Jessica P. Ogilvie

July is National Parks & Recreation Month, and all month long LAist will be featuring a hand-selected park a day to showcase just a few of the wonderful recreation spaces--big or small--in the Los Angeles area.

A man and woman are both hospitalized but expected to live after being shot this morning in Pasadena, reports the Pasadena Star News. The shooting happened around 2 a.m. The man was hit in a hand and a leg, and the woman was hit in the lower abdomen.

Once he was hosting "The Price is Right" out of CBS studios, and now he's rescuing big cats: the Daily News reports that Bob Barker paid for 29 lions to be airlifted from circuses in Bolivia to the U.S. The transfer came after the lions were seized by Animal Defenders International, headquartered in Los Angeles, in January in accordance with a law outlawing animal use in circuses in Bolivia.

Can the roast of a man like Charlie Sheen really be considered a roast? A man who has dug his own grave, made his own bed, or, as they used to say, made a complete and total ass of himself for months on end?

Nudity on LA County beaches is against the law, but that shouldn't prevent the bold among you from finding somewhere in SoCal to celebrate National Nude Recreation Week, which kicked off yesterday. According to msnbc, the week will be filled not just with happy nudists frolicking about, but with some nude resorts hoping to preach the nekkid gospel to the bashful

In tonight's Extra, Extra, Scarlett Johansson is back on the market, it's gonna be a steamy weekend, a lifeguard in San Diego got the shock of his life, and how to tell whether you're hearing gunshots this 4th of July weekend. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.

Maria Shriver is taking a stand today, as one of few political wives to say "eff you" to her cheating husband. After finding out two months ago that Arnold Schwarzenegger, her husband of 25 years, fathered a child with their long-time housekeeper, Shriver has filed for divorce.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, "Bad Teacher" gets a poor grade from the school board, illegal fireworks make their way onto the scene, military get benefits this weekend, and a local university participates in an autism trial. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.

You hate to say I told you so when it comes to children, but the fact that Nadya Suleman is getting burned out from caring for her brood of 14 seems like kind of a no-brainer. The Daily Mail reports that Suleman, a.k.a. Octomom, told InTouch magazine in a recent interview that she can tolerate neither her youngest eight kids nor her older six.

It's been a big week for the Pope: he sent his first tweet, and he was lucky enough to have a visit from a group of Angelenos, who traveled to Rome to celebrate the pallium ceremony of Archbishop Jose Gomez. Now, KCBS reports that Pope Benedict XVI is giving smug San Franciscans a run for their money by going green with his Popemobile.

It's 4th of July, and that means hot dogs, fireworks and of course, beer. So whether you're heading somewhere else to watch the pretty explosions in the sky or staying close to home, it behooves each and every one of us to either designate a driver, or bring a toothbrush and plan on spending the night. To keep you on the safety track, LAPD has announced its DUI checkpoints. Here's what we know so far.

In tonight's Extra Extra, why you should leave Paris Hilton's house alone, a self-referencing park, and what is Reagan doing in Hungary? Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.