Matt Vannucci

"Rain in LA?" Photo by hinducow via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Wow, did it actually rain today??? Steve at the Bottleneck Blog found a video of students saying some "eyebrow-raising statements in support of Prop 1A." The measure is picking up steam by some recent donations and some are hopeful about the 450,000 speculated green jobs it will create. Milton Katselas, a prominent director and acting teacher, has died at age...

Photo polaroid-girl by via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr It's FREE TACO DAY at Taco Bell! Considering it's 6pm now, you're a bit too late too collect, but hopefully you took part. The Gold brothers are polar opposites. Mark is the Executive Director of Heal the Bay while his brother, Jonathan, is the "whale-eating" Pulitzer Prize winning food writer for the LA Weekly. You could imagine their views are slightly different, and Mark...

"Suburban_Oil_Well" Photo by Sundogg via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr 600 new oil wells will be added to our area in the next 30 years and the first 24 will start drilling in about a month in Baldwin Hills. The bulk of the new oil drills will be added on La Cienega, not in your backyard. A man who led Police on a high-speed pursuit last night is behind bars today. The...

"LIFEGUARD TOWER" Photo Nuno_Oliveira by via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Members of the Mongol Motorcycle Gang got duped by their "brothers" (undercover ATF agents) in a country-wide raid attempting to dismantle the gang. The three-year investigation known as Operation Black Rain piled up evidence to arrest members on racketeering, including "charges of murder, attempted murder, assault, as well as gun and drug violations." A Carson man got life without parole for...

"Feed the Meter Feed the Mind" Photo by Tyler S. Andrews via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr The above photo piqued our interest--was it real or what? Here's what LAist Featured Photos contributor Tyler S. Andrews had to say: "The original photo was taken in Hollywood on Wilcox. I manipulated the photo in Photoshop. I added the color, human head, and grungy border. The original pic was just a shot of the...

"dairy stop" Photo by somenoise via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr NY Huffington vs. LA Huffington, who will win the readers? Ocean Spray sets up their Cranberry bog at Hollywood & Highland tomorrow. Vodka not included. Your house might catch on fire, quick, which books do you grab!?! Witness LA details choices by a friend. The LA Times was called out by the LA Cowboy for their reporting on a double murder in...

"sunset blvd local" Photo by julie wilson world via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Congratulations, we won the race against the National Debt Clock. Now that portfolios are hemorrhaging and bleeding from all ends, our collective debt has become too big to fit on the National Debt Clock (developed by a USC alum). Gothamist translates the debt into layman's terms. Non-profits and mass letter writers listen up. Here are a few tips...

"More!" / Photo by gregmote Do you hate your hungover-self for those drunk e-mails you sent last night to your Ex of 3 years? Google's new "Mail Goggles" is trying to save you some face, one simple math problem at a time. Don't dare try this with late-night texting, for you risk late-night booty. Good thing the Government bailed out AIG, the employees could finally catch up on their company (now taxpayer) sponsored mani-pedis,...

Photo by Karen Foto Retro big-kid gamers rejoice! There is a 4 Square Competition on Sunday in Hollywood sponsored by the LA Dodgeball Society. I wonder if popcorn, backstops, cherry-bombs, black magic, double taps, bus stops, or firecrackers are allowed? There was some speculation yesterday on what the weird designs on some buildings on Sunset Blvd. were, and now our questions have been answered. Through some good 'ol CSI, a suspect has been arrested...

"kitty & doggy - moscow cats theatre" Photo by Huro Kitty via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Dogs and cats, you're just delaying the inevitable, please come out from under the sofa. The lawful deadline in LA to be spayed or neutered is October 1st. Rival gang members got in a brawl in a Costa Mesa courtroom yesterday when one group overheard the other group talk about a previous fight. The 18...