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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.

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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...

Sometimes you just have to act the part to get the job done. At least that's what seems to have happened at the Haven gastropub in the city of Orange yesterday, when a couple of guys dressed as maintenance men strolled in and helped themselves to the venue's ATM, according to ABC7. Using a dolly, the duo took the full-sized machine right before the customers' eyes. "Who are we to question them or ask...

Photo by Caveman 92223 via Flickr As of the start of the new year, medical marijuana dispensaries will be banned in unincorporated Los Angeles County, according to the Daily Breeze. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted today to approve the ban by 4-1; their "formal adoption of the ordinance barring the outlets was expected, given a 4-1 vote in favor of the ban two weeks ago." A ban has been in the...

Elizabeth Edwards, the former wife of onetime Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards has lost her six-year-long battle with cancer, according to WRAL. Yesterday her family shared the news that Edwards, 61, had returned to her North Carolina home and was stopping treatment, after learning her cancer had spread to her liver, and that further treatment would be futile. Edwards died at her Chapel Hill home. She had first been diagnosed with breast cancer as...

The Beverly Hills Police Department. Officials say there's no violent crime trend in the area that the Chasen crime belongs to. (Photo by Chris_Lott via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr) When it comes to the mystery shrouding the shooting death of Ronni Chasen, sometimes what seems like a rumor is in fact a rumor. Yesterday The Daily Beast published a piece based on an exclusively-obtained email and unconfirmed reports that detailed crimes...

Photo by Joe in DC via Flickr Authorities in Pasadena have arrested three more men in conjunction with a melee in the Rose Bowl parking lot that preceded Saturday night's USC versus UCLA football game, according to LA Now. The three suspects, Arthur Cisneros, 25; Anthony Cisneros, 22; and Akira Cisneros, 24, all of Winnetka, were brought in Monday night on "suspicion of attempted murder." The three men's father, Arutro Cisneros, was arrested at...

Photo by denisetaylor☼ via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Not that the University of California wants to scare the crap out of us or anything but they'd like us to know this: "Foreign pests are eating their way through our national forests, destroying majestic scenery and costing taxpayers millions of dollars." Before you grab your rifle and head to the US-Mexico border, know that these "foreign pests" are insects, of which there...

Photo by Adrian Miles © via Flickr Authorities are turning to the public to help nab a suspect in a fatal hit-and-run that happened last week in the Rampart area. The LAPD are looking for the driver of a red Honda Civic or Prelude that struck a man who was walking southbound in the east crosswalk of Carondelet Street at about 8:35 p.m. on Tuesday, November 30th. The victim, 32-year-old Felix Gonzalez, was struck...

One of the towers in June 2010 (Photo by R.E.˜ via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr) Emblazoned with vibrant, cheery colors and eye-catching patterns, Los Angeles County's lifeguard towers have now been returned to their basic blues, marking an official, albeit calendar-challenged, end to the "Summer of Color." Last month the patterned panels, all of which had been hand-painted in the spring by volunteers as part of a large-scale public art project,...

Who shot Jeffrey Tidus? It's the Rolling Hills Estates' contemporary whoodunit akin to TV's "Who shot JR?" plotline. One year after lawyer Jeffrey Tidus was shot and killed in his own driveway, the case continues to confound detectives, according to the Daily Breeze. Tidus was shot in the head the morning of December 7th, 2009, as he retrieved his laptop from his car. He was ambushed by an assailant hiding in the early morning darkness. " Nobody, from family members to investigators, knows why."