Two killed, two injured when a Metro Blue Line train smashed into a car yesterday morning - CBS-2 more ›

LA has unveiled a plan to spend $100 million on the homeless. The allocation includes many housing solutions, including establishing five "stabilization centers" around the city, which would be open 24-7 to provide services, treatment, and housing. Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky says it's "a proposal of historic proportions." The Board of Sups is expected to vote on the plan next month. more ›

Sometimes you just can't win, can you? With gas prices at an all-time high, and a seemingly neverending rush hour on LA freeways, this LAist poster decided to ditch the car and take Metrolink -- yes, public transportation -- from the northern suburbs to the day job in downtown LA. more ›

If rumor and innuendo are to be believed, the nonprofit Self-Help Graphics and Art has been shut down. Artist/blogger Mark Vallen has the story of the state of the East LA landmark, which was founded by Chicano artists in the early '70s and became a center of the Chicano arts movement (punk rock, too). In recent years Self-Help Graphics has featured a gallery, gift shop and community arts classes in addition to its silkscreen studio. While their website mentions nothing of the closure (in fact, it loudly announces a search for a new Executive Director beginning this April) nobody's anwering the phones, and the gates have clearly been locked. The Board of Directors will meet with interested members of the community for a discussion on Tuesday the 28th at 7pm. The location, the Ave 50 Studio in Highland Park, is neither near East LA nor any bigger than your average Starbucks. The call is on for concerned artists and activists to show up and convince the board to reopen Self-Help Graphics' doors; look for the artsy, agitated mob on the sidewalk and you'll know you're in the right place. more ›