Elise Thompson

Trucks parked along south-bound Interstate 15 at Roy Rogers Drive waited until roads could be cleared on yesterday in Victorville (AP Photo/The Sun, Eric Reed) There's one in every crowd. Yesterday one of the thousands of motorists stranded on the southbound side of the Grapevine repeatedly rammed into a barricade injuring a Caltrans worker before driving away starting a police chase, the Daily News reported. Fortunately, the worker only "suffered minor injuries. The driver...

Photo by Senor Codo via Flickr This week the DMV released a reminder list of the new laws taking effect January 1, 2009. It was a busy year, according to the DMV website. 772 bills were signed into law, including over 80 changes to the vehicle code. The change that will probably affect the most people is an attempt to stop all of the busy little fingers on the road. Text Messaging (SB 28/Simitian)...

Once again, mysterious elves have taken it upon themselves to decorate the tree sculpture at one Gold Metro stop. Under cover of darkness, they work every December to bring a little holiday cheer to Metro riders. No tape or other permanent adhesives are ever used. They only use string and ribbon that does not harm the tree. After the holidays, the same elves sneak back and quietly take down the decorations like the good citizens...

It's no big revelation that high school kids bond in cliques. The cheerleaders never cross paths with the trenchcoat mafia. My high school was small, so the punkers and the metal kids banded together over a shared love of vandalism and recreational drugs. I hated most of the metal bands the Beavis and Butthead-type kids wrote on their Peechee folders, but one band stood out - AC/DC. Mainly because of Angus Young. With his schoolboy...

If you were planning on leisurely filling out your one-click holiday shopping list this year, too bad. Amazon.com is running way behind. Or maybe they are blackmailing you into joining their new membership club, Amazon Prime. If you place an order today, December 8th, and pay for 2-day shipping, you can't trust your items will arrive by Christmas, much less in time for Hanukkah. They warn you: Estimated delivery date for these 7 items:...

It's hard to beat Elvis Costello singing from inside of a bear's stomache, but this clip comes pretty darn close. Happy holidays everybody!...

Last Tuesday Modern Luxury magazine Angeleno and Il Moro restaurant got together to celebrate the prizewinning MoroAngeleno. No one could tell us exactly what award it had won. When we asked the mixologist he mumbled, "The Mixologists". Angeleno Magazine has been running a series called The Summer Cocktail Tour featuring local restaurants that invented a new cocktail with Angeleno in the name. Genius cross-marketing. So perhaps this cocktail was the best out of of the...

The Edendale Grill may fall in and out of favor, but its bar has never wavered as a solid local watering hole. We recently discovered mixologist Kelly O'Hare has an ace up his sleeve. A drink so good it doesn't even need a name. It's his fallback for people who don't know what they want to drink. Lets just say we wanted to drink more than a couple of them. It's not too rough and...

The Mel's Diner blog over at Broadcasting & Cable magazine (not to be confused with the actual diner of the same name) includes posts on everything from who dines where (see their 'Fly on the Wall' sightings series) to proper etiquette for working meals. But the most interesting feature has to be the live interviews. Broadcasting & Cable magazine Executive Editor Melissa Grego reports on her dining excursions with the TV industry's players at their...

November 19, the Paley Center for Media hosted an evening with Iron Chef Cat Cora. During an interview with Broadcasting and Cable's Stephanie Robbins, Cora hints at the possibility of a sixth iron chef, but stays vague on the posibility of another installment of The Next Iron Chef. She also talks politics. The economy isn't the only issue on Cora's mind. As an openly gay woman, she recently participated in protests against California Proposition 8...