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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...

Students, faculty, and staff at the University of Southern California have dirt-y dreams and vegetable visions for their campus, and for all of Los Angeles. A panel convened yesterday to discuss "The Politics of Food," and how to grow and use food in the local community, reports the Daily Trojan. Among the goals of USC's food service are to implement "tray-less dining," and source more food locally.

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 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...

Photo by August ? via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr You've probably heard that in other parts of the country they are digging out from under massive snow banks and freezing their butts off. Hmm. Bummer, huh? We're enjoying a streak of temps in the low- to mid-60s right now, which is just about average for us. That's why Los Angeles is one of the cities picked by Gawker as a place...

A male volunteer at the Someone Cares Soup Kitchen took a few hits to the face with a metal pipe Monday afternoon, after he stepped in to stop a fight between a female volunteer and a soup-seeking guest, says to the Daily Pilot. Joseph Athelstan Patterson, 61, pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges of "assault with a deadly weapon, battery with serious bodily injury and misdemeanor criminal threats." Patterson allegedly took "a 2-foot piece...

Photo of the Long Beach Convention Center by J. Rossier Photography via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr The annual Women's Conference, grown, promoted, and made successful thanks to the participation of the now-former First Lady of California Maria Shriver, will not be returning to Long Beach in 2011, and, may in fact not be returning at all. Our new First Lady, Anne Brown, said in a statement she "will focus [her] immediate...

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Photo by jorizaga via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Do the drunks make the bar? In Huntington Beach, the city with the most DUI arrests in the state, one bar is now the subject of an investigation because of their "excessive problem with alcohol-related issues spilling over to the city's streets," according to the LA Times. Over a period of 22 months, 72 patrons from the Baja Sharkeez bar were arrested on...

he body of 20-year-old John Taylor "J.T." Skilling was discovered late Tuesday on his bed in his Santa Ana apartment, reports the OC Register. Skilling's father is Jeffrey Skilling, the former CEO of Enron. Friends showed up at Skilling's place when he did not meet them for coffee as planned. Authorities say Skilling, a student at Chapman University, had told his friends he was upset about a recent breakup.

It's more than just a rumor now: Trader Joe's has "filed an application to open on the northwest corner of Third and Fairfax," says CurbedLA, which is in the A.F. Gilmore retail center project. A TJ's in the McKently Malak-designed mid-century modern-style building would make that the third Joe's in the Mid-City West area, including the current one on La Brea, and the one planned for the Caruso project at Burton and San Vicente....