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Emma G. Gallegos
Stories by Emma G. Gallegos
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In tonight's Extra, Extra, Los Globos' neighbors are annoyed, the mysterious case of the sunbathers is solved and the best staycations in LA. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports. You can also find us on Pinterest, Storify, Foursquare, and Instagram (laistpics).
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The city has a budget gap, and the Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is looking to one constituency to help fill that shortfall: street parking scofflaws. Most Angelenos have probably been dinged with a ticket a time or two, but there's one group of people who are probably even more likely to get tickets: renters whose apartments don't come with enough parking spaces.
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Ladies, if you want to celebrate your last days as a single gal, The Abbey in West Hollywood is politely asking that you take your boa, tiara and penis-shaped party favors to another bar.
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Molly Ringwald has been named the Grand Marshal of this year's pride parade on June 10. The 1980's teen queen would be an appropriate choice solely based on her work with director John Hughes in "Sixteen Candles," "The Breakfast Club" and "Pretty in Pink."
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Investigators are trying to figure out what happened to a man from Maryland who took a cross-country trip and ended up being found dead in the parking lot of a shopping center this weekend.
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Former UCLA basketball star Reeves Nelson is suing a Sports Illustrated reporter for writing an article that depicted him as an out-of-control bully who once got revenge on a roommate by peeing on his bed. Now Reeves has hired an attorney to sue the reporter for defamation.
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John Travolta offered $125,000 to the second masseur who accused him of creepy antics on the massage table. A source close to the Atlanta masseur revealed as John Truesdale told the New York Daily News that Travolta's legal team offered him $125,000 to withdraw his lawsuit and keep quiet.
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This week's edition of Overheard in L.A. features snippets of conversation overhead at Whole Foods, the L.A. Zoo and that crazy place known as CAA.
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In tonight's Extra, Extra, Doctor Who Puppet gets a tumblr, taco books are in style and what's happening to the Salton Sea. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports. You can also find us on Pinterest, Storify, Foursquare, and Instagram (laistpics).
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An 80-year-old man shot his wife inside their home in Lake Forest this morning before turning the gun on himself. The 68-year-old woman called sheriff's dispatchers around 8:30 am to let them know her husband was armed and distraught and that she feared for her safety.
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Bee Gees member Robin Gibb, 62, passed away today after a long battle with cancer, according a representative for his family.
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A metro bus driver was fatally shot by a passenger in West Hollywood this morning, according to the sheriff's department. It happened around 9 am this morning near the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and West Knoll Drive.