LAist began the month with a new food series exploring the popular and unknown late night eats around town. If a Top Chef winner opened up a late night spot in Los Angeles, denizens would flock it, yet the LA Times and other media might be wary. Turning to sports, the Dodger season was quite memorable in the way that it imploded and the LA County Sheriff's Department made some games of their own such as "Operation Any Booking," where the object was to arrest as many people as possible within a specific 24-hour period (some might suspect these cops can be found on HotChicksWithDoucheBags). The crazy stories continue in an interview with Brandon D. Christopher, author of Dirty Little Altar Boy, and a Santa Monica College Professor being blamed for the Burma web blackout. more ›

Busses of all sorts have us in a tizzy these days. Got Milk? With our MUNI wait? That seems so 1993 and wrong! When we think of the smells of baked cookies, we feel a combo of anticipation, hunger, happiness, and youthful delight. Of course, that's assuming the doughy, chocolatey smells come from a real kitchen (preferably our own) and are not competing with cigarette smoke, exhaust fumes, urine, barf, or rancid food. more ›

Just in time for the kiddies as they go back to school, the Monterey Bay Aquarium (or the Sausalito Aquarium for you Trekkies out there and yes, that's our second Star Trek IV reference this week), unveiled their latest catch, a real live Great White Shark. The Shark is 104 pounds and 5 feet 8 inches long and is on the younger side of life. It was caught somewhere off the Santa Monica Bay and was introduced to the Aquarium’s "Outer Bay" exhibit where it roams freely and wonders where all the yummy surfers went. more ›

SFGate Culture blog beat us to this story (damn, that Aidan Vazari), but the National Coalition for the Homeless recently put together a list of the meanest cities to the homeless and San Francisco came in eleventh. You know, the other night while we were walking the gauntlet on 16th between Mission & Valencia and trying to navigate between a passed out drunk lying in a pool of piss and a drunk couple yelling at each other at the top of the lungs, we were just thinking about how mean we were to the homeless. more ›

SFist interviews Michael Maxfield aka Pink Man on the unicycle more ›

While we're sure that Warren Beatty got his share of cheers and jeers at Cal's commencement speech, thanks to media reports, we know that Schwarzenegger's recent speech at alma mater Santa Monica College received decidedly more jeers than cheers: more ›

Yes, that's our fair mayor washing the feet of a constituent at yesterday's Project Homeless Connect outreach event. Hundreds of volunteers and the homeless they aim to help were on hand to provide medical, counseling and housing services. The San Francisco Sentinel has more coverage up today on their homepage with great pictures from Luke Thomas. As tipster Kimo pointed out, "Whatever you think of Gavin – nice symbolism – I can’t imagine Brown in the same pose." Of course, what we're thinking is: "That hair is unstoppable!" more ›

A British reporter's claims that Arnold Schwarzenegger first sexually assaulted her, then libeled her in the press when she told the LA Times about the incident, survived a first round of review by the London High Court, which determined that Schwarzenegger could indeed be sued in Jolly Old England. Schwarzenegger, who's been trying to shout down repeated claims of his history of getting handsy with a dozen or so women over the last ten years by claiming he was just being "playful" with them, claims that the woman had encouraged him to grope her during their interview, which forms the basis of her libel claim. Just like those saucy teachers wanting their pensions cut, or those randy nurses just begging him to compromise patient safety, right? All in good clean fun! We're not a barrister or anything, but it's our understanding that the libel laws in England are significantly stricter than they are here (that pesky First Amendment!), so Schwarzenegger can't be too happy about the prospect of this suit looming over him as he fundraises up a storm from those special interest groups he claimed to hate so much back in 2003. Picture from Code Pink's Santa Monica protests more ›

Watch for "KCRW.com presents" banners at Hotel Utah's Thursday night show with Son, Ambulance and Gram Rabbit and Tuesday's show with Blonde Redhead and The Helio Sequence at Bimbo's. Well, at least they have good taste. If we already had that sponsor banner we're saving up for, we'd take it to Hotel Utah on Friday night to support local band The Herms and Endochine from Austin, Texas. Until then, we'll see what we can whip up with posterboard, masking tape and magic markers. more ›