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Photo by Nomadiq Miles © via Flickr A standoff at a Hollywood apartment building lasting about four hours came to an end shortly after 7 this morning with a homicide suspect taken into custody, according to LA Now. The suspect, a man whose identity has not been released, barricaded himself inside the building located in the 6500 block of Hollywood Boulevard. Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department arrived on scene at around 3...

Mmm, Donut Ice Cream! (Photo by Zach Behrens/LAist) Things didn't go so well the first time around for the Santa Monica Food Truck Lot, but the weekly Tuesday evening operation is back and on a roll again since October, now in the parking lot of the California Heritage Museum. Last week, says the Santa Monica Daily Press, of the 7 trucks present, "the clear winner of the night was the Lobstatruck [sic]." You'll have...

For a while here in LA they were as ubiquitous among the crunchy granola set as Uggs on bare-legged teens in short skirts at The Grove, and now Crocs have been caught in a dirty lie, reports TreeHugger. They said their shoes, made of PCCR, were "antimicrobial." And, oops, they aren't. "After discovering the false claim, the EPA has told the company pay $230,000 'to resolve cases involving unsubstantiated antimicrobial claims for several types...

One agitated pedestrian is learning the pain of road rage after accidentally shooting himself in the leg during a confrontation on a Hawthorne Street. 21-year-old Dennis Vilchis of L.A. attempted to pull his handgun from his waistband to brandish at a motorist who didn't stop for his street-crossing Sunday morning "near the intersection of Prairie Avenue and El Segundo Boulevard," but wound up firing at his own thigh. Vilchis was listed in serious condition;...

Who knew golf carts were such a hot bed of controversy, as well as a microcosm for the perils of local government? After 40 years of operation by J.H. Kishi Co., the golf cart rental biz on municipal golf courses in Los Angeles is now being run by the City, and things are getting off to a rocky start, according to the Daily News.

Brown takes the oath of office (Photo by ericgarcetti via Twitpic) Everything old is new again today in Sacramento, as California officially has a new Governor, the 34th re-inaugurated as the 39th, as Jerry Brown took the oath of office in front of a cheering crowd of dignitaries and supporters. "It's a sacred and special ritual," said Brown of his inauguration during his post-oath speech. Brown noted that the occasion was made more special...

Sasha Rodriguez (Family photo) The family of teenager Sasha Rodriguez have filed a $5 million claim against the management of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, alleging the venue's operators were negligent in permitting the Electric Daisy Carnival to happen on public property, according to the LA Times. The claim, filed on December 23, 2010, states that the Coliseum knew the event would attract not only illicit and illegal activity, but would also draw an...

The Los Angeles Police Department are investigating the death of a motorist who, along with her passenger, were involved in a solo vehicle crash near Westmoreland Avenue and 7th Street. The victim, a 64-year-old Los Angeles woman, crashed her vehicle into a steel gate and concrete pillar at about 1:40 p.m. on Wednesday, December 29, 2010. The accident has been attributed to the driver traveling at a high rate of speed on Westmoreland; investigators...

A portion of the Pacific Coast Highway west of Malibu will remain closed, possibly until Friday, according to Malibu Patch. "The nine-mile stretch from Neptune's Net at Yerba Buena Road to Las Posas Road had been expected to reopen Monday at 6 p.m., but the weekend rain has prevented this from happening." The segment of PCH has been closed since December 18th, though was briefly opened on the 28th. The California Highway Patrol continues...

A mobile billboard on Fulton Avenue in Sherman Oaks (Zach Behrens/LAist) Following the turn of the calendar page to January 1, 2011, one of the new state laws to go into effect sees to it that local governments have the authority to have mobile billboards driven off the streets, and, locally, the focus is on the blighted San Fernando Valley, where those parked and hitched ads are the scourge of many a block. The...

Kamala Harris, California Attorney General This afternoon, Kamala D. Harris became an elected official of many firsts as she took her oath and assumed to office of California Attorney General. "I am deeply humbled by the trust you have placed in me and I will never forget it is you, the People of California, whom I serve," Harris said in her post-oath speech. Harris' journey to the AG's office included a nail-biter see-saw of...

Snow falling January 2, 2011 in Lancaster (Photo by Charlie Essers via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr) If your iPhone alarm didn't fail you this morning, you probably woke up as scheduled to a gloomy-skied Monday, with some lingering rain. The rain, which was falling with the spirit of Rainpocalypse 2010 reborn as Rainpocalypse 2011 for most of yesterday, won't stick around though, and Southern California is expected to go back to...