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Ronni Chasen (AP Photo/Chasen and Company) Since Beverly Hills Police Department announced that the Ronni Chasen murder was a botched robbery, many have questioned the conclusion and wonder if the murder has truly been "solved." LAPD Chief Charles Beck is asking skeptics to be patient, saying "it'll make more sense to a lot of people once it's all put into context," according to CBS Los Angeles. The case has taken many turns and it...

It's not only the season of gift-guide craziness but it's the time of year when "Top 10 in 2010" list madness begins in earnest. The Beverly Hills Patch is getting brutally to the point by kicking off their list-making season with Top 10 Crimes in Beverly Hills this year. What ugliness befell Beverly Hills in 2010?

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Housing for the homeless has been a subject of intense debate in Los Angeles for many years, but the LA County Board of Supervisors has a new plan to get thousands of homeless Angelenos off the streets, according to the Daily Breeze. A special task force found that it would be 40 percent cheaper to house LA County's 48,000 homeless rather than leaving them to the streets where they become ill and face a host of daily challenges and the board believes that it can find permanent homes for 12,000 chronically homeless individuals and 6,000 newly homeless veterans by 2016.

When it comes to immigration law and the many voices on every side of the equation, the "undocumented" are often referred to as "workers" and many of the high profile cases involve nannies and housekeepers. But wildly successful actresses? Not so often. In a recent interview with Spain's V magazine, Salma Hayek confessed that she was once an illegal immigrant in the U.S. for "a small period of time," according to ABC7.

Photo by Ernesto D. Arias via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr GET MORTIFIED Mortified's Annual Big Gay Holiday Show is tonight at King King. Every day people like us will share their actual childhood letters, journals, home movies, artwork, you name it. Can you say embarrassing? Yes you can and yes it will be...but not for you, you'll be in the audience laughing! Space is limited and is first come, first served....

Theft of electronic devices in downtown L.A. increases dramatically during the holidays and the LAPD is enlisting your favorite servers and bartenders to help you keep your cell safe, according to the LA Times. Police Lt. Paul Vernon is asking that servers at downtown eateries, bars and clubs keep a close eye on stray cell phones, cameras and other mobile devices that patrons may leave unattended while enjoying dinner and drinks out.

'Tis the season to be overwhelmed with gift-giving and all the gift guides. While we love all the lists of top gifts to help make our holiday shopping easier, there are now so many gift guides that we need a guide to the guides! We've got you covered. Here are five L.A. gift guides that rise above the noise and offer unique things for everyone on your list whether they've been naughty, nice or some delicious mix of the two:

Fifth-grade Dominguez Elementary School teacher Silvestre Ela has been arrested for possession and distribution of child pornography and police are asking for possible sexual abuse victims to step forward, according to the LAPD. Several computers and DVDs containing pornographic images were taken from Ela's home. Ela, 53, has admitted to viewing and downloading images of child pornography, but has denied preying on or victimizing children. He could face up to three years in state...

Image of new driver's license by California DMV DMV lines used to be hellacious. Then things got sorted out for awhile and if you made an appointment, you could count on getting in and out fast. All that has changed and tedious lines are the new black. Wait times for license renewals have reached new highs since the DMV rolled out a new $63 million computer system on October 6th, according to the Orange...