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Snow falling January 2, 2011 in Lancaster (Photo by Charlie Essers via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr) If your iPhone alarm didn't fail you this morning, you probably woke up as scheduled to a gloomy-skied Monday, with some lingering rain. The rain, which was falling with the spirit of Rainpocalypse 2010 reborn as Rainpocalypse 2011 for most of yesterday, won't stick around though, and Southern California is expected to go back to...

Photo by stephenfalk via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr If the next few days involve fueling up and hitting the road, whether it's a long weekend getaway or a drive to Pasadena to see the Rose Parade, you'll be feeling a budgetary hit we haven't felt in SoCal since 2008. "Southern California gas prices are at their highest December levels of all time - and higher than at any point since October...

In today's very last Extra, Extra of 2010 we have Secret Headquarters, where to get your Grub on tomorrow, old movie websites to make you LOL, a very oddly dressed bank robber, and more news bites of the day. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.

He's already said he might not run again for his job as LA County District Attorney, but today Steve Cooley gets to close out 2010 knowing that Deputy District Attorney Danette Meyers is nipping at his heels. Meyers, an LA resident for 50 years, and a Deputy DA for 24 years, and today she announced her candidacy for the top job, and will run for election in 2012. Meyers has an impressive record--she has...

Photo by Open Air Control Testing Ground via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr To help get you from party to party and home again safely, tonight, as on Christmas Eve, Metro will be offering free rides for one and all on all bus and rail lines. You can hop on board in your sparkly paper 2011 hats and cocktail party finery for absolutely free from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Plus, to...

In tonight's New Year's Eve Eve's Extra Extra we've got Dream Vacations, food trend predictions, a 1974 murder solved, some very successful sex toys, and more news bites of the day. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.

Photo by KennyJewel via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr In 2011, it might cost more than a quarter to hitch a ride on Angels Flight up--or down--Bunker Hill. But tomorrow, you can save 24 cents a ride thanks to a fun fare on the funicular to celebrate its 109th anniversary. Rides will be a penny apiece on December 31st, according to Blogdowntown . The railway will operate on its normal schedule, from...

If you're getting your celebration on a little ahead of New Year's Eve, or, it's just one of those "hey, yay, it's Thursday, let's drink!" things, and you are going to be in or traveling through West Hollywood, take note. There will be a DUI and drivers' license checkpoint running between 6 p.m. and 2 a.m. at an unspecified location. Tonight's checkpoint is being conducted by personnel from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department's...

With New Year's Day falling on a Saturday, there's some regularly scheduled stuff that is not happening today in observance of the holiday. Today most government offices and courts are closed. Trash collection in the City of L.A. is happening as usual, however. Metrolink is running just two lines today; The Antelope Valley line will operate on a Saturday schedule and the San Bernardino line will run on a Sunday schedule. Metro is on...

Photo by arquera via Flickr You gotta love a good old end-of-the-year roundup of the Top 10 of something or other. We love 'em--just take today's TV Junkie: The Top 10 Events We Covered in 2010 and 10 Notable LA Celebrity Deaths in 2010 as examples. There are a lot of Top 10 lists out there right now, and here are a few, 10 to be precise, of our favorites. Great Taco Hunt's Top...

Mountain High (Photo by samantha celera via Flickr) There might be chaos down here in Los Angeles, but it was the perfect storm for skiers and snowboarders to take to the slopes in Wrightwood at Mountain High, where all three of the resorts had to stop selling admission at 8:30 this morning, just a half hour after the slopes opened for the day's runs. A Mountain High marketing manager estimated there were at least...

Another local community will have its ins and outs covered daily online via Patch, as Hollywood comes into the fold of networked hyperlocal neighborhood sites today. In today's obligatory "Welcome" post, Editor Anna Bakalis explains: "For Patch, covering Hollywood means not only keeping our elected and government officials in check, but telling stories from the ground up, and through articles and columns, video and photos." Today they've got stories on the permit flap with...