Jessica P. Ogilvie

Officials have decided to ban food trucks as well as street vendors and performers from all future downtown LA ArtWalk events on the heels of the tragic death of a 2-month-old boy, reports ABC 7. The boy was killed when a driver trying to park his car jumped the curb and struck the child while he was seated in a stroller.

Police are continuing to investigate a youth pastor in Venice who was charged Friday with the sexual molestation of a 14-year-old girl, according to a news conference held by the LAPD this morning. Demetrius Darnell Allen, 28, allegedly had a year-long relationship with the girl, who was a parishioner at First Baptist Church in Venice.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, a new way of seeing Casey Anthony, L.A. bartenders compete, a Playboy-related boycott, and a Latino Groupon. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.

No one knows better than bloggers the kind of wrath that can be incurred by not properly noting that a post contains a spoiler, be it the end of a movie or a twist in a TV show. But a recent study out of UC San Diego suggests that spoiler alerts may be for naught -- according to a statement released by the university, researchers found that the pleasure people get from reading or watching something isn't diminished by knowing what's going to happen in the end.

A man was found dead outside the Embassy Suites in Brea, having fallen or jumped off the building's sixth floor, according to the Daily News. The man, who is 45 but hasn't been otherwise identified, checked into the hotel several days ago, and fell this morning at around 3:20 a.m.

After a string of burglaries at five southern California campusus, police have arrested a man and a woman tin Irvine in connection to the crimes, reports the OC Register. Karim Patrece Davis, 28, and Angie Latoya Gray, 25, were taken into custody on August 4, after officials allegedly tracked stolen credit cards that the pair had been using.

Grocery workers in Southern California have been threatening to strike since April, but according to a statement from the worker's union, the time may be at hand. This week, they say, meetings are being held with picket captains, and a strike could come as soon as next week. Workers are protesting their contracts, the negotiations of which have been going on for six months.

The L.A. City Council is expected to vote today on a plan for an NFL Stadium at L.A. Live, reports CBS News. The plan, which would represent an agreement between the city and developer AEG, lays out the financial framework for the stadium.

Authorities are hoping the public can help them find the driver of a pickup truck that struck and critically injured a 45-year-old tourist from China, reports CBS News. The man, who had just arrived to the U.S. with his family when he was hit on July 27, was crossing the street at Harbor Blvd. when a car ran into him.

After an organism known to cause anything from a severe headache to death was found in one bag, Fresh & Easy has issued a recall of Organic Baby Spinach with the Enjoy by date of August 1, according to a statement from the FDA. The recall was made out of "an abundance of caution," according to the statement, since the organism was found in only one bag as part of a random testing procedure.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, David Beckham takes his shirt off, Jonathan Gold weighs in on shark's fins, the L.A. Times joins a lawsuit, and slam poetry is happening. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.

A 4-year-old girl was playing in her yard in Redlands last night when she suddenly went missing. When her father began walking around looking for her, he allegedly discovered a father's worst nightmare: she was naked, screaming and banging on the window of an apartment where authorities believe she had been kidnapped and molested, reports ABC7.