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Rozlyn Papa's "Bachelor" photo (ABC) Rozlyn Papa might have gotten the boot from the ABC romancereality series "The Bachelor," but her lawsuit against several adult-oriented websites has gotten the go ahead in Los Angeles Superior Court, reports the Daily Breeze. The onetime contestant on the show's "On the Wings of Love" season says she was falsely identified as the talent in a sex video. Lawyers for spank-aiding sites like PornHub.com and Peeperz.com said though...

Unrelated anchovies as found in a market in Italy (Photo by Paul and Jill via Flickr) Sure, it's a classic pizza topping joke, but today in Redondo Beach, extra anchovies are a real problem. Millions of the dead fish were found this morning floating up to the surface, says the Daily Breeze, and with the sun warming up the area, officials are scurrying to get rid of them, while trying to determine what killed...

Photo by NJ Tech Teacher via Flickr How do you solve a problem like fraud? Thanks to the FBI, the cause of the problem for a group of nuns bilked of over a quarter million dollars, has surrendered, according to the Department of Justice. Linda Rose Gagnon, 57, of Tustin, is accused of three counts of wire fraud. The injured party is the U.S. Province of the Religious of Jesus and Mary, Inc., a...

Photo via Public School 612 on Facebook School's in, and the curriculum is beer and food. Public School 612 is poised to open up in Downtown tomorrow, and the new brew-centric eatery and watering hole is backed by the dining industry savvy of Grill Concepts, as in the folks who bring us The Grill on the Alley and the Daily Grill. The brains behind the beer, however, is local talent Hallie Beaune, one half...

The California Highway Patrol and the Los Angeles County Cornoner's office are working to piece together a troubling case this morning, after a dead body was discovered on the 10 Freeway, according to the LA Times. The body was first spotted "in the middle lanes of the 10 Freeway near Crenshaw Boulevard" at around 3:35 this morning, and reported to the CHP. While on the freeway, an estimated minimum of 20 vehicles struck the...

Photo by ˜db˜ via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr A Downtown collision yesterday ended with the suspect fleeing the scene, only he didn't do it in his car, and he didn't do it on foot. Following a crash between a vehicle heading west on Seventh Street and one heading south on Alvarado, the driver of the westbound car took off...by hopping on the bus, according to the Daily Breeze. The accident took...

"Rango" courtesy Paramount Pictures "Rango," the animated tale of chameleon's quest to "find himself" finally knocked the pirouetting horror show of "Black Swan" out of the top of the box office over the weekend, but a promotion associated with the animal-friendly film has some enemies in the form of an animal rights group. PETA is raising objections to PetSmart, the national pet store chain, for their "Rango" promo, which is offering shoppers $10 off...

Photo by shrff via Flickr We were among the local publications who were pretty stoked to hear the Angel City Brewery would be setting up a beer and art garden across from their new DTLA digs this weekend. We were also the recipient of a handful of chagrined emails and Tweets from beer and fun loving people who showed up at the spot...only to find no Beer Garden in sight. There was no inclination...

A former NFL player for the Raiders has been charged, along with two others, for the 2008 murder of a Lancaster man. Anthony Wayne Smith, 43, played as defensive end for the Raiders between 1991 and 1998. At the time of the crime, Smith lived in Marina del Rey. Smith, along with Charles Eric Honest, 41, of Los Angeles, and Dewann Wesley White, 32, of Bloomington, were charged last month with murdering 31-year-old Maurilio Ponce on Oct. 7, 2008.

A budget memo released today by the City Controller's office indicates that there are 18 City Departments on track to be a combined $31.9 million over their current budgeted salary appropriation by the end of the fiscal year 2010-2011. Of the 18 whose salary budgets have a shaky short-term future, the two largest trouble spots are the Police ($10,036,231 projected shortfall) and the City Attorney ($9,395,486 projected shortfall). Those amounts are considered "potential year-end...

The Los Angeles Police Department have released information regarding two planned Sobriety and License checkpoints for this weekend. Tonight they will be set up in Pacoima near the I-5 and 118 Freeway interchange on Van Nuys Boulevard between Laurel Canyon and Remick Avenue from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday, the LAPD plan to run a checkpoint in Baldwin Hills on La Brea Avenue between Rodeo Road and Exposition Boulevard from 8 p.m. -...

Photo by jasonawhite via Flickr Officials in Santa Ana are calling the marijuana growing operation they busted yesterday "the largest and most high-tech" they've ever encountered, according to the OC Register. In a facility of 6,000 square feet, the warehouse in the southeast part of the city had been "capable of producing more than $120,000 worth of marijuana every six weeks." The bust came a week after an anonymous tip about the pot operation....