Jessica P. Ogilvie

Photo by katerha via Flickr Don't forget your reusable tote the next time you shop in Beverly Hills. The city is currently enlisting their City Attorney to review documents created by LA County that deal with such a ban, according to Beverly Hills Patch. The November vote approved a ban for unincorporated LA County*, however several local cities within the county are pursuing bans of their own. The site reports that the November vote...

Today's extra, extra brings the eclectic: a machete, politically active food trucks, the pending dissolution of a city of 91 people. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.

On-Set: CEAgency's Here Cums The President with Anthony Rosano & Kristina Rose, 10/17/10 (Photo by Koga/LAist) Larry Flynt of Hustler has always been a popular target for protesters, and that hasn't changed in recent years no matter how supposedly mainstream porn is becoming. At tonight's XBIZ Adult Film Awards at the Hollywood Palladium on Sunset, activists who want to see condoms used in porn films will rally against Flynt and Steve Hirsch, the co-chairman...

Tonight's Extra, Extra brings updates on bus gropers, a downtown streetcar, the very brief employment of UCLA's former defensive coordinator, and the health of our city. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.

Photo by GarySe7en via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Over at the Huffington Post, writer Lila Nordstrom has a piece up that bemoans the fact that Angelenos don't walk more. She argues that not only is driving an accepted cultural norm here (true), but that walking in a city is a challenging skill that needs to be learned. She writes: Last month I got a call from a neighbor in Los Angeles...

A set of Eagle Rock properties that are used as part of the set for "True Blood" is slated to be burned for an episode in season four, according to Eagle Rock Patch. On the show, Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell) serves as landlord for the houses, which have been home to Arlene Fowler (Carrie Preston) and now-deceased Dawn Green (Lynn Collins).

A performer on the set of 'The Sex Files 2: A Dark XXX Parody' (Photo by Koga/LAist) Local motels may soon see film crews renting rooms by the hour, after a unanimous LA City Council vote on Friday instructed the City Attorney to look into requiring porn actors to wear condoms in order for porn companies to obtain a filming permit. The motion was first introduced in December, when the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare...

Today's day after the Super Bowl Extra Extra, we find a Molotov cocktail, Bell city officials on trial, controversial photography and a body in the hills near Glendale. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.

Still searching for the perfect gift for your hard-to-please friends? Allow us to propose a solution -- hit them all at once with an intimate group yoga class, held at your home with instructor Sari Heifetz Stricke of Sari Yoga. Stricke has been running Sari Yoga for three years, and bases her classes on the philosophy that yoga should be accessible to everyone, not just Santa Monica moms flitting about town in Hard Tail pants (our example, not hers). By taking classes at home with a group of friends or family, Stricke says, students often feel more comfortable asking questions and having fun, and don't feel the competitive edge that has become par the course at many yoga studios.

Yes, that's right...there were so many of us who wanted to go to Erotica L.A. this year that to break it up a bit, I was given the dubious honor of covering it "from a woman's point of view." I'm not sure what that means, exactly - should I be feigning offense over the plethora of tits and ass cheeks hanging out of boy shorts? Because I think it would have been kind of...

After all you've learned about sex this week here at LAist, it would be such a shame if you forgot a condom at the last minute. But not to worry - Planned Parenthood has your back. For Valentine's Day, the organization has launched a Facebook application called "You're Protected" that allows users to send virtual condoms to their friends. It's a gentle, fun reminder to wrap it before you tap it. The application features...

President Obama is expected to sign an executive order today that will repeal the Mexico City Policy, or "global gag rule." The policy prevents federal funding from going to organizations operating oversees that even mention abortion, let alone offer it or provide referrals for it. The fate of the global gag rule has become the tennis match of reproductive health legislation. Reagan instituted it, Clinton rescinded it, Bush reinstated it. Traditionally, moves have been...