Lisa Brenner

Emilio Samyn Gonzales-Arezenas, one of the men responsible for the robbery and killing of a Border Patrol agent near Campo in 2009, said the victim was targeted in an effort to steal his night vision equipment, according to KTLA. Five men lured the agent, 30-year-old Robert Rosas Jr., into a trap by leaving footprints in the dirt while he was on patrol.

Nudists are claiming that they are being harassed by park rangers in San Onofre, according to KTLA. In the buff beachgoers were banned from San Onofre State Beach and have since migrated their parts to other area sands.

A salmonella outbreak linked to papayas has prompted a recall, and consumers are being warned about the contaminated that fruit that sickened 97 people, including 10 hospitalization, in 23 states, according to the FDA.

Tonight in Extra, Extra! Jim Henson's lost script comes to Comic-con, Culver City homeowners anticipate October, Smurf Week takes on Navy Week, and all aboard The Weezer Cruise. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.

Sometimes an event is so compelling that it's capable of converting even the most freewheeling, non-planners into a type-A time watchers. Buy a calendar and write this down. Sunday, August 21 is Topless Day.

California is #1!!! In losing jobs. Our state has lost 6.7% of its jobs (= just over a million), more than any other state in the country, in the past five years, according to Los Angeles Business Journal.

Urinary tract infections (UTIs), a delightful treat for nearly half of all women, call for many traditional and untraditional remedies, including cranberry products. ABC Local is reporting that, according to experts, utilizing cranberry whatever "doesn't work better than antibiotics."

Like sand through the hourglass, another 24-hour screening of artist Christian Marclay's The Clock is set to wind up beginning Thursday, July 28 at 5:00 p.m. and ending Friday July 29 exactly 24 hours later in LACMA's Bing Theater. The piece, a "melding of video and reality," uses hundreds of sampled clips sourced from the far reaches of genre, culture and era.

Katherine Jackson, Michael Jackson's mother, along with siblings La Toya, Marlon, Jackie and Tito, held a conference today at The Beverly Hills Hotel and announced plans for "Michael Forever - The Tribute Concert" scheduled to take place Oct. 8 at Millennium Stadium in Wales, according to the Associated Press.

The serial arsonist setting North Hollywood ablaze is still on the loose. "The Los Angeles Fire Department’s Arson/Counter-Terrorism Section has now been called is working closely with officers from the Los Angeles Police Department's North Hollywood Community Police Station in an active, ongoing investigation," notes a news release.

Check out links from the other -ists, from the National Zoo's sad panda news about Mei Xiang to the NY woman too busy fighting a stranger to notice her baby roll from the subway car in a stroller.

Get Out! (We mean that in the nicest way possible.) Another fine LA day greets you with free community yoga, a Venice Beach festival and soothing soul music from around the globe.