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BlackBerry users were outraged over a recent service outage that left customers out of touch for three days, and now consumers in the U.S. and Canada are filing class action lawsuits against Research in Motion, the telecommunications company that makes the popular smartphones. Are you among the deeply inconvenienced who want their money back?

Last year's inaugural L.A. Loves Alex's Lemonade food and drink event was a delicious success, and the upcoming sophomore effort looks to be a tasty follow-up. It's back to the Culver Studios on Sunday, November 6, as the hosts once again are drawing from their pool of talented culinary cohorts to put on an afternoon "cookout" for a cause.

The full Metro Board of Directors are getting together Thursday for their regular monthly meeting, and included on the agenda is changing the name of six Metro stations.

If you are among the 50,000 drivers with outstanding fines due for red light camera tickets, sorry, but the city is still looking to collect that money from you. Today the Los Angeles City Council voted in favor of continuing to pay the contractor hired to collect those fines.

A Lake Arrowhead boy died this weekend of injuries he sustained when a large concrete bird bath fell on him while he played in a South San Gabriel back yard. Six-year-old Hunter Thomas Mason Brule was playing in the yard with a dog Saturday evening when the bird bath crashed over onto his chest.

What's going on lately in the L.A food scene? Chew on this! There's a Vegas import Japanese style burger spot now open in Hollywood, a year of dining for a cause at a Venice favorite, a Halloween inspired taco, and more.

For starters, if your neighborhood Barnes & Noble store is the one at the Westside Pavilion, the short answer is: Yes. That said, the nation's hang-on big box book retailer could end up closing the doors on hundreds of the locations around the country over the next two years.

Authorities caution Angelenos time and time again not to leave valuables in our parked cars, but we do anyhow, even when our valuables might include the cremated remains of our loved ones. A family prepping to send their grandmother's ashes by plane to the East Coast had their car burglarized, and the ashes were inside the luggage that was stolen.

Protesters taking part in Occupy L.A. at City Hall have enjoyed a largely positive response from elected officials and city staff, but now one City Councilman says enough is enough. Bill Rosendahl says he agrees with their cause, but outside City Hall is no longer the place for them to hang out.

In tonight's "Extra, Extra," the OC Register wonders if Coldplay sucks, the LAPD wants to shut down the @OccupyLAPD Twitter account, cross burning isn't free speech, and more news bites of the day. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.

21-year-old Rachel Lee, considered one of the main players in the "Bling Ring" burglary crew has been sentenced to four years in prison for her role in a thieving venture into the home of reality star Audrina Patridge.

Perhaps this will wind up in the files of "When Cops Turn to Crime" when all is said and done: LAPD Sgt. Lucien Daigle, an 18-year veteran of the Department, was arrested Sunday, October 23 by the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department on suspicion of burglary.