"Sherman Way Beautification Project," by kpe II via LAist Featured Photos Pool on Flickr. A Fresno sheriff will allow researchers to start digging for human remains under the former estate of Charles Manson, where Mr. Helter Skelter hid after a 1969 summer killing spree. A woman's partially decapitated body was found in a South L.A. alley. She may have been homeless and police said she suffered multiple stab wounds and blunt force trauma. No......

US Figure Skating champion Christopher Bowman, 40, was found dead yesterday in a room at the Budget Inn in North Hills. The former child actor and successful figure skater in the late 80s and early 90s was also known for his powerful struggles with alcohol and drug use. His death is being investigated as a possible overdose. A fire that took place last night at San Jose Edison Academy, a West Covina charter school, is......

Current Carolla co-pilot Danny Bonaduce will not be charged with felony battery for tossing "Survivor" contestant Jonny Fairplay onto a stage at the Fox Reality Really Awards Monday. Prosecutors said Fairplay "initiated contact and acted offensively." How much of a dude is Bonaduce for throwing a guy on a stage and getting the prosecutors to say the other guy was offensive? A man died today after his plane crashed into the median divider at......

Nearly 12 years after his infamous acquittal in the criminal trial in which he was charged with murdering his ex-wife and her beau, OJ Simpson is locked up on multiple felony charges. View Simpson's in-custody status / charges (.pdf). This time there was no Brentwood stakeout, no Ford Bronco, and somewhere in heaven Johnnie Cochran isn't the least bit surprised. Friday he was questioned, earlier today he was booked, and tonight, ordered "held without......

We can see it now, a new bestseller hitting the shelves just before Christmas: "If I Did It: Confessions of a Sports Memorabilia Armed Robber." Ohhhh, OJ Simpson, you and a cadre of other celebrities just like to entertain the masses in a different way. A special way. The "criminal" way!Las Vegas police arrested former football star O.J. Simpson on Sunday in connection with a hotel room break-in, CNN said. A source with the......

Neither Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie, or even Britney Spears know how to get themselves into more ridiculous trouble than OJ Simpson who seems to be bent on getting himself thrown in jail. In a bizarre and breaking story, the former USC Trojan is currently being questioned by the Las Vegas Police for an alleged armed robbery in a locked hotel room involving OJ Simpson collectibles. Simpson is claiming that the team of......

Angels 7, Twins 2 - After 134 innings without going yard, an Angel finally sent a ball into the heavens. Garret Anderson hit an upper-deck blast to snap the streak. Every Halo run was scored by a different player, each in a different inning. They also spread around the hits, as every starter connected during the game. On the mound, Joe Saunders pitched seven strong innings to earn his third win of the year. Mets......

• The Atwater Village Newbie's wife, Mrs. Newbie, wins the Atwater Village Street Fair cookie contest - AVN • Al Sharpton met with Sheriff Lee Baca today regarding Paris Hilton - Fox 11 • Former Fox 11 TV reporter / LAPD sergeant Rod Bernsen cleared of accusations that he touched two 12-year-old boys in a hot tub - LA Times • Deadly auto accident on the PCH near the Ventura County line claims one......

In a deft version of doublespeak, LA County Sheriff Lee Baca spoke out of both sides of his mouth today as he prepped the press and paps about what they can expect when Paris Hilton goes to jail on Tuesday. In one breath Baca said that Paris will be treated like any other inmate at the Century Regional Detention Center in Lynwood, saying that her food will be the same as the other women's......

#174 Naked Optometrist in a Sweet Ride offers women Cash Michael Lange, 45, of Ocala, was charged with two counts of assignation to prostitution, two counts of lewd and lascivious behavior and two counts of exposure of sexual organs. According to police, one of the victims called 911 at about 4 p.m., saying that a man driving a black Mercedes S550 pulled up next to them on Highway 441 in Leesburg and said that......

O.J. to Auction Book Rights After a long string of controversies and cancellations, rights to O.J. Simpson’s If I Did It will be auctioned off on April 17, according to Los Angeles authorities. Freeing the slaves - in Los Angeles Tales of modern day slavery, in LA. And none of these people work for Disney. Benefit Concert For the Midnight Mission The Malibu Performing Arts Center (MPAC) was the place to be on March......

The Juice says Anna Nicole's infant daughter comes courtesy of his own "slow-moving" juice -- and for the first time ever, we are hoping he actually did it. Imagine the repercussions. He could pay the Goldmans and the Browns, he could rebuild his old house in Brentwood that they tore down, and imagine all the good he could do with all that Texas money. Money he would get for sure if he was the......

