A 21-year-old hiker who spent some time lost in the San Bernardino Mountains over the weekend told a local newspaper that while she was in the area of Raywood Flat she saw a monkey. Now people are wondering if this "monkey" was actually Moe the chimp, who escaped from the Jungle Exotics animal sanctuary in Devore at the end of June--a location about 20 miles from where the hiker says she spotted the animal she......

A 34-year-old chimpanzee that was raised in a West Covina family's home for three decades escaped from a wildlife sanctuary in San Bernardino County Friday night. Animal control officials and volunteers searched the nearby San Bernardino National Forest Saturday St. James Davis brought Moe home from Tanzania in the 1960s, after the chimp's mother was killed by poachers, and he and his wife raised the chimp in their West Covina home as if he were......

Photo by delara-photos via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr A 16-year-old boy who shot at a police car in Boyle Heights last night remains at large today. Details are clearing things up about what was first reported as a drive-by shooting that took place on Ventura Blvd. last night; turns out it was two employees of a smoke shop who were shot. The assailants entered the store through the back entrance. The body......

*UPDATE: Saturday, 2:45 p.m.* 3 people are now confirmed dead in the aftermath of Friday's avalanches -- LAT. *UPDATE: Friday, 8:50 p.m.*One person was killed and at least one other was missing after avalanches struck near the town of Wrightwood in the San Gabriel Mountains. The victim, 23-year-old Michael McKay, was an employee of the Mountain High Resort ski patrol. Around noon, an avalanche struck as McKay and two friends were skiing in the backcountry......

Red Shoes makes for a nice contrast with the distinctive blue tile floor of Silver Lake's Intelligentsia CoffeeVan Nuys is real nice, isn't it, Senator Obama? Today the Democratic presidential nominee hopeful held a roundtable discussion in the residence of supporter Mimi Vitello in beautiful Van Nuys. Today's visit is part of Obama's local campaign efforts and his desire to meet with those who have fallen victim to the country's tough economy. And speaking of......

When 37-year-old Monica Harris didn't show up for work Friday morning, her family began to suspect that she had been abducted by her estranged husband. The Upland woman had been previously kidnapped by her husband, who is currently scheduled to start a 16-month prison term in a few weeks for those charges. Harris' Ford Explorer was found Saturday morning in the parking lot of the Whittier Inn Motel, where inside, another discovery was made: two......

Yesterday we showed you a flyer for a missing opium pipe, and today, once again from the files of "Things Other than Dogs or Cats that are Missing" comes this flyer for Gary the Duck, gone astray since December 10th. Gary's owners are quite distressed, obviously. Have you seen Gary? *Update* Gary the Duck has been found! Hooray for his return and a happy ending. Photo by edenjet via LAist Featured Photos Pool on......