Noticing an increase in female involvement in bank robberies (remember Weathergirl?), the FBI has released a list of the top five female bank robbers in the Southern California area. Three of them get their own moniker, via KNBC: The "Starlet Bandit" [seen to the right] robbed a Bank of America, located at 7800 W. Sunset Blvd. on March 25. May said the name was given because of the woman's glamorous appearance and large sunglasses. May......

The FBI and LAPD bomb squad were brought out to the Bank of America at Pico and La Cienega Boulevards after an attempted bank robbery this morning. KCBS live reported that the robbers got "cold feet," never going through with the robbery, but left a "suspicious package" at a bank teller's window, prompting the shut down of the busy intersection until 11:30 a.m. In a phone interview with Officer Eisenman of the Los Angeles Police......

You can almost feel the grit coming off this picture | Photo courtesy of Lionsgate Entertainment I've always thought it was a shame that Jason Statham got stuck in the ghetto of glossy, empty action flicks. You'd never guess it by watching The Transporter 2 or Crank but Statham can be a legitimately good actor. I'm glad to see him in The Bank Job, a re-telling of the 1971 Baker Street bank robbery. Director......

Photographer Colin R. Brown, who is known for his eerie pictures of the Griffith Park Fire, was heading to lunch downtown when he came upon the aftermath of a bank robbery. He e-mails us so share what he saw yesterday. J-Bird and I went for lunch at Clifton's Cafeteria and Bank of America was robbed. I thought the red was blood but of course it's from an ink packet. When the ink pack exploded......

Hold on to your hats just a little while longer! High-wind warnings are still in effect this morning for the mountains of Los Angeles and Ventura counties. Gusts this morning have been clocking in at speeds of up to 60 mph. A less severe wind warning--but a warning nonetheless--has been issued for the mountainous areas of San Bernardino and Orange Counties until mid-afternoon. Lonely, horny men looking for a hookup on Craigslist in the......

A dead blue whale washed up on the shores of a beach near Ventura today; scientists from all over the state are at the scene to examine the body and determine why it beached. Lucille Ball and Larry King had streets renamed in their honor this week: the block surrounding the CNN building in Hollywood will now be known as Larry King Square, while the intersection of Melrose and Plymouth Boulevards has been rechristened......

Lindsay Lohan to be jailed. Check. Nicole checks into jail. Check Glendale Galleria is getting in trouble with service unions for alleged illegal interrogations, spying, discrimination, and threats of firing. Check. Car thief found in trash can after foot chase in Wildomar. Check. The fourth freeway closure (the 60 last night) this week due to an accident. Check. Four possible Encino bank robbery suspects arrested. Check. "Britney Spears chopped off her hair back a......

Was last night's earthquake cause to some full moon effect madness? Breaking News: "A man from the San Fernando Valley has contracted this year's first human case of West Nile virus in Los Angeles County, health officials said Thursday." (NBC4) A female suspect has been shot by police in a Sylmar Bank robbery. (KABC) "A SWAT standoff in the parking lot of a Taco Bell ended early this morning with the arrest of a......

- Deemed the Irreconcilable Differences Bandit because during his first bank holdup he said he was going through a divorce that was bankrupting him, bro tried hold up three banks today and was successful in Burbank and Glendale - Daily News - Ex-Dodger Steve Yeager who is now a coach in the IE was driving home when a car flew over the center divider and landed on his roof. He needed 250-300 stitches. No......

Green freeways last week. Green rooftops this week. “I do charity work, but I don’t do charity work for major studios,” says Russell Crowe. The New York Times takes a look at the Museum of the American West. 7 banks have been robbed in downtown Glendale since July while city officials look at downtown area's future. Under Secretary for the Preparedness Directorate, part of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), George W. Forseman......

San Francisco is proud host of a new reality show called "How to Get the Guy" that's unfortunately not a descendant of Will and Grace, Queer Eye, The L Word, American Idol etc. Also a biodefence lab is coming to the East Bay and SFist teaches wine pairing. Getting on the wrong train sucks. Getting on the wrong train and becoming the victim of what will later be described as a "stabbing spree" really sucks.......

We ran from our very last SXSW event - the It Takes a Nation of Millions to Make this Panel panel - and straight to the airport to return to Los Angeles. Mena Suvari was on the plane and we wanted badly to chat her up but didn't; we got caught up in traffic on the 101 (no shock) because of a Sherman Oaks lockdown while the police searched for a bank robbery suspect......

If happiness is a warm gun, there's a gentleman in Simi Valley who was chuckling like Buddha on a lotus blossom jag - until the LAPD pinched him for possession of 388 illegal firearms, more than the total number of guns seized citywide in 2003. After Wayne Wright was busted for selling a gun to an undercover officer (out in Porter Ranch, of all places), the police searched his home and discovered a cache......