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Suleman's La Habra home (AP Photo/Nick Ut) Vegas party hostess? Production assistant for adult films? Probably not the kinds of jobs a mother of 14 seeks out, or gets offered readily, but the latter is the latest offer for "OctoMom" Nadya Suleman, who has had her February mortgage payment paid by Steve Hirsch of porn company Vivid Entertainment, says the Daily Breeze. Still, Suleman, whose brood includes a toddler set of octuplets, refuses to...

The Huntington Beach City Council is being urged to approve a proposed motion to use Facebook to shame those with DUI records, according to the Independent. One Councilman wants to reinvigorate a previously ditched plan for "the Police Department to put up information and the booking photographs of those arrested on suspicion of drinking and driving who has been 'arrested for drunk driving multiple times,'" also known as "habitual drunk drivers." The council will...

Photo by nathanielperales via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Debate was heated yesterday during the Los Angeles City Council meeting as members discussed the proposal to lease city garages in order to stave off worker layoffs and furloughs, and ideally bring revenue into the city's cash-strapped coffers, according to the Daily News. Ultimately the Council agreed to "move forward" with the plan, however "Councilman Bernard Parks, who chairs the city's Budget and...

Rizzo (Huntington Beach PD) Ousted former City Manager for Bell, and the purported ringleader of the corrupt "Bell 8," Robert Rizzo has a new job, as reported by the LA Times' Steve Lopez, who met up with the disgraced civic leader while he worked a shift as a parking lot guard at the International Surfing Museum in Huntington Beach. Rizzo told Lopez he was there as a volunteer. "I enjoy volunteering," he told the...

Photo by nesoxochi via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Five bicyclists learned early this morning there is such a think as the crime of drunk riding as they cruised through Baldwin Hills among a group of 15 riders, and wound up being arrested on suspicion of riding under the influence, according to LA Now. The group of riders were going "the wrong way down La Cienega Boulevard at Stocker Street about 1:30...

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Smokers, and smoking supporters, put a big red circle on your calendar on March 8th, because that's the first day of enforcement for a ban on smoking on outdoor eating areas in the City of Los Angeles. The motion, first introduced in 2008 by Councilman Greig Smith, and seconded by Tom LaBonge, will see to it there will be no second hand smoke with your meal on outdoor patios of establishments where food is served.

Our warming trend isn't immune to an impact from East Coast blizzards today, as a few airlines servicing Los Angeles International Airport have had to cancel or delay flights to destinations on the other side of the country where the snow has descended in full force. Airports affected include New York's Kennedy, New Jersey's Newark and Boston's Logan, according to CBS2.

Knock, knock! A woman who answered her front door in Pasadena yesterday became the victim of theft when the guy on her doorstep snatched the necklace right off her neck, reports the Star-News. Although he fled, the woman gave a description of the perp and his car to the cops, who nabbed him a little while later. 19-year-old Alexander Gutierrez was arrested "on suspicion of strong-armed robbery and his bail was set at $100,000....

Image courtesy FBI It worked for the Grim Sleeper, and now the FBI is turning once again to some big ad space in Los Angeles to help them apprehend Joe Luis Saenz, one of their "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives." A billboard was made visible yesterday near the intersection of Cesar Chavez and Soto Avenues, with information for contacting authorities regarding Saenz. This is the fourth time the FBI have used a billboard in L.A....

Shopping and dining at 7+Fig, as seen in 2008 (Photo by LA Wad via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr) Construction at Downtown's 7+Fig complex that means the arrival of a Target store means that restaurants on the lower level have had to shutter temporarily, leaving local lunch-seeking workers hungry for midday options. Now there are plans between the property and the Southern California Mobile Food Vendors Association (MFVA) to call in the...

Female students at Riverside City College have been warned today about a bathroom lurker who is using his cellphone camera to do some under-stall peeping, according to KTLA. One student describes her de-briefed encounter in the campus's Quadrangle ladies' room to police, indicating that all but one toilet seat in the facility were "covered in urine," forcing her choice of stalls.