A hiker in the Angeles National Forest danced in to face off with a charging bear, utilizing that time-honored wilderness survival strategy of jumping around and jingling bells. This approach,… Read the rest of the article: Hiker tries jingling bells to stop charging bear, miraculously not dead (video)
"I go and answer the door. This guy's like, 'They just landed in your backyard!!!'" said Hunter Perrin. "And I'm like, 'What!?'" Perrin and his wife, Jenna, who was in… Read the rest of the article: Hot air balloon lands in a random backyard
Everybody needs some cute animal videos sometimes. These were in my feed over the last day or so. Here is the Bundozer: This is the polar bear Kallik, currently living… Read the rest of the article: Some cute animal videos
For years, scientists have documented Southern California waters — especially around Santa Monica Bay — as a nursery habitat for juvenile great white sharks. But amazing new drone footage from… Read the rest of the article: Adult great white sharks quietly using SoCal beaches as a highway
Famous for promising everything is a mere two weeks away, convicted felon Donald Trump has been continuously reassuring the world that his little adventure in Iran is or will be… Read the rest of the article: Grandpa Pudding Brains' "almost over" war now on week six
Time and again, traders appear to place massive, perfectly timed bets just minutes before the Orange Menace makes market-moving announcements. The pattern looks a lot like insider trading, or at… Read the rest of the article: Someone always knows before Trump moves markets. And they're making millions
After Pope Leo XIV criticized the escalating war rhetoric around Iran, Sean Hannity responded, tho no one asked, by announcing he no longer considers himself Catholic, making clear that when… Read the rest of the article: Hannity quits Catholicism after pope disagrees with Trump
After more than a decade of evidence that California's marine protected areas help sea life rebound and even boost nearby fisheries, the state is now weighing whether to expand them,… Read the rest of the article: California's ocean protections work, so naturally we're arguing about them
A 13-year-old with a metal detector on the German island of Rügen managed to do what treasure hunters dream about, accidentally uncovering a cache of Viking-era artifacts linked to Harald… Read the rest of the article: 13-year-old goes metal detecting, casually uncovers Viking king's treasure
Today's moment of levity/terror comes as The Orange Menace claims to never have heard of "a corner store" before. Unlike usual, convicted felon and more than 20 times accused of… Read the rest of the article: Grandpa Pudding Brains, once again, confused by a colloquialism
This gentleman, running from the LA cops, misunderstood the sightlines and LAPD's love of helicopter surveillance. When his ingenious hiding place proved not so ingenious, he drove straight into traffic.… Read the rest of the article: Police chase ended by dramatically bad decision making
The theory was that when people shook the box, they heard "LEGO" rather than "penne". The scam worked briefly, but the LEGO bandit is now in custody. "One of the… Read the rest of the article: Man steals $34K in LEGO, replaces them with pasta
We're closing in on Mando and Grogu's big screen appearance this May. It appears the Mandalorian will have his helmet off again, and forced character growth will continue. It is… Read the rest of the article: Mandalorian and Grogu "final" trailer
In a rambling press conference that managed to be both callous and combative, Donald Trump brushed off victims connected to Jeffrey Epstein with an "or whatever," before pivoting seamlessly into… Read the rest of the article: Grandpa Pudding Brains treats Epstein victims like a footnote, treats Pope like a rival
Three men in Whittier allegedly cut through a locked gate, hauled a portable toilet into a pickup truck, and drove off into the night, proving that while crime may not… Read the rest of the article: Crime may not pay, but for these three men, at least it poops
Yesterday, Disney shared their new in-park "Han Solo" who doesn't look like Han Solo. Today, we get a not-Leia. I am not sure what Disney is going for here. Bringing… Read the rest of the article: Disneyland's new "Leia Organa" neither Leia nor Organa
A YouTuber claims that boiling some vinegar and water in your cast-iron pan before seasoning will improve the results. Watch for yourself: My take on this is the bluing is… Read the rest of the article: This guy claims to have improved cast iron seasoning
On San Clemente Island, a restricted training ground run by the United States Navy has doubled as a conservation zone, helping revive a rare "butcher bird," the loggerhead shrike. I… Read the rest of the article: War games, wild comeback: the bird saved by a target range
A Newport Beach rental company handed over four electric festival buggies to a man claiming to be part of Justin Bieber's team. The story that held together just long enough… Read the rest of the article: "Justin Bieber's guy" rents Coachella buggies, drives them straight to Mexico
The man behind New York's annual SantaCon, a festive sea of red suits, public intoxication, and supposed charity, has been charged with wire fraud after prosecutors say he siphoned off… Read the rest of the article: SantaCon organizer allegedly ran actual con
