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A wrong-way driver on the 91 freeway in Anaheim crashed into the vehicle carrying a young couple in their 20s, according to ABC7, killing them both. The crash, which happened "near the Tustin Avenue onramp shortly before 1 a.m. just east of Harbor Boulevard" after the driver went for "at least several miles" traveling west in the carpool lane of the eastbound side of State Route 91. The wrong-way driver has been identified as...

You've seen the bear every time you've used the Fern Dell entrance to Griffith Park, but have you seen his new look? Someone has knit the bear a sweater, says CurbedLA, which the statue is now rather jauntily sporting, despite our recent heat wave. Just who that someone is remains a delightful mystery, though. The statue, by the way, was a gift from our sister city, Berlin. Anyone been by there lately? Is the...

A particularly delectable way to soak up the booze after a rowdy night out, the Ground Beef and Pickle Taco at Silver Lake's Malo (and now DTLA sib Mas Malo) is one of the restaurant's calling card dishes. Chef Robert Luna dishes with KCET's The Public Kitchen about the origins of this childhood favorite food, and explains how his beloved burger morphed into a beloved taco thanks to a tantrum and his mom's quick...

Photo by filmerp via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Nothing says "Respect" for the rarely intertwined realms of surf culture and African-American civil rights than a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day-themed sale. Unfortunately, the promotion was a total wipeout at Laguna Beach's Thalia Surf Shop, according to CBS2, and yesterday the business issued an apology for their misguided marketing. Using an ad featuring a "digitally altered" image of the slain civil rights...

Graphic via TownMapUSA 27 people affiliated with the Lennox 13 gang have been arrested in an operation employing nearly 500 law enforcement personnel. A raid was conducted this morning as the culmination of an 18-month probe by a joint federal-state team, according to the Department of Justice. "Some of those taken into custody today face federal charges, others will be presented to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office for prosecution on various offenses,...

A "vintage" TAP stand (Photo by ~db~ via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr) From its introduction, Metro's TAP card has had limited functionality, with riders being able to only load long-range passes instead of single-use options like a day pass, or load on cash value for per-use fare deductions. However, the tides are turning--about on par with the turnstiles--and now some machines at Union Station are offering riders the option to put...

Sorry, but man's best friend will need to find another way to see if their pals in Huntington Beach are drunk drivers (Photo by pmarkham via Flickr) Farmville fanaticism, party invites, inane status updates, and embarrassing scans of junior high-era photos are all the ideal fodder for Facebook, but, luckily for people in Huntington Beach who have been charged with multiple DUIs, their photos in a shame campaign are not. So said the City...

Ye Coach & Horses (Zach Behrens/LAist) The septuagenarian Ye Coach and Horses, beloved Hollywood watering hole, closed down for good a few months ago after a prolonged real estate battle, but like most old stars, there's always room for a comeback. The bar, however, won't be coming back in quite the same incarnation, but the new owners, Jared Meisler and Sean Macpherson, are "in the very early planning stages" for the bar's future, according...

A young man died last night after being struck by a Metrolink Train, according to the Daily News. The 19-year-old man, whose name as not been released, was struck at around 8 p.m. on the tracks near Pierce Street and San Fernando Road. "Nobody on the outbound Metrolink train was injured," notes the West Ranch Beacon, adding that LAPD "investigators are trying to determine how he ended up in the train’s path."...

California's just-exited Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's father-in-law, Robert Sargent Shriver, has died, the Sacramento Bee reports. Shriver, father to Maria, had a long political career and is part of the Kennedy family, through his marriage to Eunice Kennedy. He was "the driving force behind the creation of the Peace Corps, and as the Democratic Party's replacement candidate for U.S. vice president [...] during the 1972 U.S. presidential election." Shriver was 95....

British singer-songwriter David Gray is kicking off his "Lost and Found" tour next month, and he'll be making a stop at Royce Hall on March 8th, 2011. We are giving away a pair of tickets to see Gray at Royce Hall to one reader who enters our contest.

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