Pasadena Chalk Festival by Todd N. via LAist Featured Photos Pool on Flickr

• Heroin arrests are on the rise in La Crescenta, parents shocked.
• Scores of people went to beaches and pools to escape wretched heat for busy shores.
• California's war death tool has reached 500, people cried.
• Mayor Tony continues his anywhere but Los Angeles tour, Angelenos nonplussed.
• Citibank sues Ed McMahon, tries to pay off creditors with humongous check.
• Federal officials will investigate the air control tower at LAX, officials assure public it's safe. Public more concerned about airline price gouging.
• LA County jobless rate jumps nearly 7%, officials sigh.
• Escalade crashes into Downtown office building, drunk driving alleged.
• Downtown construction progressing, not progressing.
• 60-year-old man killed in hang gliding accident in Los Angeles. Tragic, but what a way to go.