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Emma G. Gallegos

Stories by Emma G. Gallegos

  • An exhibit featuring the collection of the late Catherine Mulholland opens at CSU Northridge next week, just months after the granddaughter of water titan William Mulholland died at 88. The exhibit “Valley Memories: The Catherine Mulholland Collection” opens on September 20 with a panel discussion and reception at the Oviatt Library at 6 p.m.
  • In tonight's Extra, Extra, rumors of a Missoni restock in WeHo were exaggerated, Gotham PD makes an appearance and one man used his divorce as a chance to change his name to Led Zeppelin II. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.
  • Many Silver Lakers rejoiced when they heard they wouldn't have to schlep to the west or Pasadena to get their fill of fancy organic cheese. Their hopes were crushed when Whole Foods confirmed the whole thing was a hoax. But no one has yet stepped forward — until now.
  • A woman was killed by a eucalyptus tree in a center divider that fell onto her car, while she was at a stoplight in Costa Mesa this afternoon. A witness told ABC 7 that the woman was crushed a second time — and apparently killed — when firefighters tried to lift the tree off the vehicle and dropped it on the car a second time.
  • Thousands of angry bees swarmed a man in a storage facility in Santa Ana yesterday, knocking him out of his wheelchair and prompting the evacuations of an entire city block. Three Good Samaritans stepped in to save the man from the attack of a swarm estimated to be as large as 60,000 bees, according to the Associated Press.
  • Police are searching for a man who followed a woman into a Long Beach City College restroom and attacked her last night. The student was able to fight off her attacker and she was hospitalized with minor injuries. The suspect fled, but an instructor who found the woman alerted police, according to the Los Angeles Times.
  • A man convicted this week of breaking into his mom's house with pruning shears and taking her Maltese could face six years in prison, The Orange County Register reports. Emanuel Reyes Marquez's mom and sister called 9-1-1 when they saw him breaking into their Buena Park home last year. Marquez and an unknown accomplice fled before the cops got there, but mom's Maltese "Lady" was nowhere to be found.
  • Some groups think so and are advocating for them, as the era of red-light cameras in Los Angeles comes to a close. One group Safer Streets L.A. is pushing for longer yellow lights in Los Angeles, so that drivers have time to clear the intersection.
  • A horse on the brink of starvation was found tied up in a ditch in Ontario. The rescuers named the horse "Mommas" and have sent her to a horsie rehab in Pomona, where they will try to nurse her back to health.
  • Silver Lake couple Russell Bates and Amy Seidenwurm didn't aim to start a business bartering honey, but when the couple got into chemical-free beekeeping and wound up with 60 pounds of delicious honey from their backyard, they decided to share the goods with their neighbors.
  • In tonight's Extra, Extra, SpongeBob creates a scene, grandma and grandpa are on YouTube and Missoni survivors are speaking out. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.
  • A man who dressed up as the claymation hero Gumby and his accomplice could face time in the pokey. Jacob Kiss, 19, and his accomplice PokeyJason Giramma, also 19, turned themselves into police after they were caught on tape demanding cigarettes from a convenience store clerk over the Labor Day weekend.