Lindsay William-Ross

Bless the brave heart of the news reporter in Scottsdale, Arizona dispatched to Amy's Baking Company to follow up on the post-"Kitchen Nightmares" craziness of the couple who own the troubled restaurant even Gordon Ramsay couldn't help.

When you gotta eat, you gotta eat: A man was arrested Monday night in Ventura after he was discovered inside the kitchen of a local pizza joint, having broken in to make himself a meal.

The season finale of "Kitchen Nightmares" was a doozy, by reality TV standards. Bu the reality is, the nutjob pair behind Amy's Baking Company have no grip on it, as an online meltdown by the owners affirmed.

When you drink a bit too much, naturally you want to go up to the roof and jump from building to building, right? According to one man whose rooftop adventures landed him in a tight spot—literally—that's "what people do." Or in this not-quite-Santa Claus' case, what he did was get stuck in a chimney and called 911 to get himself out...and arrested.

An instructional aide working at a local high school has been arrested and stands accused of fondling a teenage student in at least one encounter that was caught on surveillance video.

It's not going to be quite so meltingly hot Tuesday, but our sunny SoCal skies are plenty of reason to hit up an area Häagen-Dazs shop in the late afternoon for a free cone.

We aren't going to get a break from the hot hot heat yet, alas, so enjoy your office AC today and keep hydrated, because temps are still going to be way up there.

From the gardens of the Huntington to neon lighting historic spaces, here are 7 moments worth taking a second look at in our 7 Reasons to Love L.A. series.

A black bear roaming a La Cañada-Flintridge neighborhood has sent locals running this afternoon, literally, as a live news broadcast caught some swimmers fleeing the surprise fuzzy fence hopper.

More bad news today for Richard Heltebrake, the man carjacked in Big Bear by fugitive ex-cop Christopher Dorner before the fatal showdown at an area cabin.