Jessica P. Ogilvie

Bust out the Kleenex, my canine loving compadres: Beverly Hills is hosting the American Humane Association's first annual Hero Dog Awards. The Daily News reports that the search for the most courageous pooch in the nation has been going on for six months, and the eight finalists were chosen out of 453 contestants from across the country.

An OC pool company is in hot water after two male supervisors repeatedly harassed female employees, according to the OC Register. The supervisors at Aqua Tri reportedly groped, verbally harassed and pressured at least eight women, all Latina, for dates and sex. They even went so far as to offer them promotions that hinged on the women sleeping with them.

A SWAT team came to the rescue last night of a Monterey Park woman who had locked herself and her child in the bathroom while her husband stood outside threatening her with butcher knives, reports L.A. Now. By the time authorities arrived on the scene at about 9:30 p.m., the woman had already been stabbed in the leg, according to KTLA.

A couple in Anaheim that makes porn is being accused by the IRS of not paying taxes on their full income or their company's full income, reports the OC Register. Oscar Macias, 36, and Catherine Shihad, 34, who together provided "live adult entertainment to cash-paying customers," according to the Register, recently plead guilty to falsifying tax documents. Macias plead guilty to filing false individual income tax returns, leaving off about $33,000 in income.

If you're looking to get lucky this weekend, science suggests that you head to San Diego or San Bernadino. According to an OK Cupid survey, the two SoCal cities are among the most promiscuous in the country. CBS News reports on the survey, saying that San Diego slid into the list at #9, while San Bernadino eased it's way on at #7.

Some Fullerton police don't think that Manny Ramos, who's accused of second-degree murder in the Kelly Thomas beating case, deserves to be behind bars for the time being -- a group of officers from the area gathered enough money to bail him out. KTLA reports that the officers' union didn't endorse their actions, but that a number of Fullerton cops nevertheless went to Ramos' friends, family and other police unions...

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While walking near Strathmore Drive and Levering Avenue by the UCLA campus on Saturday, a student was grabbed and sexually assaulted, reports ABC News. The attack happened at about 7:00 p.m.

It was their lips that got them in trouble, but not for smooching: Earlier this week, former "L Word" star and member of the band Uh Huh Her Leisha Hailey and her girlfriend, Camila Grey, were kicked off a Southwest airplane after being reprimanded for kissing.

Buongiorno, Kobe -- will you be playing for Italy this basketball season? It looks like the question is still up in the air. CBS News reports that after being offered $6.7 million for the season -- or nearly $740,000 per game -- to play for Italy's Virtus Bologna, Bryant and his agent came back with a counter offer.

Kelly Thomas' father, Ron Thomas, has been through a horrific ordeal with the death of his son, who can reportedly be heard calling out "Dad! Dad!" in video recordings of his fatal beating at the hands of Fullerton Police. Now, Thomas is alleging that police in his hometown of Cypress are harassing him, reports KTLA.

Have you ever wondered if there could be a way to travel to LAX that not only sped up your journey, but was also futuristic and awesome? Well, once upon a time, an idea for just such a method of transport was bandied about: on September 27, 1961 -- exactly 50 years ago today -- transportation consultant Arthur C. Jenkins completed and filed a proposal for a Los Angeles monorail.