Matt Vannucci

"Los Angeles vs Paris" Photo by toastycakes via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Happy 50th Birthday to the Aluminum Beer Can. Fifty years ago today, the old Adolph Coors Co. unveilied the U.S. beer industry's first seamless, recyclable aluminum beer can. Usually rain gets a bad rap in these parts, but after our dry spell, locals were loving today's wet weather. Good times for photographers, puddle enthusiasts, and nose-pickers. Did you ever...

"dawn" Photo by Alex de Cordoba via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Some of your loved ones may not have arrived into Burbank from Sacramento today. There was an odor of pepper spray coming from the back of the cabin and the plan was forced to turn back. Suspicious package at Chapman U. - Woo Hoo, half hour break! Metblogs follows up on an LA Times article detailing the annoyance of huge...

Photo by phot0matt via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr US Airways flight 1549 crashed into the Hudson River this afternoon. Gothamist has the full details. The City's recent transportation committee meeting ended with a moratorium on bicycle licenses and the increase of speed limits on some Valley streets. Ding-Dong, here's that 30 lbs. of weed you ordered. Do all of your resolutions to get slimmer and spend less mean that we're going...

"Benjamin Page's Pasadena and Los Angeles" Photo by Benjamin Page via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Jobseekers who like to "stroll the white sands, soak up the sun, snorkel the reef, "maybe clean the pool" -- and report to a global audience via weekly blogs, photo diaries and video updates," have we got an opportunity for you! Australia is looking for someone to lay around a beautiful tropical island for six months....

"4 eyes" Photo by kpe II via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr How bad do you want a free Whopper from Burger King? Enough to delete 10 friends from Facebook? C'mon, it's not like you need to see the narcissistic status updates from those kids you never even talked to in high school. LA Stories Blog has begun a daunting and tedious (but really fun) task. They are going to document every...

"it is..." Photo by jek in the box via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr All of your organic eaters, listen up! Turns out, many of the high-priced products you've probably ingested, came from fertilizer that was spiked with ammonium sulfate. Be on the lookout for a West Covina man who looks like a character of the board game, Guess Who?. He is said to have impersonated a police officer by pulling a...

"Share Cuts Strikes Again" Photo by GarySe7en via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Phew, The Hills, Bromance and Sponge Bob are still on TV. Time Warner and Viacom reached an agreement late last night with details being finalized in the next few days. Today was a great day to get out and enjoy a leisurely drive around the neighborhood. There was NOBODY on the roads. Today was the 9th annual Lions Surf...

Photo by Tom Andrews via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Philatelics, listen up. The USPS just announced some of the Celebrity Stamps it will issue in 2009. "Hey Honey, is this mustard still good? There's no date, just "M02122."" "Oh babes, just check the expiration code cheat sheet." Money's tight, the kids drive you crazy, your boss sucks - do you ever just want to reach out and tell your friends, but...

"Cookies-eggnog-at-simon-la" Photo by juliewolfson306 via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Time for YOU to write to us! Leave a comment below for all to read telling us your special Christmas tradition or cool little place in LA where you like to spend the Holidays. There are still good people left in the world. David Wilson of the Wilson Automotive Group in Orange was named the 21st Annual Holiday Spirit winner. Over the...

"deadsanta" Photo by Robbie via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Nobody is safe from taking pictures with Santa. An Anaheim man on probation and ordered to stay away from his gang was arrested for violating that injunction when an officer discovered a picture of him flashing gang signs in a picture with Santa and a few cronies. Have you checked into Cedars-Sinai in the past 5 years? Better check your credit report, former...