to directly e-mail Bryan Cranston himself to express his admiration for the "spectacular" and "extraordinary" performances on the show.