Jessica P. Ogilvie

It seems like everyone is going pink these days in support of breast cancer awareness, and apparently skateboarders didn't want to be left out. Tomorrow, local nonprofit Boarding for Breast Cancer will play host to an 18-mile ride down the Pacific coast, beginning in Santa Monica and ending in Redondo Beach, intended to raise funds and awareness for the disease.

If you're looking to up the ante on the legitimate fear factor of your Halloween, try this on for size -- a jail in Norwalk is going to transport its inmates elsewhere this October 31, and deck the prison out as a haunted house. Deputy Frank Barragan told the Huffington Post that the Norwalk Sheriff's Station and the Lakewood Station will be filled with your typical Halloween characters: ghosts, goblins, witches and vampires.

The last witness in the defense's case on behalf of Conrad Murray, who is on trial for involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson, is expected to wrap up his testimony today. Dr. Paul White is described by KTLA as "one of the world's foremost experts on the surgical anesthetic propofol," which was determined to be the drug that killed the King of Pop.

Things are getting rough for smokers in Hermosa Beach -- a new ordinance has banned them from sucking down their beloved carcinogens in any outdoor place that people congregate, according to the Daily Breeze. The new regulation, which was approved by the town's City Council in a 4-0 vote on Tuesday night, is expected to go into effect on March 1, 2012.

We assume that you want to drink with Christina Hendricks, because...why wouldn't you? She's smart, she's hot, and according to Men's Health, she likes to drink scotch. With all that said, where, you wonder, might you be likely to run into the lovely Ms. Hendricks?

Early this morning, a suspected drunk driver crashed his car through a brick wall and into a ten-foot deep swimming pool in Buena Park, reports KTLA. The home, on the 64,000 block of Dale Street, is being rented by three Cal State Fullerton students, who say they were minding their own business, studying, and getting ready to go to sleep when the accident happened.

There's an election coming up, and you know what that means -- it's time to waste Californian's time and money by forcing us to consider initiatives that we've already voted on! This time around, if anti-choicers have their way, we are going to vote for the fourth time since 2005 on parental notification for minors seeking an abortion.

I was hoping that spending a day cooling off from watching Monday night's episode of "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" would mean that once I signed on here, I'd be able to talk about Kyle Richards without flying into an emotional rage. BUT THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, BECAUSE KYLE RICHARDS IS A HORRIBLE BITCH. First, though, let's get some basics out of the way. We open the show with a segment featuring Lisa trying to teach Adrienne how to cook a turkey.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, Obama announces relief for students, one man preps for Halloween in a very unique way, and a writer takes a look at Persian Jewish life in downtown. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.

A Santa Ana man who set his girlfriend on fire during a fight has been sentened to 15 years in prison, reports CBS Los Angeles. Constantino Monterrosas Gamez, 39, plead guilty last week to attempted murder, making criminal threats, false imprisonment and great bodily injury.

Frank McCourt's woes don't seem to be going away any time soon. According to KTLA, the owner of the Dodgers is now being accused by Major league Baseball of "looting" $189 million from the team's earnings, and funneling it into personal use. MLB commissioner Bud Selig claims that McCourt siphoned off funds from parking revenue, used other funds to pay off personal debts, and put still more of the Dodgers' money towards "personal distribution."

President Obama has had a busy 24 hours in Los Angeles. So far, he's spoken at two fundraising dinners in Hancock Park, eaten some classic SoCal fare, and is now heading to NBC studios to tape a segment with Jay Leno. We won't know what he says to Leno until later, but CBS News reports that during his dinners, the President laid out what he's accomplished so far during his tenure in the Oval Office.