Emma G. Gallegos

The Desert Xpress — a proposed high-speed rail that would zip between SoCal and Las Vegas on that sometimes-unbearable stretch of the I-15 — has been given the OK from the Bureau of Land Management.

The days of the iconic, double-arched 6th Street bridge that stretches across the Los Angeles River are numbered. Now the city council is trying to figure out how to replace the bridge built in 1932 — and whether to shut it down before an earthquake does the job.

Ryan Holiday a self-described "media manipulator for notorious clients like Tucker Max and Dov Charney" has landed a pretty penny for a book deal.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, the NBA lockout hits Hooters where it hurts, the U.S. House killed federal funding for the state's high-speed rail line and NBC profiled a sex addiction treatment center in Southern California. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.

A jury has awarded a whopping $65 million to a woman who was sexually assaulted by a male nurse at a hospital that was then known as Encino-Tarzana Medical Center.

Although the city council passed a resolution supporting a peaceful protest, organizers have sought a temporary restraining order so that police cannot evict the protesters camped out on City Hall's lawn without notice.

It's time to toss that salad out again. Ready Pac Foods, which is based in Irwindale, is voluntarily recalling 5,379 cases of bagged salad that have romaine lettuce in them.

Los Angeles lives up to its reputation of having some of the most clogged freeways in the nation according to a study put out by the Texas Transportation Institute.

Last year NBC reporter Robert Kovacik joined his friend (and real housewife of Beverly Hills) Lisa Vanderpump for a drink at the swanky lounge of the Beverly Hills Hotel on Christmas Eve. The night ended with him getting punched in the face by another patron Roger Talavera.

It's almost that time of the year — 'tis the season to booze with the Africans mammals and have a dance-off with T-Rex. That's right, the Natural History Museum announced that First Fridays are going to be kicking off again in January.

The woman who said she was having Justin Bieber's baby has dropped her paternity suit against him, but the legal saga isn't over just yet.

Malibu already attracts bicyclists from afar hoping to take in some gorgeous seascapes on their rides. But now the city wants to make it official and become a "Bicycle Friendly Community."