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Photo by Antanith via Flickr A Pasadena-based ministry with a short-stack of outposts in California and Missouri has had a lawsuit brought against them by a famous Glendale-based pancake restaurant dropped, according to the News-Press. The International House of Pancakes is no longer pursuing a suit accusing the Pasadena International House of Prayer of trademark infringement, and will work out a resolution outside the courtroom in mediation. IHOP (the breakfast-centric one) filed suit against...

Mountain High (Photo by samantha celera via Flickr) There might be chaos down here in Los Angeles, but it was the perfect storm for skiers and snowboarders to take to the slopes in Wrightwood at Mountain High, where all three of the resorts had to stop selling admission at 8:30 this morning, just a half hour after the slopes opened for the day's runs. A Mountain High marketing manager estimated there were at least...

Brigitte Burdine (via Kotaku) The woman who was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver Tuesday night in Playa del Rey has been identified as 48-year-old Brigitte Burdine. Burdine "worked as a casting director on World of Warcraft and Socom 3: U.S. Navy Seals as well as other games," according to G4. Gaming site Kotaku adds: Well known and admired for her work in an industry dominated by male co-workers and consumers, Burdine's games...

Violent, persistent winds began to sweep across the Los Angeles area last night, and will continue through this morning. The northerly winds could reach speeds of 70-80 mph through the I-5 corridor and up to 60 mph in the valleys and Antelope Valley in LA County, according to the National Weather Service.

Suleman. (Screenshot via Radar Online) Nadya Suleman, aka Octomom, said no to an offer in late 2009 from Vivid Entertainment to star in a porno flick, but the adult film company has another proposition on the table that could get the mother of 14 out of debt. While Suleman wouldn't take the $1 million offered by Vivid's Steve Hirsch, she could soon have Hirsch...as her landlord. Facing eviction from her La Habra home after...

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Another local community will have its ins and outs covered daily online via Patch, as Hollywood comes into the fold of networked hyperlocal neighborhood sites today. In today's obligatory "Welcome" post, Editor Anna Bakalis explains: "For Patch, covering Hollywood means not only keeping our elected and government officials in check, but telling stories from the ground up, and through articles and columns, video and photos." Today they've got stories on the permit flap with...

One way to get to know the ins and outs of City Hall politics is to become a City Councilman. And one way to share the insights gained in the process is to write a book. Such is the career path of West Valley-area Councilman Greig Smith (CD 12), who is closing out his term with an "anecdotal" tome published last month called If City Hall's Walls Could Talk, as written up today by...

Cahuenga Corridor restaurant Citizen Smith has closed for good, according to Eater LA. "The restaurant was abruptly shuttered by the court receiver put in place to settle the divorce of current operators Brett and Karina Sulzer. Landlords have already listed the property on LoopNet." The beautiful "junk store-chic" space made (if not much else, alas) great mac and cheese, as we learned during dineLA last year. Watch that space--since the city plans to transform...

Photo by CarbonNYC via Flickr The Los Angeles Police Department have released details about a second arrest made in the murder of an elderly Venice woman that went unsolved for 33 years. The murder case of 80-year-old Alice Lewis, found dead in her home on December 18, 1975, was re-opened in 2009, following the submission of biological evidence for testing via methods not yet available during the original investigation. This DNA evidence linked Dennis...

Photo by intellichick via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr As expected, the rain moved in in the wee Wednesday hours, shrouding the Los Angeles area in an all-too-familiar gray pall teamed up with rainy skies and cold winds. "A half-inch to three-quarters of an inch of rain is expected in coastal areas and valleys of Los Angeles County as the fast-moving, wet part of the system churns through this morning," reports the...

The 24-year-old snowboarder who crashed and died while on the hills in Wrightwood yesterday "was not wearing a helmet at the time of his fatal accident," according to the Daily News. The coroner revealed today that the Fullerton man, whose name has not yet been released, was snowboarding at the Mountain High Resort Monday with an unprotected head.