Matt Vannucci

"Miami Vice in LA" Photo by Ca-los! via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr It's Fat Tuesday! Get FAT for Free. Free pancakes today at IHOP until 10 pm and Free tacos at Jack in the Box until Midnight. The Hills star Audrina Patridge had her house broken into last night and released the surveillance video. Any tips call (213) 972-2971. I'm sure they haven't gotten any prank calls... A small 240 home...

"Feb 09" Photo by Lord Jim via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr More taco talk. Wahoo's turns 20 on Sunday. If you want some $.20 tacos, show up at the Costa Mesa location between 10am - 3 pm, meet Ryan Sheckler, and celebrate cheap, great tacos! In "Laughable" News - Octo Mom is shopping for a $1.25 million house. LA Metblogs might be onto something with - "Is LA closer to an...

"Water Wings" Photo Ron T by via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Liquidation at Neverland! Everything must go, even the "painting showing Michael Jackson as a bona fide royal in Elizabethan dress." Yikes. Congratulations to our fellow bloggers, LA Metblogs, they have spawned and spread to San Diego! We have "Koreatown," "Miracle Mile," and now, possibly.. the "Sign District?" LA based developer CIM has proposed to create the "Sign District" at Pico/San...

The 40 year staple, Santa Monica Seafood at Colorado/12th St. has moved. They've traded the local-heavy location for a highly visible new corner space at 10th & Wilshire which will definitely bring the masses. Opening day (President's Day) was evidence that this is an understatement. It's a good thing for a restaurant to be overcrowded on opening day, but yesterday was reminiscent of walking into Father's Office (ironic being F.O. is 4 blocks away, almost...

"I crush your head like a grape!" Photo by A.C.Thamer via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr KCRW is now your one stop for Oscar coverage. Head over to their Oscar page for Director interviews, movie reviews, nominee lists, and polls. If you're not a member already, sign up so we can continue to have their great programming. We don't want any more radio casualties... Gweneth has been dishing the "goods" on her...

"He enjoys his politics" Photo by Renee Rendler-Kaplan via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Eric Garcetti launched a new campaign blog. You can find it here. Don't forget to add it (and LAist) to your RSS feed. Rihanna is cooperating with Police to build a case against her abusive boyfriend, Chris Brown. Now that the deluge of reports on this issue have died down, look for some professionally tailored statements to be...

"Flying Fish" Photo by Renee Rendler-Kaplan via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Please welcome me (and LAist) in Congratulating our Editor, Zach Behrens, for being named one of the "40 Under 40", by the San Fernando Business Journal! The award recognizes young working business professionals to watch out for in the Valley. The article runs next week, and in case you're wondering, yes, Zach rules! Talkin' bout a Revolution!!! Counties are lining...

"Football" Photo by jakerome via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Desperate times call for desperate measures. A San Diego man posted his kidney for sale yesterday on Craigslist for $100k. The post was removed because posts that contain “blood, bodily fluids or body parts" are banned on the site. Who says there's not interesting (and affordable) living spaces out there. Pasadena's Water Tower could be yours, if the price is right. B-List...

"Normal Day in Hollywood" Photo by A.C.Thamer via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Snuggies are taking over? Really??? Are you one of the 4 million Americans who bought one last month? The success, some say, is attributed to people dialing down heat, thus needing added warmth while being able to change the tv. Alcohol abuse and car crashes are never funny, especially when combined. An elderly woman drove her car into a...

Tell your grandparents; the Senate has voted to delay the DTV transition to June 12, 2009... Great headline of the day comes from LA Snark - "There’s a MotherF’n chance I might talk to Samuel L. MotherF’n Jackson tonight." Help Jon out at LA Snark by suggesting questions to ask SLJ!... An LA woman is missing and Police need your help finding her. Susan Szegedi was last seen on January 20, 2009 and could be driving a Honda Civic