Jessica P. Ogilvie

Five years after losing her right hand in a traffic accident, a 26-year-old woman has received a first hand transplant at Ronald Regan UCLA Medical Center's new hand transplant center, according to the United Press International, or UPI. The procedure was the first at UCLA's new center, and, the LA Times reports, the 13th in the U.S. According to UPI, the 14-hour surgery was conducted by Dr. Kodi Azari, surgical director of UCLA's hand transplant program.

Tomorrow's West Hollywood election is fixin' to be a showdown. The LA Independent reports that the challengers to the West Hollywood City Council seats have accused West Hollywood's mayor, John Heilman, of misusing city funds. According to the paper: The candidates — Scott Schmidt, John D'Amico, Steve Martin, Mito Aviles and Lucas John — and community organizer Ed Buck, said in a statement that Heilman should return "tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars wasted on high- end meals and luxurious gifts for City Hall staff, developers and lobbyists.''

In tonight's Extra, Extra, Jared Lee Loughner may face the death penalty, a sex offender was arrested in Pasadena, TSA is trying to find other ways to charge passengers, and Zsa Zsa is home. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.

Celebrities are having a rough week. Zsa Zsa has been in and out of the hospital, Courtney Love paid the price for a nasty tweet...and it seems like there's been someone else making headlines...

You know who hasn't gotten enough publicity lately? Charlie Sheen. Yeah, that guy from that terrible sitcom, "Two and a Half Men." To ensure that Sheen doesn't fall off the public's radar, Spike TV has decided to immortalize him through animation.

In today's Extra, Extra, more truths about John Edwards, a woman's body is found by a jogger, local teens go foodie, and teens are having less sex. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.

Lock up your daughters! It appears as though underage partygoers at last year's Electric Daisy Carnival rave -- which has since been relocated to Las Vegas -- were consuming alcoholic beverages. The LA Times reports that the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, which hosted the rave last year, is being accused by the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control of allowing alcohol sales outside designated areas, and allowing minors to drink.

If you've ever stared longingly as cars whiz past you in the carpool lane, wishing you could join them but still not wanting to have to make small talk with a passenger, you may soon find that you have the best of both worlds -- but it won't be cheap.

When you were a teenager, how far would you go to keep from getting in trouble? For one Orange County girl, the answer is: make up a story about how you were assaulted in the park and report it to the police, rather than face your mother after being out late.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, Zsa Zsa Gabor is taken to the hospital, a missing teenage girl is found safe, bath salts may be banned, and CSUN students take to the streets. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.

A leader of the highly controversial Westboro Baptist Church, which is known for picketing funerals of deceased military personnel with anti-gay and anti-military messages, will retain his right to carry out these kinds of demonstrations, per a decision handed down today by the U.S. Supreme Court. In the 8-1 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the following, according to the LA Times:

Skinhead David Lynch was found shot to death in his Sacramento home yesterday, according to KTLA. Police are looking for the killer, who also shot a woman in the leg before leaving the scene. The motive for the murder is unknown, although KTLA reports that there have been internal conflicts in the white supremacist world as of late.