Emma G. Gallegos

Get out so you can reminisce about the good ol' days in New York City, grab a beer (or five) and become a little monster.

Attention cheap wine fans: the price is going up on Trader Joe's famous "Two Buck Chuck" for the first time since it debuted over a decade ago. Californians have only had to fork over $1.99 to pay for a bottle of the wine whose low price was made possible in part by a glut of California grapes.

Police are searching for a pair of men who brandished a knife and hurled anti-gay slurs at a UCLA student near campus early Friday morning. The attack happened on South Gayley Avenue near Veteran Avenue around 1:30 am as the victim was walking down the street.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, the Kardashians get swatted (no, not like flies), Andrea Alarcon resigns and KPCC gets unionized. 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 student at San Diego State University has wowed investment banks with a straight-shooting cover letter about his qualifications—or lack thereof. Sure, there's a humble-brag in there about his "near perfect" GPA, but mostly undergraduate Matthew Ross goes out of his way to say he's not going to make up stuff that looks good on a resume.

Pattie Mallette, better known as Justin Bieber's mom, announced that she's going to be producing an anti-abortion short film called "Crescendo." The film will screen all over the world starting on February 28.

There's been one person who has refused to talk to authorities since an investigation was opened into Natalie Wood's death just off the coast of Catalina Island more than 30 years ago: her husband at the time Robert Wagner. The original investigation determined that Wood's drowning on November 29, 1981 was accidental, but the case was reopened last year.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, Anne Hathaway says she's sorry, Tiger Woods also tries to make amends and parents in LAUSD have pulled the (metaphorical) trigger. 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 took a long time but the Los Angeles City Council has passed an ordinance that will dramatically increase the number of parking spaces for bikes in new developments.

The biopic originally meant to portray Lance Armstrong as a hero overcoming all odds hit a rough patch long ago. But a new biopic portraying Armstrong as a fallen hero is moving forward.

Earlier this year porn star James Deen said that he was totally stoked to be working with Lindsay Lohan despite everything that he read in the tabloids.

The cops rushed to the scene of Tom Cruise's Beverly Hills abode today after someone reported that there was an armed intruder on the property. It looks like it was just a false alarm. Beverly Hills cops swarmed the place, but they turned up nothing.