11202009AlmostHome.jpg Almost Home | Photo by stephenfalk via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr A Lomita man was stopped at LAX trying to smuggle in... Lizards. No small thing since the little green guys were worth over $8000. Ten kids aged 6 months to 17 years-old were put into protective services ...

4120928186_da3435be48_m.jpg As with every weekend, the LAPD is out to nab drunkards off the streets. This weekend's DUI checkpoint, scheduled for 8 p.m. to 3 a.m., is in Sherman Oaks, just south of the 101 Freeway on Van Nuys Boulevard at Hortense. The Van Nuys Division, which serves Sherman Oaks, has ...

blue-line-news.jpg Photo by KingoftheHill. via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr A woman in her 50s died this afternoon after she was struck by a northbound Metro Blue Line train in Watts. The incident, which occurred at 1:20 p.m. is being investigated by Sheriff's Deputies. Trains were delayed by 15 ...

We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on LAist. Virgin America, with its new non-stop route from LAX and SFO to Ft. Lauderdale. John Mayer, find tickets for his Battle Studies tour with the AMEX early on sale. Ray LaMontagne, playing Sunday at The Orpheum Theater. American ...

876139647_9d7f32b74b_o.jpg Photo by The Consumerist via Flickr Remember in 2007 when a major LAUSD computer glitch caused thousands of teachers to go without a paycheck while other teachers, including former ones six feet under, got paid extra? That's all fixed now, but the school district is still ...

091119.jpg Pau Gasol returns big for the Lakers. AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill LA Lakers defeat Chicago Bulls 108-93. In Pau Gasol’s first game with the Lakers this season, the team looked completely different. It helped that Gasol played like he missed no time scoring six of the Lakers’ first seven points. ...

11192009LATrain.jpg LA Train | Photo by kilajules via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr LA Superior Court judges are donating a day's pay each month to offset the pay cuts to furloughed court staff. An elderly took her motorized wheelchair... on the freeway... IN THE WRONG DIRECTION... as her ...

Here's a little something something for people (like this LAist poster) heading for the Swell Season concert at the Wiltern tonight. Jason Segel (How I Met Your Mother, Forgetting Sarah Marshall) asked for songwriting advice from the band, and Markéta Irglová told him to "write a song from the heart" ...

oprah-moves-los-angeles.png So Oprah will officially announce tomorrow that her show is coming to an end in September 2011. So much for the rumors of Oprah moving her show to Los Angeles... Or is it that after her show is over, she'll do a new one based here on the Oprah Winfrey Network? Add to digg ...

lax-airport-thanksgiving.jpg Waiting at LAX | Photo by mahalie via Flickr As Thanksgiving approaches, the airports fill up. Officials at LAX today are warning passengers of the expected increased traffic at the airport for a ten day period, beginning tomorrow. Of those ten, the three busiest are expected ...