Jordan Likover

Following another Los Angeles winter completely devoid of the same type of cold, wind, snow and ice friends who live in (um, all) other parts of the country had to endure, we're happy to report that the official spring season has finally arrived in LA. With a climate that's famous for its lack of seasonal change, it can be difficult to discern one season from the next. The following context clues could help you tell when LA's spring has officially sprung. 1. LA dogs have shed their winter coats and Ugg boots (see photo above). 2. Spectators return to the beaches to watch the annual migration of tourists-about-to-get-parking-tickets. 3. Some women have traded wearing yoga pants for buoyant, flower-print dresses draped over their yoga pants. But most women just continue to wear yoga pants. 4. When guys leave the coffee shop, their man top-buns start to come out of hiding from under those knit beanies. 5. Seasonal plants and flowers begin budding and blooming around the discarded mattresses in your neighborhood. But on a more serious note...here are 7 ways to welcome Spring in LA.

Chances are if you live in LA, at some point you've belted out the hook to Randy Newman's 1983 classic "I Love LA!" But let's be real...does LA truly love you back?   Here are some telltale signs that your affection for the City of Angels may be unrequited. 1. You're mistaken for a celebrity who's fatter or older than you. Or even worse, dead. 2. After unsuccessfully fighting a parking ticket at the Los Angeles Parking Violations Bureau, you return to your car to find a new ticket for parking in a “Bogus Parking Ticket Only Zone”. 3. Your neighborhood medical marijuana dispensary has been shut down and replaced by a Yoshinoya. And unfortunately the only way you’ve ever been debilitated enough to patronize Yoshinoya is under the influence of medical marijuana. 4. You've missed watching the live broadcast of the day's thrilling car chase because you were stuck in traffic caused by that same chase. 5. You’re gainfully employed, but your unemployed friends still enjoy a higher quality of life than you. While you’re stuck in a cubicle browsing Instagram, your unemployed friends’ accounts update with pictures of them at the beach, at the Farmer’s Market, and at the Amoeba free in-store concert of your favorite band.  6.You're mistaken for a San Francisco Giants fan in the Dodger Stadium parking lot after you’re overheard saying you’re “a giant fan of the Dodgers”. 7. This has happened to you... a) Your car has been broken into, and the only thing the thieves didn't pilfer was a Jim