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Wilcox in October 2010 (Photo by Tom Andrews/LAist) He played a California Highway Patrol officer in the 1970s TV show CHiPs, but lately actor Larry Wilcox, 63, has been on the other side of the law. Wilcox was sentenced today to three years of probation, 500 hours of community service, and a fine of $100 for conspiring to commit securities fraud, according to the AP. Charges were filed against Wilcox in October 2010 for...

Photo by CarbonNYC via Flickr Last week the LAPD mounted one of the largest manhunts in recent history in the attempt to apprehend a burglary suspect who shot and wounded a LAUSD police officer stationed outside El Camino Real High School in the West Valley. Tonight, however, the authorities have arrested that officer, Jeffrey Stenroos, on charges he filed a false report. It turns out: There was no gunman. The investigation into the case...

Photo by oybay © via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Google is making a big move in Los Angeles, and announced yesterday that they are "leasing more than 100,000 square feet of office space in three buildings, including the famed Binoculars Building" in Venice, according to the LA Times. The internet search engine giant is making the move as part of a "major expansion" in SoCal, and could signal the establishment of...

Forget mules, or clever vehicle stashes! Marijuana smugglers have turned to a catapult to get drugs from Mexico into the US. A 3-yard tall catapult was found "about 20 meters (20 yards) from the U.S. border on a flatbed towed by a sports utility vehicle," in Mexico south of Arizona, and surveillance video shows people lobbing packages across the International Border fence, reports the AP. "The catapult was capable of launching 2 kilograms (4.4...

TMZ is reporting that actor Charlie Sheen was "taken out of his home on a stretcher and loaded into an ambulance at 7 AM." Sheen was reportedly taken to Cedars-Sinai Hospital for an as-yet unknown condition. The celeb gossip site says that Sheen was taken out of the house with "a towel partially over his face," and that "two young women" accompanied him out. Another gossip site, Hollyscoop, says that they've been told by...

Photo by toastycakes via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Hollywood's long-running Cinespace is calling it curtains on its tenure as a Boulevard bastion of music, lounge-ing, and screenings next month. The official announcement came via Facebook, reports Downtown Lobby, who note that the "Hollywood venue was a destination for bands and artists like Uffie, The Editors, Kid Cudi, Digitalism, The Presets, Boys Noize and Friendly Fires to get their start, especially through...

Some of the "Grim Sleeper" photos (Screenshot/LAPD) "Grim Sleeper" suspect Lonnie Franklin, Jr., may have two more victims linked to him, following Los Angeles Police Department investigations stemming from the release of nearly 200 photographs found in his home, according to LA Now. Both cases, involving the murders of two women, are from the 1990s, however detectives are not offering additional information, saying the cases remain under investigation. This is the first time the...

Photo by stevendepolo via Flickr Comparing themselves--favorably!--to one of the nation's largest mass-producers of packaged food products, Taco Bell got the word out this morning via an email from parent company Yum! Brands' PR department that the lawsuit filed alleging their beef isn't so...beefy is as full of crap as the suit says their beef is. Says Greg Creed, President and Chief Concept Officer of Taco Bell Corp.: “At Taco Bell, we buy our...

Sure, there are tons of things like Vitameatavegamin out there to perk you up. But if you're really "listless" and think it's depression, LA County's Health pros say "Get help!" Feeling a little down, Los Angeles? You're not alone--alarmingly so. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health says that there has been a significant increase in the percentage of adults who said that they have been diagnosed as depressed, according to a release...

In today's Extra, Extra we've got a really big lizard, Kentucky Fried maggot, a lack of quorum, and "The Mysterious Case of the Disappearing Bush," plus other news bites of the day. Bonus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.

There's been a flurry of activity on Beverly Boulevard as the former Grace spot is in its final stages of being transformed into Chef John Rivera Sedlar's latest project, Playa. We're told they're prepping for an opening on or around February 4th. Sedlar previewed some of the menu back in September during a stint at Test Kitchen; the concept is a slightly more casual Latin eatery than his Downtown Rivera.

In today's better late than never Extra, Extra we've got a grandkid hittin' grandma with a bat, "Foodie Time," a few impending IOU's, and more news bites of the day. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.