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latimesblogs.latimes — Two bystanders jumped into Lake Balboa on Friday to rescue an elderly man who accidentally drove into the water. The man, identified by KABC-TV Channel 7 news as Max Arutanay, apparently pressed the accelerator instead of the brake. His late-model blue four-door compact then jumped the curb, rolled down a grassy...

laist — AP Photo/Jae C. Hong Los Angeles County's elected Sheriff today upped his fight against marijuana, calling most medical marijuana dispensaries criminal enterprises. "Millions of dollars are being made for profit, and it's all illegal," Lee Baca said, according to the Associated Press. Baca said there could be as little as...

latimesblogs.latimes — A medical marijuana dispensary that Los Angeles was seeking to shut down under its three-month-old ordinance has won a court order allowing it to stay open, the first ruling from a local judge to favor one of the hundreds of stores affected by the new law.  On Thursday, Los Angeles Superior...

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latimesblogs.latimes —   Detectives believe a man was followed home from a Hawaiian Gardens casino and robbed of his winnings before being killed on a Santa Ana street this morning. The unidentified victim, 55, had apparently won several thousands dollars before he was slain. Santa Ana police were alerted to the South Andres Place killing about...

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laist — A car damaged by rubble from a building is seen following a 7.4-magnitude earthquake in central Christchurch, New Zealand, early Saturday morning. A 7.4 earthquake struck New Zealand's south island this morning, causing widespread damage. It struck near the city of Christchurch where around 400,000 people live. So far, there...

fromthedugout.ocregister — Mark Prior, who has been trying to work his way back to the big leagues via the independent-league Orange County Flyers, has been acquired by the Rangers, the Flyers announced. Prior will go to the Rangers’ Triple A team in Oklahoma City, but that season ends in a week. Optimistically, then,...

laist — Photo: Lucyrk in LA Angelenos, think about this the next time you're on a date. A recent study published in the journal "Social Psychological and Personality Science" finds that looks, obviously, are not everything. There's something else heightens the attraction and it's just not your shared taste in music: we...

laist — Crowd shot at 2009 FYF Fest. Photo by Melissa Esterby for LAist Tomorrow FYF Fest returns for the 7th year bringing music and fun to Los Angeles Historic Park in Chinatown. Self-penned as “12 hours of awesome,” the all-ages festival is even bigger this year offering over 30 bands, a...

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laist — 'Watching Over Me' by Nathan Ota, part of an exhibit at La Luz de Jesus Gallery. ART* La Luz de Jesus Gallery is holding receptions for two exhibitions opening tonight. The first is Nathan Ota’s An Unforeseen Homecoming. With works on acrylic on panel, the paintings explore new worlds, both “dark...

latimesblogs.latimes — Welfare payments to children of illegal immigrants in Los Angeles County increased in July to $52 million, prompting renewed calls from one county supervisor to rein in public benefits to such families. The payments, made to illegal immigrants for their U.S. citizen children, included $30 million in food stamps and $22...

nbclosangeles — Frederic von Anhalt lays down a profanity-laced rant against the newspaper, saying he plans to sue for $10 million. Zsa Zsa Gabor - Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt - New York Post - United States - Los Angeles

blogs.laweekly — The first West Nile Virus case for the 2010 season has been reported in Los Angeles County, according to the county's director of public health. A teenager came down with the virus in mid-August ... Continue reading "L.A. County Sees First West Nile Virus Case Of...

latimesblogs.latimes — Bell city leaders said they suspect former City Administrator Robert Rizzo conducted city business using his own personal e-mail account and have issued subpoenas to obtain copies of messages going back five years. City officials said they learned in recent days that Rizzo apparently was using his own e-mail account, under...

blogs.laweekly — The strange saga of James Lee, the man suspected of taking hostages at the Discovery Channel's Washington, D.C. headquarters this week, keeps getting more bizarre. ABC News reports that in 2003 he... Continue reading "James Lee, Suspected Discovery Channel Hostage Taker, Was Convicted Of Immigrant...

blogging.la — Tom Bradley was being sworn in as the first African American mayor of Los Angeles. His inauguration was not without controversy. The year was 1973. Photo from the Los Angeles Public Library

latimesblogs.latimes — The 9-year-old son of a Ventura County couple stabbed to death by an intruder last year attempted to get the man to leave by offering him his mother’s wallet from her purse. Details of the night of May 20, 2009, when Brock and Davina Husted, who was pregnant, were stabbed to...

blogs.laweekly — Would the Dodger divorce trial be complete without an appearance from Vladimir Shpunt? Dexter O'Connell sure didn't think so. On the fifth day of trial, O'Connell, 19, came to cour... Continue reading "McCourt Divorce Trial, Lunch Update: The Return Of Vladimir Shpunt" >

latimesblogs.latimes — The suspension of a Muslim student group at UC Irvine was denied Friday by university officials, but the recommended yearlong ban was cut in half, the Muslim group announced, meaning the group will be able to begin participating in campus activities in December. The Muslim Student Union was appealing the campus...

laist —               As hard as it may be to believe, punk rockers Green Day have been around for over two decades. Since their rise to prominence in the early 90's and onward, their sound grew to define a generation and with each change in the soundscape and musical environment they have...

blogs.laweekly — A report in the Los Angeles Daily Journal (via LA Observed) indicates that the case of Fernanda Romero, a Mexican actress accused of a sham immigration marriage, might have triggered the most rece... Continue reading "Latest Lance Armstrong Doping Probe Set Off By Sham Marriage...

laist — One of the Westside Subway Extensions under consideration | Image via Metro Just as Metro did for the regional connector, Metro today released the draft report for the Westside Subway Extension, the proposed project that would extend the Purple Line down Wilshire Boulevard and possibly add a spur in...

latimesblogs.latimes — A police investigator picks up $20 bills scattered on the 100 block of South Andres Place in Santa Ana on Friday. Police believe the money was dropped during an apparent follow-home robbery of a man who had won several thousand dollars at casino in Hawaiian Gardens on Thursday. The...