California spends $10 billion on incarceration -- that's about $3 billion more than it does on the UC and CSU education systems. To jail an adult, it costs about $46,000 a year. A minor costs even more: a staggering $252,000 a year. These numbers are the reason Congressman Bobby Scott (D - VA) is working to pass a bill ( HR 3846) that could inject $2.9 billion into gang prevention, which he says is much more cost efficient with yearly costs running an average of $1,300 a year. more ›

Three years ago, Jim Brown and his wife Michelle Gringeri-Brown decided their love of mid-century ranch homes was too much to keep to themselves. With years of experience in publishing, they founded Atomic Ranch, a glossy, independent magazine that's as gorgeously photographed as the high-end home and design magazines from New York. But Atomic Ranch is from South Pasadena, and instead of focusing on "starchitect" homes features houses that are just as striking without the name brand designers. And rather than writing in the reverent whisper of a museum, the magazine is lighthearted and fun — a bedroom in the latest issue is described as "ginormous." The first Atomic Ranch coffee table book is due out this fall. more ›

THURSDAY more ›

See, stars are just like us. They have yard sales. Cartoon Brew tips us off that Tim Burton and his wife, Lisa Marie (That's what Cartoon Brew says. LAist thinks he's married to Helena Bonham Carter), will be having a yard sale this month in Azusa. Amongst all of the fancy name brand stuff the Burtons will be selling at discounted rates will be movie memorabilia. more ›