The eighth grade student who was shot by a classmate at Oxnard's Green Junior High School on Tuesday died in hospital Wednesday. 15-year-old Lawrence King was shot twice at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday in a computer lab where at least 20 students were working. 14-year-old classmate Brandon McInerney was behind the trigger, according to witnesses. *UPDATE 12:30 p.m.: The 14-year-old suspect was charged with attempted murder (likely to be upgraded to murder) with a hate-crime enhancement......

The only one of the accused 6 to not post bail, Mychal Bell, is expected to receive his sentencing today in Jena, Louisiana. Local officials tried to impede the traveling march from entering the small town of Jena (population: 2,971) by limiting 5 buses to enter the city limits per 12 minutes. Most locals have fled the city, businesses have closed down. While the arrest stems from the fact that 6 black teens beat a......

- Not including our infamous gangs (why weren't they included? beats us) California is home to 52 hate groups, more than any other state. Suck it, Florida! - Southern Poverty Law Center - Man shot and killed in his parked car in Carson - CBS2 - Small plane crashes this afternoon in ocean near San Pedro, one dead - AP - Hello, Harley: You're more likely to die drowning than from a motorcycle accident.......

- LA's own Moxie drank the other night and live-blogged to find out how long it would take to become anti-Semitic. It earned her a front page post on Metafilter where the kids there, as could be predicted, greeted it with mixed reviews. - Then today, MSNBC's own Joe Scarborough ripped off the bit for his tv show and then had the nerve to write about it on his blog. - The Poor Man......