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The 17-year-old father of a 5-month-old son was shot and killed yesterday by Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies in Palmdale following an Amber Alert and a violent pursuit. Authorities issued the alert following word the infant was abducted from his caregiver by the suspect, Christopher Earl Glass. The LASD explain that during the initial kidnapping investigation, the suspect contacted the baby's mother by phone and told her he would harm the child, Christopher Earl...

A pair of masked and armed burglars tunneled their way into a Downtown L.A. jewelry store and made off with an estimated over $3 million in merchandise, say the LAPD. The heist took place between 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on February 19th at a store located on the the 600 block of South Broadway. During the robbery, the suspects went through the store and systematically emptied the cases of high-priced jewelry. Surveillance video...

Residents of Pasadena will face a strict watering ban as part of an anticipated Level 4 Water Shortage Emergency this month while a major regional water pipeline is temporarily shut down. Between March 18th and 27th, Pasadena will be relying solely on their groundwater and reserves while the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) implements a planned seismic retrofit of the F.E. Weymouth Water Treatment Plant in LaVerne.

Photo by MizGingerSnaps via Flickr Excavation began yesterday in Lomita at the Thyme Contemporary Cafe, which is owned by David Viens, as authorities look for the body of Viens' wife Dawn, missing for 16 months. Officials say they expect the dig to take some time, according to LA Now, and they believe she is buried beneath the property. When David Viens hurled himself off a cliff side in Rancho Palos Verdes last week, he...

Whatcha doin' this Wednesday night? If you are in need of some last minute plans, we've got some opportunities to meet up and talk, drink, eat, and learn. Is the physical book dead? What's up with Hollywood Fringe Festival? Where can you taste over 40 wines from Paso Robles? See what we've got for you to Pencil In...

Notorious for its revolving door of megawatt kitchen talent, West Hollywood's Bastide announced yesterday that their new Executive Chef is Sydney Hunter III, who has been at the French restaurant since January. Hunter's local trajectory is storied: he began at L'Orangerie in 2002, was a sous chef at Bastide until 2008, then took charge at Fraiche in Santa Monica, and has been seen of late popping up in the kitchen in support of Chef Ludo Lefebvre at LudoBites.

Out of an attempt to make use of all the data logged into social networking application Foursquare comes this fun bit of global info. To test how their wealth of data is stored and sorted, Foursquare took a look at the number of tips left at venues that contain a swear word. The result is a ranking deemed a list of the 20 "Rudest Cities" according to Foursquare. And where the #$%&@! does Los...

Actress Jane Russell, a sex symbol on the silver screen in Hollywood's golden era, has died. She was 89. Russell was born in 1921, and grew up in here in the San Fernando Valley, getting an early taste of the acting bug performing onstage at Van Nuys High School. Russell's breakout role came in 1941 with the controversial Billy Wilder film The Outlaw, which saw a limited release in 1943. The movie faced censorship...

Sheriff's Homicide Bureau detectives are investigating a fatal shooting in Norwalk that appears to be a home invasion robbery centered on marijuana. Authorities were dispatched to the 11100 block of Imperial Highway at 5:38 p.m. Monday, explains a release issued by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. On scene, a 55-year-old Hispanic male who had been shot by an intruder, and his stepson, Ernesto Gutierrez, who witnessed the shooting. According to Gutierrez, the "unidentified...

Photo by via Flickr Thousands of Gmail users found themselves without much of an email account recently, and now Google is stepping up with an explanation, though not all is fixed, says the HuffPo. At fault is "a software bug" that chewed up some account info and emails for 0.02% of their customer, which is "about 40,000 of the service's 200 million accounts," according to CNET. "The good news is that email was never...

Married couple Diane Olson and Robin Tyler, who brought forward the lawsuit that led to gay marriage being legalized in 2008. (Tom Andrews/LAist) While the ultimate fate and legitimacy of California's Propositon 8 remains to be decided, today Attorney General Kamala D. Harris has asked he Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to dismiss its order prohibiting same-sex marriages until the appeal case is resolved. Should Harris' request be granted, California could resume performing...

Photo by i_hate_my_screen_name via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Los Angeles' Broadway Historic Theatre District has been enjoying a revitalization of late, and this year, to observe the centennials of the three oldest remaining historic theatres (The Arcade, The Cameo, and The Palace) in the district, a series of special events under the banner Broadway 100 has been announced. At an event held this morning, attended by Councilmember José Huizar (CD14) and...