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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...

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...

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...

Photo by www.voteJoeC.com via Flickr The Los Angeles Police Department are investigating a likely gang-related shooting that claimed the life of a 14-year-old African American boy who was riding his bicycle in the Morningside Park area last night. The shooting occurred at about 7:25 p.m. Wednesday night around Saint Andrews Place and 87th Street. The suspect or suspects approached the teenager and opened fire. The LAPD say that the victim "was hit by the...

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.

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...

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...

Photo by okarol via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr A woman crossing the tracks in Chatsworth last night via a pedestrian walkway was struck and killed by an Amtrak train, reports KTLA. The accident happened at around 8:00 p.m. Wednesday night near 21700 Lassen Street. According to Los Angeles Police Department detective Bill Bustos the woman, whose identity has not been released, "was visiting family from San Francisco," and as part of...

Rum, as all alcohol, is meant for adults. Next year, however, infamous adult star Ron Jeremy is launching his "adult" rum, making him another Johnny-come-lately--or Ronny-come-lately, if you'll indulge--on the celebrity booze scene. Ron de Jeremy, which will be available next month for sale online, is a "well-balanced" 7-year-old Panamanian rum. The "adult" vibe is evident at the very least in its wink-wink description: "The oak comes through robustly and satisfyingly [...] The finish...

In our concrete tangle of SigAlerts and clogged rush hour lanes, the occasional animal-in-traffic story can be noteworthy, especially when it has a happy ending. For the quarter-ton hog who was blocking traffic on D Street in Victorville overnight, life luckily goes on, says KTLA, who describe the distress call logged by San Bernardino county sheriff's deputies from a motorist about the pig who had escaped from a fenced enclosure. The pig was a...

A pedestrian was stuck and killed last night in a hit-and-run in Playa del Rey, according to the Daily Breeze. The victim, a woman thought to be in her 40s, was hit at around 1:50 a.m. this morning. The body was found "lying in the street on Culver Boulevard near Pershing Drive at about 2 a.m.," elaborates ABC7, however she was pronounced dead upon arrival at a local hospital. The driver reportedly fled the...

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...