Emma G. Gallegos

In tonight's Extra, Extra, the plaintiffs in the Prop. 8 case say "I Do," a cat/Mad Men mash-up and Homer Simpson's dream car. 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).

It's not a surprise to anyone who knows the city, but a survey shows that Los Angeles is just brimming with artists. There are 96,150 Angelenos who work in the arts, and they make up about 4.86 percent of our workforce, according to a survey by the National Endowment for the Arts.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, a liberal arts student talks about being white, Metro plans to spend more on CicLAvia and cops' rights to search are limited. 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).

There's a bump in the road for the company that is rolling out Los Angeles' first bike-sharing program. Bike Nation said it was hoping to roll out its program this summer, but Angelenos are going to have to wait a little longer for the program that is similar to New York City's Citi Bike program.

Wave good-bye to June gloom, and say hello to a really big heat wave. Things will start heating up Friday morning and it's only supposed to get worse through the weekend. As usual, the heat will be worst in the valleys and mountains. The National Weather Service has put out an excessive heat warning.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, how Occidental College deals with rape, Orange County deals with the fake and LAUSD deals with Miramonte. 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 case you were wondering, everything is pretty much business as usual in the city of Angels, despite the fact that a plane wrote a chain of SOS's in perfectly straight skywritten letters in our perfectly blue skies yesterday. It turns out the SOS letters have nothing to do with a distress call, but are in fact a lame (but probably effective) publicity stunt for a local theme park that is trying to promote their attractions for the summer.

Daredevil, aerialist and seventh-generation member of a circus family Nik Wallenda will attempt to cross a Colorado River gorge on a high-wire a dizzying 1,500 feet above the rapids below. The Discovery Channel will air his stunt tonight June 23 at 5 pm PT. The footage will be streamed live—except for a 10-second delay just in case the stunt doesn't go according to plan.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, we examine the point of oral sex, comedians battle a fly and a guide to the supermoon. 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).

Once upon a time, Justin Bieber was a fresh-faced teen with a squeaky clean image but these days he's acting more like the global pop star that he is: he drives fast cars and hangs out with a faster crowd.

Shortly before he died in a fiery single-car accident, Michael Hastings sent an e-mail to his colleagues at BuzzFeed that alarmed a close friend. Just hours before the crash, he wrote that the FBI was interviewing his "close friends and associates" and that he was going to "go off the radar for a bit" to work on a "big story."

In tonight's Extra, Extra, we consider sideboob, Soylent and sexuality. 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).