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- A small experimental plane crashed today in San Bernardino County, killing a man and woman.
- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will be one of the last few torchbearers on the relay leading up to the opening of the Vancouver Olympics.
- Actor Charlie Sheen (whose car mysteriously tumbled down a hillside last week) was charged in Colorado with 3 felonies in relation to an alleged assault on his wife on Christmas in Aspen.
- The LA Weekly points out that the head of LA Live seems to think he's done the city a big ol' favor.
- Police are investigating a shooting that took place last night around 9 at Pico and La Brea.
- Want to snuggle up with a pillow and blanket on your next American Airlines flight? That'll be $8, please.
- California's animal laws are the most "animal-friendly" of all the states, says the Humane Society.
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