Locally-born and widely-loved actor/writer/artist/scholar James Franco will be adding "director" to his resume when he shoots his himself (with a camera, we mean) in an adaptation of Philip Carlo's true-crime book The Night Stalker about the titular serial killer Richard Ramirez. more ›

As if you needed further proof to confirm that Pisces are batshit insane, leap year babies cum serial killers Aileen Wuornos (who would have been 52) and Richard "the Night Stalker" Ramirez (who turns 48) both share a birthday today. Aw. more ›

As it gets closer to Halloween for LAist, a contributer recollects her tale of staring down the serial killer, Richard Ramirez, otherwise known as the Night Stalker. Must think happy thoughts -- okay, free organic chocolate chip cookies for Los Angeles -- now that's a happy thought. Other happy Los Angeles thoughts include an interview with Jack Kehler of The Big Lebowski (he was the Dude's landlord), a beautiful and magical photographic moment in Venice and the press making the speaker of the California State Assembly, Fabian Nunez, run away when being asked hard questions about sketchy luxurious and worldly expenses. more ›

Sure, it's now (oddly enough) cool and obligatory for people in the Bay Area to label themselves as "self-described nerds" or "self-described geeks." (And anyone outside of the 18- to 25-year-old range is inherently uncool, right?) But there's a dark side to holding such an annoying title. more ›