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City Controller Wendy Greuel isn't missing an opportunity to take a critical look at Los Angeles' emergency response plans after Hurricane Irene took most of the East Coast out of commission this weekend. She has announced an audit of L.A.'s current emergency disaster preparedness plans.

To help guide you through the abyss of "artisanal" coffee options in Los Angeles all you need is your phone or iPad, and the L.A.'s Best Coffee app, which we heard about this morning via Eater LA. We know what you're thinking: THANK GOD, IT'S ABOUT TIME.

Who knew $3 "faux-donuts" would be such a draw? Certainly not pastry chef Waylynn Lucas and business partner Nancy Truman of the nouveau bakery (fōnuts), who found that their little baked not-quite-doughnut cakes were so popular they keep running out of them. In fact, (fōnuts) has sold out every day since they opened last Wednesday.

Documents filed in court reveal the approach defense attorneys for Dr. Conrad Murray, accused of administering a fatal dose of a surgical anesthetic to pop legend Michael Jackson, will take in the trial. The tactic is to paint Jackson as a "desperate drug addict," says the L.A. Times, and to indicate the music icon was always "on the hunt" for his next fix of propofol.

An argument led to a scary instance of kid overboard on a tour boat in Newport Harbor. 35-year-old Sloane Briles was possibly drunk, and fighting with his girlfriend while aboard the boat with his two sons, ages 7 and 6, from a previous relationship, reports the OC Register.

Authorities are on the hunt for former Los Angeles Lakers player Javaris Crittenton, and believe he is responsible for the fatal shooting of a mother of four in Atlanta this month. The shooting is perhaps a case of mistaken identity, says the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

The Los Angeles Police Department believe they have a suspect in custody for the fatal "road rage" shooting that claimed the life of Juan David Vasquez Loma, a young man who was driving co-workers home from one of his two area restaurant jobs.

In-N-Out loyalists, your chance to defect to the dark side of East Coast import Five Guys is getting upped, with rumors that they are "coming soon" to a Miracle Mile address.

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A lottery ticket was used as a lure for armed robbers to secure a victim Friday in Simi Valley, and an elderly woman fell prey to the scheme. A 79-year-old woman was approached by two suspects asking for help with what they said was a winning lottery ticket.

A sad weekend for Eastside hipsters and music lovers just got a little sadder. The band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah have announced that their show at the Echoplex isn't happening, and it's all that damn Hurricane Irene's fault.

This is starting to become a regular thing: A fight Friday night on a Metro train has resulted in a stabbing and an arrest, says the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The incident took place at around 6:30 p.m. aboard a Metro Gold Line train headed northbound to the Memorial Park Station in Pasadena.