Callie Miller

The LAX police department has "stepped up its own levels of vigilance" and is on "heightened alert" today after the suicide bombing at a Moscow airport that killed 35 people and wounded 180, according to CBS Los Angeles. The terrorist bombing in Moscow and several recent shootings at U.S. law enforcement officers, including two officers killed in Florida, have added to the increased awareness at the airport. The TSA has not issued any new...

In the wake of several high profile shootings and school lockdowns, City Council President Eric Garcetti submitted a motion today to ban "open carry" handguns within the city limits, according to LA Now. Garcetti is calling the move "common sense" and urges council members to approve it. "No one needs a gun on their hip when walking down the street or going to the store," Garcetti said. "The open carry of a handgun can be intimidating and threaten public safety."

Ah, Disney. We were just thinking it's been so quiet on the Disney front. No complaints about major lines, or being turned away, or not having a magical time in the Magical Kingdom. It's also been quiet on the Carnival cruise-ship-drama front. The wait is over: Disney's new cruise ship, the Disney Wonder, pulled into port this morning, according to CBS. The 964-foot mega ship can carry 2,400 passengers and a crew of over...

Kobe Bryant will be the first athlete (ever, ever, ever!) to have his hand and foot imprinted in cement outside Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, according to KTLA. The ceremony for Bryant's cementing will take place on February 19th just one day before the All-Star game at Staples Center and amid a flurry of All-Star weekend festivities.

In today's déjà vu Extra, Extra we've got more guns, more school lockdowns, more loud restaurants, a house that moved, a stabber sentenced, a new teacher layoff policy and so much more! Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.

A LAFD Ambulance | Photo by Zach Behrens/LAist A worker died this morning after trying to help two unconscious colleagues who were knocked out by ethanol fumes while cleaning blood plasma from a container at Baxter Healthcare, an Atwater pharmaceutical company, according to LA Now. The two colleagues he tried to help are in grave condition at the hospital. Firefighters and paramedics arrived on the scene at 4 a.m. and found all three workers...

Santa Ana police and Governor Jerry Brown's own security detail are taking the graffiti threats of killing Brown on Valentine's Day very seriously, according to LA Now. The first graffiti threat was discovered Thursday on a block wall on South Greenville Street near Alton Avenue. It includes a Nazi swastika and the phrase: "We gonna kill Gov. Brown 2/14/11" in black paint.

Judson Birza, winner of "Survivor: Nicaragua," was arrested yesterday. Birza was riding his skateboard in the middle of the street in Santa Monica when police detained him for a vehicle code violation. The police database showed he had a warrant out for his arrest and a prior DUI "incident." Worse still: Birza was "under the influence of a controlled substance" when officers caught him skating in the street. Have we reached a new celebrity...

Patricia Dianne Krenwinkel, Charles Manson associate convicted of seven counts of first-degree murder, has been denied parole according to a statement released today by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Krenwinkel, 63, was convicted for her involvement in the killing of Sharon Tate-Polanski (pregnant at the time of her death), Thomas Jay Sebring, Abagail Ann Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, Steven Earl Parent, and Leno and Rosemary La Bianca in the now-infamous murders of 1969.

Photo by Mark Luethi via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr The annual Urban Mobility Report results are in and...whoa: on average, a driver in Los Angeles spends sixty-three hours wasting away in traffic delays. Just. Ouch. The news isn't all bad though: other cities have it worse and L.A. once topped the charts in traffic-delay rankings (we steering-wheel-tapped our way through 84 wasted hours on freeways in 2006.) According to the LA...