Emma G. Gallegos

The most scandalous thing on Rihanna's Instagram weren't pictures of her in barely-there swimwear or sampling the local green (God bless her, there's always some of that) but a photo she snapped with a very cute and very illegal slow loris.

Governor Jerry Brown signed California's first law regulating the controversial practices of fracking and acidizing. Oil companies aren't happy with the law that goes into effect January 1, 2014 but neither are environmentalists who say that the bill is too watered-down to do much good.

Culver City police shot a man at their headquarters in downtown Culver City early this morning. It happened at 7:40 a.m., but authorities have released few details about the incident or the man's status.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, weed in Los Santos, food to please a New Yorker's palate and why everything you do to look good is bad for you. 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).

Wealthy Hollywood donors are teaming up with the LAPD in a plan to outfit police officers with cameras to tape what happens on the job. That means Los Angeles could soon be the largest police force in the nation to outfit all its officers with a lapel cameras.

Los Angeles' microbrewery scene has been slow to catch on compared to other parts of the country (and even the state). But it turns out that when microbreweries do want to settle in a market that isn't quite tapped out, many of them are looking just outside of city limits.

Today marks a big win for car-sharing companies in California, including Lyft, Sidecar and Uber: state regulators voted unanimously to create rules for these companies that use smartphones in lieu of a hail sign to connect riders with drivers.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, a frog gets blasted into space, KCRW gets a new logo and Peyton Manning is not just a quarterback for the Broncos. 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).

San Bernardino County deputies are looking for the suspects who vandalized a bronze statue honoring one of their own killed in a firefight in Big Bear with the renegade ex-LAPD cop Chris Dorner.

This week's edition of Overheard in L.A. features bits of overheard conversation from Runyon Canyon, Topanga Canyon coffee shops and college campuses.

The panda and mother of six Bai Yun celebrated her 22nd birthday at the San Diego Zoo yesterday with an icy treat that took a month to prepare. Some of her little ones joined in on the the treat. Bai Yun, whose name means "white cloud," has been living at the San Diego Zoo since she was five years old thanks to an agreement with the Chinese government.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, casting for the part of Mrs. Cruise, how skinny people's poop could help fatties and NASA's finally on Instagram. 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).