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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Jasper Stallings, now 29, perpetrated a string of serious felonies all on May 13, 2009, and now, as part of a no contest plea deal, he will spend the next 127 years to life behind bars, say L.A. County officials.

83-year-old Marie Kolstad from Orange County has that "age ain't nothing but a number" attitude when it comes to her recent breast augmentation surgery, and the headlines she's made when her story went public this month. "I never dreamt that what I did was going to make such a big splash," the woman with 13 grandkids and 12 great-grandkids told a reporter from CBS2.

While the East Coast is dealing with Hurricane Irene and her winds and rains, we're going to spend our weekend sweltering in SoCal. The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning for Los Angeles County, as a large ridge of high pressure is gifting us with super high temperatures and high humidity to boot.