Callie Miller

Despite the results of a three-month investigation that found 20-year-old Ani Voskanian was texting when she struck and killed an 80-year-old Glendale man, her attorney says that's just not so, according to Glendale News-Press. Voskanian appeared in court yesterday for her arraignment hearing but it was delayed after her attorney said he needed "more time to review the case."

Linsday Lohan is being investigated for criminal battery after allegedly attacking a female staff member at the Betty Ford Center, according to KTLA. After returning 10 minutes past her curfew, Lohan was required to take a drug and alcohol test and got into a heated exchange that led the staffer to press charges. Gossip site TMZ has linked her "missed curfew" to a night out at a bar with roommates and said the exchange...

After serving all or part of multiple prison sentences in other countries for sexual misconduct convictions and being extradited back to the U.S., Michael James Dodd, 61, was sentenced in Los Angeles yesterday to nine years in prison for traveling to Cambodia to have sex with a 14-year-old girl, according to LA Now. Dodd had a "financial relationship" with the girl's family and gave them food and $200 a month while conducting a sexual...

As the year comes to a close, the lists of what went down this year are ever-plentiful. One list that caught our attention is LA Weekly's Top 10 Los Angeles Bans of 2010, which takes a look at all the things that stopped being legal in our city this year. From fast food bans, plastic bag bans, pet shop bans and smoking on your own patio bans, Los Angeles got a serious dose of "no" this year - all under the guise of making things safer for Angelenos. But are all these bans good for us?

Chart of Jaywalking Fee Breakdown created by Blogdowntown The hullaballoo about "zero tolerance" on downtown jaywalking tickets was loud and long and unresolved in our comments. Is the city greedy and overcharging? Or is there more to the story? Now there's a chart to either fuel your frustration or quell your qualms. Blogdowntown has put together a fantastic chart using Los Angeles Superior Court data that helps answer the $190 question: where does that...

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0-year-old woman was arrested yesterday after a three-month investigation showed she was texting when she drove through a stop sign and struck and killed an 80-year old Glendale resident. The arrest prompted Glendale mayor Ara Najarian to voice concern that Glendale is suffering from a "distracted driver epidemic," according to Glendale News-Press. Over 2,300 traffic collisions have occurred in Glendale in the past year. 660 resulted in injuries, six were fatal, and sixty-four of these reported collisions involved pedestrians.

Two men have been found shot to death in an office building parking lot, according to CBS. Officers were called to the scene on west Temple Avenue this morning and found two men that were shot in the upper body, they were pronounced dead at the scene. No one in the business complex area reported hearing gunfire....

Forget about higher education and cramming for final exams. Los Angeles Community College has announced a new whistleblower program for students to take part in, according to the Daily Breeze. What's so important it requires snitch recruitment? A $5.7 billion bond-funded construction program that came under fire in March after it was revealed that bond money for the project was spent on "unauthorized, non-construction" activities.

The 2nd Annual SANTA Monica Pub Crawl is set for Saturday, December 18th and the sheer number of things to do while pub crawling should make completing it gracefully a feat for only the most socially disciplined. The goal of the crawl is to raise money and food donations for those in need during the holiday. Last year's event brought out 2,000 crawlers that donated 4,000 pounds of food. Saturday's festivities are designed