Lindsay William-Ross

Oops: An unidentified man in his 20s got tanked sufficiently to accidentally sneak into the wrong house. The kicker? When the cops showed up, the suspect answered the door. The double-kicker? He thought he had been slipping into his buddy's house.

Have you minded paying a half-cent extra in sales tax these past four years that helps fund transit projects? We're going to be paying the tax, courtesy Measure R, until 2039, but that tax could be extended another 30 years as soon as this fall.

A suspect armed with a fire extinguisher went a little wild inside a Canoga Park community center Wednesday. The man was described as behaving "out of control" and using the fire extinguisher to smash objects around the facility.

In today's Extra, Extra we've got bad news for the Lotus Festival again this year, a list of L.A. novels, a very drunk mom, and more news of the day. 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).

An annual report about water quality and beach closures around the nation finds that locally we have a couple of outstanding beaches and a couple that are persistently polluted "repeat offenders."

A baby chimpanzee was fatally attacked by an adult male chimpanzee today at the Los Angeles Zoo in an incident witnessed by zoo patrons. Zoo officials confirmed the death Tuesday afternoon.

You may be familiar with Kiva, an organization that helps small-businesses around the globe through a practice called mirco-financing. Basically, you offer a small loan to a global entrepreneur, track their progress, and get paid back. Now Kiva is launching in Los Angeles.

Forget looking for the best burger in Los Angeles--how about the best burger in America?! And, L.A., we need look no further than the classic Apple Pan, whose burger National Geographic has deemed top in the nation.

Porn star Jenna Jameson was formally charged Monday for her involvement in a May solo car crash in Westminster.

The whole Kardashian family (that's Kim, Khloe, Kourtney, Rob, Bruce and Kris) were spotted out on a very particular shopping venture Monday. They were shopping for a gravesite.

Comic book writer and TV producer Roger Slifer remains hospitalized today in critical condition after being struck this weekend in Santa Monica by a hit-and-run driver.

It's always nice to see the Observatory get some props, and in this "Pop Pilgrims" segment, the A.V. Club's head writer, Nathan Rabin, speaks to film critic James Rocchi on site about the Griffith Observatory's contribution to movie history.