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Photo by aresauburn™ via Flickr Forget "Cash for Clunkers"--a 56-year-old man skipped the middlemen and gave his cash to commuters yesterday afternoon when he "tossed money from his car on Interstate 210 in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendora shortly before noon Sunday," according to Yahoo! News. Not to miss out on this outrageous fortune* about ten people ran out into the lanes to scoop up the cash, and the whole debacle caused a...

It's a 140-character, bullet point list, soundbite world we live in, and while many of us turn to 89.9 KCRW for long sets of good music or informative programming, they're now offering up a way to get "a bite-sized glimpse into some of their favorite things." Personalities and behind-the-sceners at the Santa Monica College-based NPR station are sharing a list a week of 5 Things. Already in the archive are DJ Dan Wilcox's 5...

This lot could serve as a subway station. Photo by LA Wad via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Metro has intimated that they'll be voting on a preliminary line for their proposed Wilshire extension later next year, and hopes to connect their "current terminus in Koreatown to the Westside," explains MetroRider LA. But where the stops will be are still very much in flux; "one of the stations along the line is...

Authorities in Santa Barbara County have confirmed that a wildfire which has currently scorched over 75,000 acres was set within a Mexican drug operation's cooking area, according to LA Now. The blaze began on the pot farm, and it's believed "the assailants are still in the forest area trying leave the forest by foot," as the fire rages uncontrolled. The "La Brea fire" started on August 8th, but is only at about 25% contained...

Traffic moving through the Sunset Strip (Photo by JoeStorm via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr) Some residents of West Hollywood and neighboring Beverly Hills are in an uproar about the British-import members-only club Soho, which is poised to open up on the penthouse level of the Luckman Plaza on the Sunset Strip. Those opposing the club fear that it will lead to excessive noise, crowds, and traffic in the area, not to...

Photo by Robbie via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Gruesome discovery: A woman's body was found stuffed in a suitcase in Buena Park early this morning. Another body story making headlines today is about Michael Jackson, and speculation that he's currently being kept on ice. It wasn't drugs or porn or other scandalous contraband that Feds seized in Los Angeles last week out of a shipment from China, but rather counterfeit Spiderman...

Photo by LA County Arts Commission via The Eastsider LA The Eastsider LA gives readers a look at "Ofrenda Maya 1," a ceramic mural created in 1978 by Jose Luis Gonzalez which graces the exterior of the City Terrace Library, and explains why the artist himself was called upon to embark on a restoration project. The mural was one of the first Gonzalez and his associates did through their Goez Art Studio, which was...

Photo by Julie Wolfson/LAist To borrow from The Daily Show, but to draw more from its non-satirical roots, this is a glimpse of a true California moment of zen. Taken at Salt Creek Beach, Dana Point. If you put your face close enough to the monitor you might be able to catch a whiff of the ocean air. Then again, you might just look like a tool. Better bet: Hit the beach and chill...

Border Grill Truck at this week's ArtWalk in DTLA. Photo by current events via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Getting a taco from a truck isn't new by a longshot--it's been a way of life here in Los Angeles for hundreds of thousands of people for years and years. Lunch trucks, push carts, and street vendors are old hat for many residents and longstanding threads in many neighborhoods' fabrics. And yet "food...

Depeche Mode members Martin Gore, left, Dave Gahan and Andrew Fletcher, right (AP Photo/Charles Sykes) Perennial rock idols Depeche Mode have been breaking hearts up and down the coast of California this week, after first canceling their Bay Area show Wednesday night, and now canceling tonight's show scheduled for the Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre outside San Diego in Chula Vista. This evening's much-anticipated gig had the plug pulled on it due to lead singer Dave...

Polish your fangs and hide your garlic--today is the start of Vampire-Con, which is "the world’s first convention, devoted to everything vampire." With events scheduled throughout the weekend to thrill, entertain, and enlighten, enthusiasts can satisfy their blood-lust by attending films, discussions, and a ball. The New Beverly Cinema is home to the two-day Vampire Film Festival, which gets things going with two nights of screenings. The revival house has a "fangtastic" line-up of...

Photo by James Cridland via Flickr The City of Los Angeles is one step closer to four years ago after yesterday's City Council meeting, when a study concerning the possible adoption of a Google-based e-mail system was approved, reports the Daily News. The current e-mail service being used on "an aging computer network in need of major upgrades," has been the source of headaches among its users, suffering frequent periods of inaccessibility and limited...