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Wondering what happened to the Fry’s Electronics in Burbank? After seeing a post on @americanaatbrandmemes that it was being torn down, @bexcastillo stopped by the site in time to witness the demolition of the iconic spaceship. The store opened its Burbank location in 1995 and closed in 2021. Although the demolition crew wasn’t able to save the spaceship, they did preserve one alien relic from the building. The lot, which is on the corner of Hollywood Way and Vanowen Street, is slated for the construction of apartment buildings with around 800 units.

Have you ever seen this billboard near the intersection of Silver Lake Blvd and Sunset Blvd and wondered what it means or who pays for it? @bexcastillo set out to crack the case.

How committed to the bit are you? @bexcastillo stopped by a free special advanced screening of Yorgos Lanthimos’ new film, “Bugonia.” Attendees had to be bald, “or willing to become bald” with the help of an on-site barber.

Have you ever been stuck at a crosswalk, repeatedly pressing the button, and wondered: “Is this actually doing anything?” @bexcastillo and @karenmelgarcia set out to learn more about the science behind crosswalk buttons.🚦

After 65 years, the first phase of the D Line extension is complete. @tomexploresla and @bexcastillo took to the subway to give a brief history of this landmark moment. 🚇 This extension includes three new stops along Wilshire Boulevard. Phase two will be completed by the end of 2027 and extend the D Line all the way to Westwood. To learn more, visit latimes.com.

While scrolling TikTok one day, @bexcastillo came across a company called Not a Wedding Crasher that advertised being a seat filler at weddings. Intrigued, she chatted with the founders to learn more about the process and sat down with a couple the day before their wedding in Topanga. 💍 Would you do this? Let us know in the comments.🩷

Was anyone able to buy Olivia Rodrigo tickets? Because, damn, it's brutal out here. Our Gen Z video journalist and resident @oliviarodrigo stan @bexcastillo nearly became unraveled trying to buy tickets through whatever means necessary — including roping her millennial boss into the mission. Check out our recap to find out if it was a success. Did you manage to snag tickets to the Unraveled Tour? Let us know in the comments.

Last week, @bexcastillo published a video about biweekly street sweeping in the city of L.A. and setting up email reminders. We received comments from people saying they still get ticketed even on weeks where no street cleaning takes place. Some of those people mentioned living in cities like Santa Monica or WeHo. The original video refers specifically to the city of L.A., not L.A. county. An Instagram user added a community note citing L.A. county’s website, but again, our video and the sources we cited were about the *city* of L.A., not L.A. county. To clear up the confusion on whether or not ticketing happens during off weeks in the city of L.A., we reached out to the Department of Transportation for comment. Here is their response in full: “LADOT follows the Bureau of Street Services (BSS) street sweeping schedule, available at [streets.lacity.gov], and does not issue citations when BSS cancels or does not schedule service. While LADOT’s parking enforcement officers receive biweekly schedules and assigned routes, discrepancies can occur when scheduled routes are canceled without prior notice. LADOT prepares a bi-weekly street sweeping citation cancellation list to identify and cancel citations issued in error. If a citation has already been paid, LADOT’s Parking Violations Bureau contacts the recipient by mail with instructions on how to request reimbursement. If you believe you received a citation in error and would like to contest it, you may contact the Parking Violations Bureau online [...] or by phone at (866) 561-9742.” As mentioned in the original video, if you live in the city of L.A. you can sign up for email reminders about street sweeping at streets.lacity.gov.

Have you ever noticed houses supported by stilts? @bexcastillo was curious about how these architectural marvels make sense in an earthquake-prone city like Los Angeles, so she chatted with an architect to learn more. “A stilt house is just a big box [where] the top of it is on the street side, usually in some of these hillside communities,” explained @daveedkapoor . “But then a portion of the house just juts out perpendicular to the slope of the hill. And at the edge there’s columns that go, like, 40ft down to the ground below. Those columns sit in a concrete foundation.”

Did you know L.A. switched to a biweekly street sweeping schedule in 2021? And - more importantly - did you know you can sign up for email reminders? Visit streets.lacity.gov to see your sweep schedule and make sure you never pay the dreaded street cleaning ticket again. 🎥: @bexcastillo

Do men talk about their breakups less than women? You’ll see the occasional viral TikTok where a girl will be quizzing her boyfriend on details about his best friend’s breakup, only for him to come up short on answers. So what’s the deal with this lack of conversation about relationships amongst bros? And how does it relate to the male loneliness epidemic? @bexcastillo chatted with the American Institute for Boys and Men, as well as an Angeleno who recently went through a breakup himself.

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