Emma G. Gallegos

It's been a little over a week since pedicabs showed up on the streets of Santa Monica.

A woman was killed in Long Beach this morning when she stepped outside an apartment complex to grab her son's diaper bag.

Amanda Bynes' mother has suffered a set-back in her quest to obtain a conservatorship for her daughter. Lynn Bynes was denied a temporary emergency conservatorship for her daughter in a closed-to-the-public hearing this morning in Ventura County Superior Court.

Sam Simon, the co-creator of The Simpsons, has a lot of money but he doesn't have a lot of time. The 58-year-old television writer-producer was diagnosed with colon cancer this year, and he told Marc Maron in May that doctors only gave him three to six months to live.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, Backstreet's back, Amanda Bynes has the munchies and a Twitter feed becomes self-aware. 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).

A 10-year-old suffered critical head injuries after her family took her on a hike that led her over a fence and past the "No Trespassing" signs. It happened Saturday at Point Fermin Park in San Pedro near the Sunken City Trail around 3 p.m.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, "Glee" tries to figure out how to move on, the CIA ponders the weather and a poor pit bull got a tattoo. 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).

In tonight's Extra, Extra, "Glee" gets pushed back, Nate Silver moves on and where did all the roly polies go? 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).

LAPD said that protestors demonstrating against the George Zimmerman verdict in Hollywood stormed the W Hotel and vandalized it, causing $15,000 worth of damage. The LAPD report was picked up by local media outlets without challenge. The only problem? It never happened, according to spokespeople with the hotel.

This week's edition of Overheard in L.A. features bits of overheard conversation from coffee shops, the Genius Bar and, of course, Runyon Canyon.

Yesterday at noon the body of Glee actor Cory Monteith was discovered in a hotel room in Vancouver. But in the weeks, days and even hours before his death, he appeared—on the surface at least—to be happy and healthy.

Actor Cory Monteith, best known for playing Finn Hudson on Glee, was discovered dead in his Vancouver hotel room today at the age of 31. Police told the Hollywood Reporter that when staff from the Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel checked on his room on the 21st floor, they discovered his body.