Lindsay William-Ross

A man convicted for the beating and strangling death of an escort in a Garden Grove hotel room has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. 36-year-old Cesar Gomez of El Monte was convicted in the fall for murdering 24-year-old Ashley Lilly at the Crown Plaza Anaheim Resort, near Disneyland, according to City News Service.

Students at Crescenta Valley High School are recovering this afternoon after several teens witnessed a student fall to his death during lunch from atop one of the campus' main buildings.

While the other day we looked at the 5 Most Romantic Restaurants in L.A. according to national OpenTable users, today we have been handed Urbanspoon's user-generated list of the 10 most popular romantic restaurants in Los Angeles.

In 1996, Robert Dewey Hoskins was convicted of stalking superstar singer and actress Madonna, and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Last week, Hoskins managed to walk away from a state hospital in Norwalk, and remains at large today.

Got motivation, kids? The Chivas USA pro soccer team and the Orange County Gang Reduction and Intervention Partnership (GRIP) are hoping the promise of free tickets to see a game is enough to keep a few school-aged kids out of ganglife.

Things are looking up for the El Segundo Blue Butterfly, an endangered species that flutter about a preserve located near Los Angeles International Airport: Their population has risen about 8 percent over the last year.

The Beach Boys will be reuniting onstage at the Grammy Awards this Sunday, which makes now as good a time as any to have a chuckle at this map of the United States that breaks down young ladies by description and region.

The fastest ride in the Wilderness is over at Thunder Mountain, so guests on the classic Disneyland attraction the Jungle Cruise aren't usually in store for more jostling than the scare provided by some animatronic alligators. A lawsuit filed earlier this month, however, implicates a reckless cruise boat driver for a crash that allegedly left a couple seriously injured.

Jennifer McClain, a 29-year-old Orange County Sheriff's Deputy, was arrested Monday night while on the job on suspicion of having sex with a male inmate at a Santa Ana facility, according to City News Service. The inmate claims the sex was consensual, however the extent of their relationship is not immediately known.

Forget 26.2 miles of pavement pounding in your running shoes, the 1st ever Los Angeles Beerathon will have suds sippers taking on 26 different beers on a grueling course of 26 bars.

Zipcar, the world's largest and most popular car-sharing program, is setting up spots in West Hollywood next week. WeHo will welcome the fleet to the city on Wednesday, February 15.

Lunchers, your options are expanding over at ink.sack, Michael Voltaggio's popular SRO sandwich shop a couple of doors down from his celebrated restaurant, ink.