Los Angeles based blogger and advice "goddess," Amy Alkon, was featured on last night's Nightline about Blog Slapping. (Nightline) Who are the Chandlers? They are a famous Los Angeles family and you should know something about them. (Morning Edition, NPR) LAist parent company Gothamist, LLC is featured on CNN about NYC 911 callers being able to soon send pictures and video when reporting a crime. The CNN video is unlinkable (ZDNet) Muslims are protesting......

The Golden Globes came and went, all while many, if not more, watched the second two hours of Los Angeles being terrorized in 24 on FOX. It was still brisk for the stars on the Red Carpet and the weather is expected to continue in the 60's throughout the week with the lows in the 40's. Luckily, the fire department has determined that the Red Flag will be lifted this morning. People celebrated Martin......

Apparently the book didn't fit either. When even Bill O'Reilly said that the fictitious book and made-for-tv interview were in bad taste you knew there was trouble in sleezadise. Today Rupert Murdoch himself, a man so old he could drive a Buick through a serene Farmers Market crowd and get away with murder, canceled plans to publish the fiction by ReganBooks called "If I Did It", and the subsequent two-part interview of O.J. Simpson......

The OJ Trial never ends. People will be debating the botched police work, the missing blood, the glove that didn't fit, the 9-1-1 call, Kato hearing a knock, the cut on OJ's hand, the mysterious slow Bronco chase that was never even alluded to during the epic trial, and Mark Fuhrman getting caught lying on the stand for years to come. For a jury who heard all the testimony and came back quickly with......

If you haven't heard the news (or watched FOX at some point in the past 24 hours) -- then let us be the ones to break the good news: O.J. Simpson is back. In a big way. He's riding a Bronco of publicity back into the American people's hearts, with a book and TV specials on the way. And we can't wait. A two-part interview with The Juice will be aired on Nov. 27......

It's been awhile since ex-LA resident O.J. Simpson stuck his foot in his mouth, right? So he had to find his way back into the kleig lights and do it in a big way: He's been given his own pay-per-view, candid camera program, Juiced. In one "prank" segment that was aired on "Inside Edition," Simpson is at a used car lot, trying to sell a white Ford Bronco: "It was good for me it helped......

After UCLA’s big win against California, fans of both the Bruins and the USC Trojans are finally on the same page, although a somewhat unfamiliar one. Both want the other to succeed. At least until December 3rd, because either side would relish the opportunity of putting an end to the other’s undefeated season. Assuming the Trojans are able to get past their two other big remaining challenges at Notre Dame and at Cal (which......

OJ Simpson was in town this past weekend for Necrocomicon which, as Cinematical points out, seems an odd choice since his film career didn't feature much in the way of horror (and if OJ now counts as a modern-day boogie man popular like Jason Voorhees, Freddy Kreuger and Michael Myers, well, well we don't quite have the words to explain how that makes LAist feel) but he probably wasn't talking much with people about......

As if introducing the song from Polar Express at the Oscars wasn't proof enough that P. Diddy would show up to the opening of a can of catfood, he spoke today at the funeral of Johnnie Cochran. There were lots of impressive attendees, of course -- Rev. Jesse Jackson, Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt of the Black Panthers -- but Puffy made sure to get a spot at the mic. On April 1st SOHH reported that......

There is a great wikipedia about Johnnie Cochran, Jr. that reminds us that he was a true Los Angeles Icon. He attended UCLA and LMU (where he got his law degree), was a criminal prosecutor twice in his career (for a total of 7 years), and made his name initially by effectively pursuing justice in police brutality cases. The nineties found him in the middle of just about every major Los Angeles trial. He......

We're shocked, actually. Not only that the most recognizable legal name of the last 15 years is gone but that he died much older than we thought. Just about everyone is short on details but he died of a brain disorder. While his legacy will forever be attached to the OJ Simpson trial, his relavence to Los Angeles is much greater than that. Cochran worked tirelessly on community focused cases and was proud of......

A local scientist is developing a high tech way to end the dangerous but oddly entertaining car chases that seem to occur every two months or so in Los Angeles. With science straight out of a recent "Alias" episode, Eureka Aerospace in Pasadena is creating an EMP (electromagnetic pulse for those of you not hip on the latest in spy lingo) that could short out most cars built after 1982. If this kind of......