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Revelers, a new destination for your Hollywood nights: The Next Door Lounge opens up tomorrow night, and will be all about the classic 1920s cocktails in a speakeasy-style setting. Acclaimed barman Joseph Brooke is defecting from Downtown's The Edison to take charge of the libations.

An allegedly drunk and possibly drugged man gave a pre-teen girl in Signal Hill the shock of her life early Sunday morning, after he made his way into her bedroom clad only in his boxer shorts, according to CBS2. The suspect gained access to the home by unlocking the door by reaching through an open window. The intruder stumbled into the 10-year-old girl's bed, apparently wishing to go to sleep. The child's father heard...

Photo by jasonawhite via Flickr The simple lesson in the case of Kenneth Lucas II of Los Angeles is don't post videos of your pot growing operation on YouTube. For many who make their moola off marijuana, growing is one part of their weed-focused set-up. Lucas, however, has just been sentenced to 13 years in prison because what this video ultimately unearthed was that his pot op was just his seed money for "an...

Come on, Angelenos: You know you've got a derogatory nickname for Orange County in your arsenal. So how often do you get to use it? If your answer is: "Less than I used to" then your sentiments are perhaps in line with the author of a recently published article in Orange Coast magazine that claims that L.A. residents are softening up when it comes to their next-door neighbor county. The article cites a few...

Dodger Stadium during off-hours (Photo by sfxeric via the LAist Featured Photos pool) News that the Los Angeles Dodgers have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection inspired a multitude of reactions yesterday from fans, civic leaders, other ball teams, and media talking heads, however today one of the big'uns has spoken. Major League Baseball has formally objected to the bankruptcy filing. In fact, MLB says team owner Frank McCourt is not only to blame...

Photo by hapinachu via Flickr Before someone picked up their cellphone camera to capture the scene in the stands at Dodger Stadium when a Dodgers fan and Giants fan Bryan Stow got into a confrontation, Stow allegedly taunted the hometown spectators by screaming "I rather eat my own feces than eat a Dodger dog," according to TMZ. The subjective deliciousness of our famed stadium hot dogs aside, as TMZ points out, the information about...

Photo by squarepants2004j/auntyhuia via Flickr If you thought you heard a loud cheer in youthful voices erupt across the city this morning, well, it's because the Los Angeles Unified School District has just put in place a new policy that limits homework to just 10% of a student's grade. "The policy is intended to account for the myriad urban problems facing the district's mostly low-income, minority population," explains L.A. Now. Plus, you know, you...

Authorities in Lancaster are investigating several pieces of graffiti that "advocated the killing of gay people," according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Deputies responded to a call regarding graffiti, which was put up in a business area, on the 44200 block of 10th Street West. The perpetrators are not known, and an investigation is under way.

Motorists suffering from "road rage" have surely taken their aggressions out on cyclists with whom they're meant to share the road in the past, and with consequences. Sierra Madre Patch offers details about a new case of driver versus cyclists leading to the motorist's arrest on "suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon," with the weapon being the man's Nissan Xterra.

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This month marks 30 years since the Centers for Disease Control published its first mention of AIDS, and today marks the start of HIV Testing Week in Los Angeles County. A county-wide effort is underway to make HIV testing as easy and convenient as possible for residents.

The red leather jacket worn by late pop star Michael Jackson was purchased at auction today for $1.8 million. The winning bidder was Milton Verret of Austin, Texas, according to ABC7. The auction was held by Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills. Considered one of the most well-known pieces of clothing from pop music, the jacket, made by Marc Laurent Paris, was expected to go for about $400,000. Verret isn't about to don the jacket,...