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- The coroner's office has released the name of the victim in the Hollywood medical marijuana dispensary shooting from Thursday night.
- Abby Sunderland's brother Zac flew to the French island Reunion to be, well, reunited with his sailing sibling.
- A bicyclist was injured last night after being struck by a pickup truck in Long Beach.
- On the one year anniversary of Farrah Fawcett's death, a cancer research foundation in Beverly Hills was opened in her honor.
- Not only will next week bring higher Metrolink fares, but the some of their operations will now be done by Amtrak enigineers.
- The son of Los Angeles politician and former Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez was sentenced yesterday to 16 years in prison for his role in the murder of a San Diego college student.
- Congratulations to L.A.-based bloggers of Swirl Smell Slurp for being named the Best New Wine Blog in the 2010 Wine Blog Awards.