Emma G. Gallegos

A young woman was found hanging from a tree near the playground of Santiago Park in Santa Ana last night.

A group of about 390 middle school students in La Mirada are being loaded onto buses bound for a nearby park after an apparently suicidal man barricaded himself in a house down the street and fired shots outside.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, Amy Winehouse's dress brings in a lot of dough, the City Hall lawn is not ready for its close-up and Cedars-Sinai stops offering most psychiatric services. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.

Have you ever washed your car the day before it rains only to have to wash it all over again? Well, something similar happened with Spring Street's brand spanking new day-glo green bike lane.

States that have legalized medical marijuana have fewer fatal car accidents, according to a new study by the Institute for the Study of Labor. The study looked at traffic fatalities and concluded that there were 9 percent fewer traffic fatalities in the 13 states that have legalized marijuana.

A 14-year-old boy was accidentally shot to death by his cousin while the two were on a deer hunting trip in the San Jacinto Mountains over the Thanksgiving weekend. Isreal Delatorre was killed while he was on a trip with his uncle Guillermo Delatorre, who was a local hunting safety instructor.

A Glendale mother thought that the Jerry Sandusky molestation scandal at Penn State might provide a teachable moment for her children so she could warn them about the dangers of child molesters. It turns out that talk didn't come a moment too soon.

'Tis the season to quote Joan Didion and Raymond Chandler: the National Weather Service tells us that for the next two days there will be something uneasy in the Los Angeles air. The gusty, dry Santa Anas will be returning to Los Angeles tonight.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, Pamela Anderson rents out her Malibu home, Arnold Schwarzenegger insists on doing his own stunts and drone aircrafts might be used on the domestic crime-fighting front. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.

A man in Lakewood was shocked today by a power line that fell and hit his car.

Were you planning on avoiding the masses at LAX this weekend by booking a flight back home this Monday? It turns out at least 167,000 of you had the same idea. Tomorrow will be the busiest day of the year at LAX, officials say.

We found a full prescription of medical marijuana casually kicking it in the streets of Los Angeles.