Matt Vannucci

"catholic school" Photo by kpe II via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Want to make sushi for a living? Master sushi chef Katsuya Uechi is opening a sushi school in Downtown to educate sushi chef's properly as he has seen some incorrect methods. For example, he says, "living in Japan, you know that you're not supposed to eat certain fish in certain seasons. Here, anything goes. People think raw fish is raw...

"Artistic Cyclist Ines Brunn" Photo GarySe7en by via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr We at LAist like to be on the cutting edge of all that is LA, thus the STYLEist thread was created. Now our cousin across the pond, Londonist, has started their own to highlight the blokes in their fine city. Cheers! A 70-year-old Long Beach woman was found fatally stabbed in her backyard by her roommate late last night....

Photo by Knot via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr NowPublic announced today that our very own LAist Editor, Zach Behrens, is one of the 20 most influential individuals in Los Angeles ("in the digital landscape"). He came in at #8 (you go dude!). However, the list, which includes Perez Hilton, Xeni Jardin and Micki Krimmel, hasn't come without controversy. Sean Bonner, also listed, took issue with the list, calling it link baiting....

"Weird Purse" Photo by Plankton 4:20 via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Does race have anything to do with how you'll vote on the proposition to ban same-sex marriage in California on Nov. 4th? Some say black voters lean away from supporting our rainbow friendly friends, others disagree. Our friends to the north even started a campaign to educate African Americans to support gay marriage. No city rules the way LA rules...

"Pool" Photo by S.C. Asher via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Long Beach is looking to kick it's $16.9 million budget deficit by booting the cars of repeat parking violators. Auditors say the "boot" program could bring the city at least $2.5 million a year. A year ago, it wasn't known what was going to happen to the apartment complex made famous by it's once tenant, Charles Bukowski. Now we can rest...

"Weeeee!" Photo by The Eye of Brad via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr You think your college is a drag? Check out LA Snark's findings on the 10 Least Happy Schools in America. One school on the outskirts of LA made the list. Hint: coolest hangouts there include "a great rec center" and the student commons. Dr. Kevin Brown has pleaded not guilty to 23 counts of sexually abusing patients, including an undercover...

"Bike Long Beach" Photo by Binaryla via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Kevin Smith won his appeal to lower the rating of his new flick, "Zack and Miri Make a Porno," from an NC-17 to an R rating. Elizabeth Banks and (who else...) Seth Rogan star in the film which will most likely bring A LOT of skin to the big screen. A drunk driver jumped a curb in Riverside and killed...

"2008 Grand National Roadster Show" Photo by bcmacsac1 via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Yeah, traffic may have gotten better due to gas prices scaring people from the streets, but California is still #1 in congestion. Congrats to another year at the top! A suspected drunken driver in San Diego was pulled from his car and beaten after he struck and killed a pedestrian. Police are still investigating and have not released...

"the car bar" Photo by joanna banana cream pie via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr He said, she said, Shia said. Now it turns out Shia LeBeouf may not have caused the car accident the other night. While updating your Emergency Survival Kits, consider adding the newest invention unveiled today at an air show in Wisconsin. Glenn Martin has dedicated the past 27 years to his invention which he refers to as "the...

"Stormy Cloud Sunset" Photo by sesshin via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Want a user-friendly list of area Apple stores and their current inventory of new iPhones? A few hours ago, that'd be possible, but apparently Apple shut it down. Get out your camera's on Sunday and/or Monday evening for what promises to be some great sunsets. Science Dude predicts that moisture from tropical storm Dolly will force some dank clouds into our...