Hope you guys don’t need to be anywhere important today because an unstoppable force sparing no one south of the 101 is descending on L.A. this afternoon that promises you’ll be late and sit in the kind of traffic that makes you seriously consider abandoning your vehicle to take off on foot. That’s right, President Obama is coming to town, Read the full story

Scientists from Northeastern University and Harvard College conducted a social experiment to see which states in the U.S. are the happiest based on the Tweets of their residents. After a careful and highly scientific (???) survey of 300 million tweets, they finally came to the conclusion that the west coast, particularly California, boasts the happiest population. Really??

Okay, it's great here and all, but we were pretty surprised at these findings since California is chock full of problems and dysfunction. A look at some of the L.A.'s tweeters doesn't exactly paint a picture of the cheeriest, most satisfied bunch of Californians. In fact, they generally use Twitter as a bitching forum to air grievances about what's wrong with the city. Their #1 Twitter gripe? All things traffic-related…

@stephaniepratt Gorgeous day in beverly hills even though I just got hit by a car on foot LOL @sofifii witnessed. (I'm ok) hahahaha
half a minute ago via UberTwitter

@LauraKatzenberg Just had 4 different drivers pull the craziest moves in front of me in the last 10 minutes…so dangerous…seriously LA drivers? Be careful
10 minutes ago via UberTwitter

@LHearst I hate driving in LA. Everywhere takes obscenely long to get to because of the traffic, plus I'm still learning how to get around >%^¥
about 2 hours ago via UberTwitter

@StoneRokk Dear LA traffic, suck my moderately sized cock! Sincerely, ME

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Despite such drawbacks, namely traffic is it possible California's L.A. residents are, on an average, happier than the rest of the country? Maybe. Our gut tells us it might have something to do with the constant sunshine and an average temperature of 72° or our abundance of the finest weed in the country. Good weather and weed always make everything all better.

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[Photo via] Thanks @GMoney310

Folks sitting in the legendary rush hour traffic of the 405 Freeway yesterday afternoon got a surprise treat when some dude got naked and politely perched himself atop the center divider. Nothing like some quality full frontal to top off your day…

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Yesterday, 18 year-old Malibu High senior Johnny Strange sent cops on search for him after he was spotted surfing… On top of a MOVING CAR. On PCH! Going nearly 50 mph! It seems young Johnny was getting a ride to school in his friend's BMW SUV when kids on a school bus behind them saw him climb out of the passenger window and hop onto the roof of the car as it moved with traffic on PCH. L.A. Now says the daredevil “crouched low — like a surfer — to avoid falling off as the vehicle sped down the road.” Brilliant.

Johnny is known for his thrill-seeking stunts and made headlines last year after he became the world's youngest person to climb the Seven Summits, the highest peak on seven continents. It's almost like his parents predetermined their son's proclivity for risky stunts when they named him “Johnny Strange”– sounds like a teenage superhero character from a comic book.

It's reported that the teenage driver of the vehicle with likely face charges of reckless driving and that Johnny will likely be charged with “riding outside a vehicle.”  There's actually a law for that?? This is so rich in absurdity we can't help but find it hilarious. Only in Malibu would you ever see a teenager surfing on top of a BMW driving down the coast on the way to school.  And ONLY a kid from Malibu would do this.  Let's hope Johnny can make it to graduation in one piece.

[Photo by L.A. Sheriff's Department via LA Times]

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