Jessica P. Ogilvie

Actress and comedian Olivia Munn recently took to the Huffington Post to decry the terrible treatment of animals at Ringling Bros. circus. She told the story of Sarah, a sick 54-year-old elephant who collapsed over the summer, but was forced to get back up and board a train rather than receiving medical care.

A teacher in the city of Rolling Hills Estates has been arrested on charges of having sex with an underage girl, reports KTLA. Anthony Angellano, 31, faces charges for oral copulation and digital penetration with a minor. The girl was reportedly 16 and 17 years old when the incidents occurred, and while she was a student at Peninsula High at the time, the encounters allegedly took place at Angellano's house in Wilmington.

Many of us who watched the 2011 Academy Awards found the hosts to be somewhat...underwhelming. James Franco appeared stoned and practically asleep next to hyper, overzealous Anne Hathaway. Since then, the two have been getting panned right and left for their odd and ultimately not very compelling performance, but one man is speaking truth to power about the whole incident.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, Mindy Kaling details plans for her next project, a Christmas tree will soon be lit in idyllic South Pasadena, and a couple starts an epic online battle of the blogs. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.

A two-month-old baby suffocated and died after allegedly being left alone the night before Halloween, reports NBC Los Angeles. Corrina Atuatasi, 27, was watching her infant son on October 30 while her husband and two-year-old daughter were away visiting family.

Violence against sex workers doesn't exactly get the attention from law enforcement that it deserves. And because of stigma, zoning laws and lack of legal protection, both women and men involved in the business of sex face unnecessary risks in their daily lives. Because of all this, the local chapter of sex work advocacy group Sex Workers Outreach Project is holding an event on Saturday, December 17

The feud between drivers and cyclists runs deep in Los Angeles. Now, a local cycling advocate is asking the city to set up more license checkpoints for drivers. Alex de Cordoba was riding his bike in Echo Park when, he says in a Huffington Post column, he was "nearly killed by a hit and run driver." A week later, while driving to work, he noticed a checkpoint for unlicensed drivers -- and a man holding a sign to alert fellow car enthusiasts.

UCLA announced today that they have fired their head football coach, Rick Neuheisel -- or, in PR parlance, Neuheisel has been "relieved of his duties." The firing comes on the heels of UCLA's brutal 50-0 loss to USC over the weekend.

There are few episodes of reality television that will ever rival last week’s epic tea party showdown in terms of drama and tension, so this week was all about the calm after the storm. When last we left the ladies, Lisa’s tea party, such as it was, was still in full, painstaking swing. Camille had made her point about Taylor’s abusive marriage and hightailed it out of there, and the rest of the ladies were left to deal with the fallout.

Kim Kardashian hasn't been garnering too much favor in the eyes of the nation lately. After force-feeding us her gaudy, overstuffed nuptials, she then filed for divorce just 72 days later, prompting an online petition asking E! to rid their network of the Kardashian family altogether.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, a city's last pot shop is raided and closed, Ruth's Chris might head downtown, and Robbins Brothers displays messages of love over a freeway. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.

Brandon McInerney, the Oxnard teenager who shot a gay classmate point blank in the back of the head, has accepted a plea deal that will require him to serve 21 years in jail, reports KTLA. McInerney, now 17, plead guilty to second-degree murder today.