Matt Vannucci

Photo by Lord Jim via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr We all want this city to be a certain way in the future. Will Oloughlen decided to put his idea of the future of LA in a 2 minute short film. Enjoy! Silverlake's own, Silversun Pickups just reached #1 on the Billboard Charts topping Linkin Park and Green Day. SP are still on the Indie label, Dangerbird Records, therefore have NOT sold...

Snails come out after yesterday's rains | Photo by phot0matt via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Who says the Catholic Church doesn't love basketball and a little friendly wager? Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony is putitng a case of Angels-labeled wine on the line up against Orlando's Bishop Thomas Wenski's three key lime pies (Florida's official state pie), four pounds of fresh shrimp, and a bottle of oxygen. The oxygen is Wenski's...

Photo nicadlr by via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Note to self: Don't Tweet vaca. plans. One SF man, tweeted about his family vacation and came back to a ransacked apartment. Everyone's a suspect! Green LA Girl wants to test your penis knowledge. Correctly identify the phallus in the picture to be entered for a chance to win a "big package." It was only a matter of time... The "off-the-leashers" are gunning...

"Big Buy" Photo by http://jimsonweed.blogspot.com/ via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr The National Organization for Marriage is saying that straight New Yorkers are becoming "oppressed" by possibly having to accept gay marriage as law. Say whaaa??? Yvonne Jean Pampellonne, 30, of Liguna Niguel stole an identity, opened a line of credit and bought herself some new boobs. But when she failed to show for follow-up appointments, this raised a red flag. Doctors...

Photo by EazyIanish via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr A Costa Mesa man (possibly?) became the oldest American to scale Mount Everest. 67-year-old, Bill Burke stated he climbed because he, "wanted to be the oldest American who ever stood on top." Circuit City is back! At least their website is, but don't even think about returning anything you purchase. The president of the Los Angeles Police Commission, Anthony Pacheco, unexpectedly announced his...

Denver gets the Lakers at home on Monday night, we get their WWE spillover. Scheduling conflicts always arise during the playoffs, but it's cool, Denver, you could've kept the WWE show, we would have gladly hosted the game... Redondo residents have been getting ripped off at the pump, and not from gas prices. | Since October, over 1,000 victims have been "skimmed" by using their ATM card at an Arco gas station on PCH. Police are getting closer to the suspects who have stolen $200,000 in just the last two weeks from victims' accounts.

Los Angeles has welcomed the Kogi Korean BBQ truck with open arms. The OC needs to make sure Kogi is official... | NBCLA wants to wish you a Happy 10th Anniversary of standing in line for Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. Yes, it was 10-years ago when you waited 42-days outside of Mann's Chinese, only to run back to your mom's basement and promptly seek solace after the film.

"Chinatown" Photo by [Kwasi B.] via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Arcadia High's prom is being edited. The school's Women's Health and Issues Club has gotten 20 songs banned from being played at prom because they are degrading to women - referring to them as "'bitches' and 'hos.'" Only 20 songs? Looks like the Electric Slide will finally get its 3-hour solo. Green LA Girl is challenging you to a week-long-eco-challenge. Can...

Photo by Lord Jim via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr You can run, but you can't hide from swine flu. The piggy virus is supposedly able to survive for a few days on dollar bills. Conspiracy theory or fact? A big shout out goes to Tustin today for scoring #21 on Forbes list of places to live well. Congrats! That incentive plan that gives $10k for first time home buyers in California...

UCLA just got hit yesterday with $31,000 in fines for 3 safety violations in a lab mishap that left one woman dead....

"griffith observatory" Photo by hyperbolation via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr StylistLA survey: Wear or not wear a surgical mask when traveling through LAX? Twitter is fun and all the rage these days (of course you're following LAist, right?), but are you twittering too much? We consumers are a funny breed - using then abusing every new trend until they're left lifeless on the ground, then we're off to feed again. "If...

"Hustling to the creek, Soldier Ride, West Los Angeles" Photo by alexbcthompson via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr A 3.8 magnitude earthquake shook Yorba Linda shortly before 5 p.m. There were no reports of damage or injuries. George Oldfield, 72, a longtime Riverside resident will compete this week at the 36th annual International Whistlers Convention in Louisburg, North Carolina. This is his sixth convention and the fourth time competing (last year he...