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Last night an armed man tore things up at Rose Hills Cemetery in Whittier when he carjacked an employee on the property and flipped the stolen vehicle during the ensuing police pursuit, says the LA County Sheriff's Department. The 25-year-old male Hispanic suspect was armed with a semi-automatic handgun when he entered Rose Hills, driving a red Explorer. His sister contacted the authorities to let them know her brother "had been drinking and he...

Democratic US Congresswoman Jane Harman is resigning her post, and "will take over as director of the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington," says the Washington Post. Harman, 65, who "represents a Democratic-safe district is suburban Los Angeles, including Redondo Beach, Torrance and Carson," was first elected to the House in 1992, and after a losing bid for Governor, reclaimed the seat in 2000, notes the AP.

Photo by Open Air Control Testing Ground via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr If you look both ways before crossing the street today near the Blue Line Station at Willow Street and Long Beach Boulevard, you're probably going to see a bunch of motorcycle cops from the Long Beach PD lying in wait to nab traffic and pedestrian offenders. It's part of a crackdown that got underway after 7 a.m. this morning...

Congresswoman Jane Harman has just announced she will resign her seat in California's 36th District, and now Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn is poised to announce her intent to run to replace her, says the City Maven. Hahn, who reps the City's 15th District, lost a bid last year for lieutenant governor; she was handily defeated by Gavin Newsom in the primary. Harman has yet to give a date for her resignation; Gov....

A man walked into a police station and admitted he used a saw to cut up his mother, and the body parts were stashed in their apartment freezer, according to LA Now. 18-year-old Moises Meraz-Espinoza of Maywood made his shocking revelation at a Huntington Park police station on Friday, and today the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says they are investigating the case. Authorities "confirmed that the body parts were found in the freezer,"...

Award-winning CBS Radio broadcaster Jack Popejoy died yesterday at his home in Sherman Oaks, reports CBS2. Popejoy was 63. Born in Austin, Texas, in 1947, Popejoy came to Southern California in the 1970s. "In 1972 he was hired as a weekend DJ, then weekday announcer for KIIS, eventually becoming the program director. In 1976 he started as a newscaster at KPOL AM & FM. A year later, as the program director, he changed KPOL-FM’s call letters to KZLA."

Photo by LA Wad via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Sorry Team Fresh & Easy. And sorry Team Trader Joe's. Your cries for an affordable, trendy, eco-slanted grocery store in the stead of the vacated Hows at the Commons in NoHo will go unanswered. A new tenant is prepping the space for move-in, and the only bring-your-own bag you'll need to tote there is the one filled with your tennis shoes and...

Australian authorities have in custody a Peruvian man thought to be the "Rico Suave" bandit who is "wanted in a series of hotel room burglaries in Los Angeles," says KTLA. 44-year-old Hernan Antonio Birones-Castillo is thought to be responsible for a series of thefts in L.A. that "targeted a Mexican soccer, an Israeli basketball team, and a billionaire couple from Florida in town for the Oscars," in 2010....

Oliver working with kids in Huntington, West Virginia, in the first season of his show (ABC / Holly Farrell) Chef and food revolutionary Jamie Oliver has had his filming permit revoked for shooting segments of his ABC reality show "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution" at the Los Angeles Unified School District's charter West Adams Prep, reports the LA Times. Oliver made his way into West Adams after being initially categorically denied access to the LAUSD...

Photo by 888bailbonds/Flickr District Attorney Steve Cooley went on the record today in opposition of Governor Jerry Brown's proposed budget because he believes a provision for transferring "thousands of convicted felons and parolees to county custody and supervision threatens the safety of citizens." The proposal is part of an effort to re-align state services and programs in order to reduce spending. With Los Angeles County jails already overcrowded, Cooley believes that "up to 9,000...

Photo via PostSecret on Facebook This week, Californians had their first chance to order up an iced tea or coffee at Starbucks and supersize it. The new Trenta cold beverage size, all 31 ounces of liquid insanity (more fluid than the average human stomach can hold), has, however, a great recyclable use: Wine holder. We spotted this pic via PostSecret on Facebook, demonstrating that a Trenta cup can hold a full bottle of wine....

Editors from The Onion will be at UCLA Live at Royce Hall on Feb. 10 The world of deadpan satire and journalism will collide onstage in person next week, as UCLA Live presents a biting discussion on the state of media, politics and pop culture from the purveyors of America’s leading source of news satire, The Onion. The sure-to-be-lively event happens Thursday February 10th, 2011, at Royce Hall, and we are giving away four...