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(Photo via ruffcutzdtla's Instagram) Follow LAist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. This cat looks exactly like Adam Driver. Canada is hip now, eh? A Belgian radio station along with MIRA Public Observatory have honored David Bowie with a constellation, it's made up of seven stars that form the shape of a lightning bolt. It's "in the vicinity of Mars." An Indiana food cart offers up popcorn, nachos and... sex toys....

Sean Penn and Joaquín Guzmán Loera (Sean Penn for Rolling Stone) It's believed that sometime after his interview with Sean Penn and meeting with actress Kate del Castillo, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman found time for a little bit of male-enhancement surgery. The surgery—which is said to have taken place at a Tijuana hospital—improves the appearance, but also treats erectile dysfunction. He scheduled it despite being on the lam, and had it performed just a...

(via SpaceX) This weekend Elon Musk and his SpaceX engineers will attempt to land the Falcon 9 rocket on a ship at sea, just off the coast of Los Angeles (near San Pedro). The team has failed at similar at-sea attempts in the past—they've described it as "trying to balance a rubber broomstick on your hand in the middle of a wind storm." However, Musk says “ship landings are necessary for high velocity missions."...

Rendering of the new bridge over the 101. (via Sixth Street Viaduct Replacement Project — more here) The 101 freeway will close for almost two days in February, as the Sixth Street Viaduct demolition begins. Officials announced the 40-hour closure yesterday, just a few days after delays on the project were reported. This portion of the demo is expected to begin around 10 p.m. on Friday, February 5th, and will shut down that section of...

Lines were forming to see Star Wars films right in the very beginning, when the first installment of what would become a massive franchise hit screens in 1977. The release date was May 25th of that year, so by the time this above photo was taken the lines were growing longer as word of it spread beyond the initial fanbase. Following its release, it was reported that a year before, "20th Century Fox either...

(Photo courtesy of Preston Newman of Preston Newman Photography / @Newman_Photos) Late Friday night the FAA announced that flights to and from LAX would avoid flying west over the Pacific Ocean, and airport officials apologized to those living east of the airport for the unexpected noise they would be experiencing. No one disclosed exactly why this was happening, though the FAA indicated that military airspace had been activated in the area. Since most people...

[UPDATE: The "UFO" Seen Over Southern California Was A Missile, says Cigarette-Smoking Man] Every single person under the Los Angeles sky with a Twitter account is reporting that a UFO just flew over Los Angeles. We are here to report the news: a UFO did not just fly over Los Angeles. Sorry, Josh. California coast. DID. ANYONE. ELSE. JUST. SEE. THAT. #ufo— josh groban (@joshgroban) November 8, 2015 It trailed with a huge bell...

November is upon us, and with every new month comes fresh new (and classic) TV shows and movies via all of the streaming services. Below, find a list of what's new on Amazon Prime, HBO Now, Hulu, and Netflix in November. You still won't find The OC on any of those, but today it was announced that you can now watch every precious episode of the teen dramedy on CW's streaming service, CW Seed. Coming...

Each episode will take place in a different season. Adorable.