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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. more ›

Colin Brown found himself in a part of Griffith Park this weekend that won't be open until winter, so he did what any good American would do, he took pictures. Some of the pictures he took are haunting and sad and interesting and just plain weird, as blogging.la reveals. But the one that struck our fancy was the one above. Because through all that fire, and all that heat, this celebrity porn sucked it... more ›

- Bring popcorn: The MacArthur Park Task Force's first meeting is Monday at 6pm at Charles White Elementary School, 2401 Wilshire Blvd. - NBC4 more ›

- Dodgers donate $100k to help rebuild Griffith Park - MLB more ›

Dear LAist, Any idea whether or not modest mouse will still be playing the greek this Sunday? Love, Andrea of Burbank Dear Andrea, One of the great things about being LAist is we have the email addresses of everyone important. And we took your email and forwarded it to one person and that person replied in seconds and said that due to the fire, the Modest Mouse show on Sunday, as well as the... more ›

The 10th Annual Los Angeles Arbor Day Festival is the latest casualty of the Griffith Park Fire. In a tragic irony, California Wildfire Awareness week will not be ending with a celebration of LA's 4,000-acre urban forest as originally planned. The fest was scheduled as part of the Million Trees LA initiative. Saturday IS Fire Service Recognition Day. Tons of options for family fun on what's forecast to be a beautiful spring weekend after... more ›

- Mayor Tony says the fire is under control, it burned 800 acres - NYT more ›

- With all the hoopla, you'd think that more than just 200 acres of the 4,212-acre Griffith Park had gone up in flames, but no, 200 is the number in the Griffith Park fire... and zero deaths. Then who's the winner? CBS2, because that's who Drudge is linking to on his banner headline - CBS2 - More pics of the fire on Defamer, blogging.la, and of course flickr - La Habra man decapitates woman,... more ›

As the hills in Los Feliz and Griffith Park burn, we passed by this grassy median at Los Feliz Blvd. and Vermont where we saw this gentleman laying on his back watching the fire inbetween snores. We got as close to the fire as they would allow us and we took this video and other pictures below. If you've got photos, upload them on Flickr and tag them laist and we will possibly include... more ›

125 firefighters and five water-dropping helicopters are attacking a fire that is being fanned by 10 MPH winds. more ›