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Lindsay William-Ross/LAist Ever wonder what the best music is for making cupcakes? How about what music goes best with being a part of the cupcake craze? Sprinkles owner Candace Nelson trades her spatula for headphones as the next local name to take a spin in KCRW's Gust DJ Project. The cupcake maven's taste in music is a little like her bakery's famous product, fun and sweet. “I really like to keep things positive and...

LA's mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, was among the 18 politicians who issued statements yesterday in support of President Barack Obama's decision to extend what are commonly referred to as the "Bush tax cuts," according to MyFoxLA. A number of other Democrats issued statements about Obama's decision, however they were in opposition, including one from California Democratic Party Chair John Burton, who called for his party members to "stand up to the political terrorism of the Republicans in the United States Senate."

Authorities believe they have found the body of missing hiker Michelle Yu in the Fish Fork area of the Angeles National Forest, according to KTLA. Yu, an experienced hiker, had been missing since Monday. Yu likely made it to the summit during her Mt. Baldy hike, and then fell to her death

Photo by VirtualEm via Flickr It was just three years ago when we bemoaned the lack of Chick-fil-A in Los Angeles proper. And it only took until this August to put an end to what many saw as a tragic hole in our fast-food culture, when the first Chick-Fil-A in the city of Los Angeles opened on the USC campus. Now it's been confirmed: Chick-Fil-A is going Hollywood! Squid Ink has the vitals on...

Women exercising and relaxing at Anaheim Hills' Toyon Park have been finding sexually explicit photos left on the trail and on their parked cars, according to ABC7. One woman describes returning to her vehicle after working out to find a set of photos of male genitalia left on her windshield; her friend reports finding more of the same strewn along the popular running trail.

Photo by Greg Lilly Photos via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr In a move that will ideally save schools and parents money, the Metro Board voted today to approve a measure that will allow "students from public and private schools in Los Angeles County to ride Metro for free to and from school-sanctioned field trips and activities during non rush-hour periods," says Metro in an emailed release. Metro hopes that by granting...

Will the 710 ever get connected to the 210? (Photo by Too Much Fire via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr) During their monthly meeting, The Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council "voted unanimously against the proposed construction of a toll tunnel from Mt. Washington to Glassell Park that would connect the 710 freeway to the 210 freeway," according to Eagle Rock Patch. The ERNC went on record as saying the proposed tunnel would "decimate...

A week after the suicide of the man considered a "person of interest" in the Ronni Chasen murder, the Beverly Hills Police Department is saying that the gun recovered from that scene is the same one that was used in the publicist's fatal shooting, according to LA Now. Harold Smith killed himself in front of authorities who had arrived at his Hollywood apartment hotel to speak with him about the Chasen killing. "The Beverly...

Photo by Mark Luethi via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr If you happen to have spotted a plume of smoke in the vicinity of Los Angeles International Airport in the very early morning hours today, rest assured our massive travel hub is safe. Today and tomorrow the Los Angeles Fire Department is expected to conduct a set of federally mandated "live fire" training exercises, explains the LAFD blog. The training site at...

Photo by CarbonNYC via Flickr A housekeeper at a Downtown hotel made a gruesome discovery in the room belonging to a Pennsylvania couple, according to LA Now, and now the pair are "wanted in the slaying and dismemberment of a Hollywood man" whose body was dismembered into several parts and the pieces stashed inside the room. The LAPD and the LA District Attorney are searching for Edward Garcia Jr., 36, and his wife, Melissa...

The HFM shared information that counters what was initially reported about the upcoming weeks of the market and the challenges they face under a new city ordinance regarding street closures. Read more here. The popular weekly Hollywood Farmers' Market will continue, and remain the same size, after a temporary solution was created Monday to keep vendors participating but allow one local business access to their parking structure.

Photo courtesy Bakelab If you've got a relative or co-worker whose home-baked holiday goodies take the cake at every gathering, there's no need to be green with envy--or food coloring--any longer. Sweeten up your December Saturdays with classes at Bakelab, and learn how to decorate cupcakes, or make fun holiday treats. Saturday, December 11th: Cupcake Decorating They'll provide the cupcakes and housemade eggnog, and teach you how to do stuff like pipe icing like...