Lindsay William-Ross

From an event all about celebrating colors, to the colors found at random all over the city, here are 7 moments worth taking a second look at in our 7 Reasons to Love L.A. series.

This is getting to be routine in Santa Barbara County: A large quantity of marijuana was found on a beach in Santa Barbara County along with a boat, indicating a smuggling operation gone awry.

These are, as usual, trying times for Lindsay Lohan. Today the actress managed to be an hour late for the start of her current trial here in Los Angeles, and she was greeted by the usual throng of photographers and media, as well as a sparkly glitter bomb.

Two shootings in Panorama City this weekend appear to be unrelated, however they marked in quick succession the first and second homicides in the neighborhood this year, and both took place on city streets.

Authorities in Sherman Oaks are looking for a suspected peeper who used his iPad to take upskirt photos of a woman inside a pet shop.

Brand new bike lanes in Silver Lake were christened by the wheels of riders young and old(er) this morning, headed up by L.A. City Councilman Tom LaBonge.

Two workers became trapped in a Pacific Palisades trench Thursday afternoon, but sadly only one man survived the deadly accident.

Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck is ready for his closeup. Sure, he regularly appears on television for interviews and during press conferences, but now he's going to be on the small screen on a fictional TV drama, in a cameo appearance on the season finale of "Southland."

The 28th Annual Los Angeles Marathon, this year known as the Asics L.A. Marathon, is happening Sunday, March 17, and that means a major portion of the area's streets will be closed to traffic.

We warned you: It's going to be mighty hard (not to mention mighty stupid to try) to get away with driving drunk this St. Patrick's Day weekend. Revelers beware, and plan how you're going to get home from your celebrations safely.