Emma G. Gallegos

Octomom has put herself up for auction on a dating site. The opening bid for a date with the mother of 14 starts at $500.

Today is the big day for NASA's newest Mars rover Curiosity. If all goes well, it's expected to touch down on the red planet tonight at 10:31 pm PDT. If your invite to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory got lost in the mail, you're in luck.

The body of a 50-year-old man was found on the floor in his Costa Mesa home yesterday, and now police are asking for the public's help figuring out what happened to him. Costa Mesa police were called to the man's home in the 1700 block of Whittier Avenue around 4:20 pm yesterday.

Exactly 50 years after her death, we're still celebrating the life of Marilyn Monroe. But when LIFE photographer Ed Clark took a series of photos of the actress reading poetry in Griffith Park in 1950, she was just another actress trying to make it big in Hollywood.

A man shot his girlfriend to death at a party in Long Beach celebrating the baptism of their third child last night. Witnesses said that they heard Marcos Gustavo Zermeno, 24, arguing with his girlfriend Eleonora Rivera Hidalgo, 22, inside of a car last night.

Get out so you can watch Marilyn on the big screen, talk about baseball fandom or listen to Pixar scores live.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, LiLo's lil sis goes to Korea, someone gets stabbed at a Tenacious D concert and Robert Pattinson gets a Uhaul. 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).

If you've been following the Jackson inheritance drama, you might have wondered why the relatively sane and successful baby sister of the Jackson clan decided to step into the ugly fray. Janet is reportedly sick of being the family's cash cow in the wake of Michael's death and her own dwindling income.

A man was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping his wife at gunpoint as she left work and then raping her in her car on Friday. Rudy Zendejas, 27, allegedly kidnapped his wife just as she was leaving her job in Malibu around 6:30 pm on Friday.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, Snoop Dogg is temporarily banned from Norway, Octomom is single and Robert Pattinson wants to have an awkward conversation. 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 man is accused of carrying a loaded, unregistered gun into an Islands in Newport Beach and making criminal threats. The alleged incident happened on July 19.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, Californians are buying a lot of guns, the search for a missing UCLA student continues and Westsiders are trying to block the Expo Line extension. 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).