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A shooting outside the Little Temple nightclub in East Hollywood early this morning has left one man dead and another wounded. The incident began with a verbal dispute, according to L.A. Now. The victim, who is thought to be between 20 and 35 years old, was shot multiple times, and pronounced dead at the scene. Also shot, but now in stable condition, was a male bystander, who was struck in the leg. "Police are...

Will Norton (Courtesy of The Norton Family) Will Norton, the 18-year-old budding filmmaker who was headed to Chapman University in the fall, has been confirmed dead. The young man had been missing since Sunday afternoon, when he was sucked out of the sunroof of a car during the devastating tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri, as he made his way home from his high school graduation. Norton's aunt, Tracey, who had set up the "Help...

Photo by puck90 via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flick The Sierra Club, one of the nation's most prominent conservation organizations, marks the anniversary of its founding today. The group was founded on May 28, 1892, with just 182 charter members. Their first president was none other than its founder, naturalist John Muir. The Sierra Club's first campaign was to lead an "effort to defeat a proposed reduction in the boundaries of Yosemite...

Photo by Salina Canizales via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr "Vertigo" at Cinespia See this 1958 Hitchcock classic under the stars at Hollywood Forever. Gates are at 7 p.m., movie at 8:30. $10 donation tickets available at the gate, or you can buy ahead online. Parking is $10. Bring food and drink, but no tall chairs. [Info] Street Art Exhibit Opening tonight at Maximillian Gallery is “What Graffiti is to New York...

The Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Fire Department, California Highway Patrol, Los Angeles Department of Transportation, Metro and Caltrans want you to be ready for the coming nightmare. No, not the end of the world. For 53 dark hours in mid-July, the 405 Freeway will be closed for demolition work on the Mulholland Bridge. Metro is providing some details about the closures: On Friday, July 15, ramps along the 10 mile closure will...

A doughnut flight offered last year at Grace (Photo by Christine Ziemba/LAist) Los Angeles might be the land of the doughnut shop, but in some fine dining restaurants, doughnuts are an elegant and delightful way to end a meal. For the past couple of years, National Doughnut Day was celebrated on June 3rd at Neal Fraser's Grace. Now, in its stead, Fraser's other eatery, BLD, is picking up the torch frying oil, and is...

Photo by Deborah Fitchett via Flickr The homeless in Venice aren't exactly the most embraced sector of the local population. To help their image, a group of them are out in the 'hood today reporting potholes they spot to the City of Los Angeles for filling on the upcoming Operation Pothole weekend, reports L.A. Now. In Venice, "people who live in vehicles and on the streets say they are being vilified as criminal transients...

Love performs at the 2010 KROQ Weenie Roast (Photo by Joey Maloney/LAist) Rocker Courtney Love's big "@" mouth has gotten her sued. Again. This time, it's by her own (former) lawyers. The Hollywood Reporter explains that the San Diego-based firm of Gordon & Holmes filed the suit yesterday in Los Angeles Superior Court. Attorney Rhonda J. Holmes claims that some of things Love said on Twitter and in interviews "have caused significant damage to...

Photo by g l u b via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr At long last, Metro is setting up their extended use passes with some semblance of common sense. Thanks to a Board vote yesterday, during which a Day Pass rate rollback was also approved, starting in August, Metro will have rolling 7- and 30-day passes that will be sold every day. Currently, Metro only offers monthly passes that are based on...

Bennett Kayser will soon be sworn in as the Board Member for LAUSD's District 5 After several days of tabulation, the results of the May 17th City of Los Angeles General Municipal Election have been finalized, and wins declared in the two runoff education contests that brought (a few) people to the polls. The final results in both contests were the same as forecast on Election Night. The Los Angeles Community College Seat 5...

Officer Garton (Photo courtesy Hawthorne PD) One of the two police officers involved in a collision during a funeral procession for another officer died of his injuries Thursday, according to L.A. Now. Hawthorne Officer Andrew Garton, 44, died while being treated at Harbor UCLA Medical Center. He had been riding on his motorcycle as part of the procession for Manhattan Beach's Officer Mark Vasquez, who died of cancer. Garton's family had been flown to...

Russell Mecano was a Los Angeles Police Department officer for 10 years, and for the rest of his life he will be a registered sex offender. Today Mecano was sentenced to serve eight and a half years in state prison for sexually assaulting one young woman and soliciting sex from another while on duty, according to L.A. Now. During the sentencing hearing today, Mecano heard one of his victims describe her ordeal, and how...