Lindsay William-Ross

Catherine Kieu, the Garden Grove woman accused of taking a kitchen knife to her husband's penis and tossing the severed genitals in the garbage disposal, has entered a not guilty plea in court today.

Burger lovers from behind the Orange Curtain, it's your time to shine! A Banh mi burger, fare from a favorite SoCal chain, the concoction of a gastropub... All's fair in love and the all mighty hamburger wars, including in the OC.

Members of Occupy Los Angeles don't want to see the City of L.A. give away the murals that once stood at the City Hall encampment, and have asked The Department of Cultural Affairs to return to murals to them.

The collective of street food vendors who used to operate as the Breed Street Food Fair were forced to close down in 2009, but several of the vendors are hoping to resume operations legally in Boyle Heights at a planned evening farmers' market.

Valentine's Day is fast approaching, and the concept of "romance" is being pummeled into us all from every possible front, including where we eat. Now OpenTable has released a list of the 100 Most Romantic Restaurants in America, and five Los Angeles-area spots made the grade.

A 49-year-old man was taken into custody earlier this week for allegedly using his cellphone to take upskirt shots of women in local malls, but one angry mom wasn't going to take his behavior lying down, so she chased him through The Grove.

Are you up for an epic walk this weekend? If the answer is yes (and not just a, "hmmm, maybe," but an absolute "YES!") you might want to join in on "Stair Trek VI," a killer walk event Saturday that will find participants hiking a 24-mile, 80-stairway route that starts and ends in Silver Lake.

A suspect the Los Angeles Police Department have dubbed the "Civic Center Slapper" has "struck again," say authorities. The LAPD describes an incident from the evening of January 27, when a 51-year-old victim who works as a US attorney was walking near Aliso and Alameda streets in the vicinity of the Federal Building.

It was another rough and tumble night Thursday on the mean streets of Hollywood as performers dressed in costume outside the Kodak Theater became involved in a brawl. The fight involved a man dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow from the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise of films being pepper sprayed by another costumed character dressed as Catwoman.

Does news that a "very, very low level'' of radioactivity made its way into the environment thanks to an equipment problem at nuclear reactor #3 at San Onofre worry you? Regardless, that's what seems to have happened this week, and today that troubled reactor is offline for a second consecutive day as crews work to make repairs.

Angeleno cinephiles, and people who want to go out and have fun Monday nights, there's a new event starting this month that should tickle your fancy. Unique LA is launching a Monthly Monday Movie Night at the Echoplex, and all the flicks shown take place in Los Angeles.

Anyone lose track of $500,000 worth of marijuana, bundled in 35 bales and left to float near the Marina del Rey harbor? "The bales were found floating in the water by members of the Los Angeles County sheriff's marine operations shortly after noon Wednesday."