Lindsay William-Ross

Happy 64th birthday, Jeffrey Jones...your gift is three years of formal probation and 250 hours of community service doing roadside cleanup. The Ferris Bueller's Day Off actor was in court in Los Angeles today to enter his plea of guilty for failing to renew his annual registration as a sex offender and to receive his sentence; Jones was arrested in late June. In the initial 2003 case, wherein Jones stood accused of paying a...

A suicide attempt landed a 45-year-old man on the Gold Line tracks after he struck the back of the train, reports the Pasadena Star-News. The man leaped from an overpass at Arroyo Parkway and Holly Street near the Gold Line's Pasadena Memorial Park station at around 6:26 this morning.

Photo by nicadlr via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Are tattoos bad news for Hermosa Beach? The ink you get on your own skin is protected by the First Amendment as free speech, but the City of Hermosa Beach is still looking for ways to contend with their tattoo parlors. After implementing a ban on the businesses, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that such a ban was unconstitutional. "The city's...

The City of Bell's mayor, Oscar Hernandez, was released from Los Angeles County Jail at around 2:30 this morning, reports abc7. Hernandez posted a $250,000 bond in order to be released. Hernandez was among the "Bell 8" arrested on September 21st on charges of corruption. The current and former city employees have been trickling out of custody as they post bail; one condition, however...

Is that restaurant space on the corner of Ivar and Sunset cursed or what? It seems no restaurant can make the Arclight-adjacent spot work. Add BoHo to the growing roster of restaurants who are packing up from that location, reports Eater LA, though this time you can follow the beer-centric eatery to its new digs. BoHo will take over the spot occupied by uWink, where diners could drink and play video games. Once they...

LeFevre shucks oysters at the Water Grill table at the Taste of Beverly Hills (Lindsay William-Ross/LAist) Nothing lasts forever, and for talented chefs, their tenure as head of the kitchen in restaurants not their own can only run so long. From the inbox today comes word that Chef David LeFevre, Executive Chef at Downtown's Water Grill for the past six years, is heading out to open up his own restaurant venture. LeFevre joins the...

Sally Menke, known for her work as Quentin Tarantino's film editor, has been found dead near Griffith Park, reports LA Now. Sally Menke, known for her work as Quentin Tarantino's film editor, has been found dead near Griffith Park, reports LA Now. Menke, in her fifties, was the missing hiker for whom the LAPD searched diligently yesterday evening after friends reported her missing. Her body was found at the bottom of a ravine early this morning in Beachwood Canyon.

A late-night explosion rocked the lobby of a 15-story building on WIlshire at Bixel, igniting a small blaze, according to KTLA. LAFD officials believe the 2:14 a.m. "blast may have been related to record-breaking electricity use during Monday's extreme heat wave." The explosion originated from within an electrical vault located on the first floor of the Samaritan Medical Tower. The blast blew out the front door; most of the surveyed damage seems to be...

Photo by R.E.˜ via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr This weekend's predicted heat wave saw temps soar up into the 90s and 100s in the Los Angeles area, and there is no relief for today or into next week, in fact, Monday's temps could be even hotter. The National Weather Serviced warns that the hot and dry weather will keep its grip on us until mid-week, when we can expect a cooling...

A Westminster homeowner found something unexpected under the bed with the dust bunnies: A naked intruder. "After the homeowner discovered the suspect, the man promptly got dressed and left the house," explains the OC Register. "Police said it appeared he used a ladder to enter the home through a second-story window." The intruder, however, did not remove any items from the home, and the authorities, and the homeowner, aren't sure what the suspect's intentions...

A familiar scene last night in Westlake, but with a different outcome this time: A Los Angeles Police Department officer ordered a knife-wielding person to drop her weapon, and when they didn't comply, the officer fired at her. Unlike September 5th, however, when the LAPD shot and killed Manuel Jamines, a day laborer who was also carrying a knife, last night's suspect, a woman, was shot at with non-lethal bean bag rounds, according to...

Photo by ˜db˜ via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr This heat wave means red flag warnings issued for the mountains in LA and Ventura counties. Did the announcement that the Downtown Art Walk is hanging up its party shoes come too soon? LA Weekly has some insight. The man authorities dubbed the "Dinnertime Bandit" was sentenced 45 years to life in an Orange County courtroom Friday. A Boyle Heights party turned deadly...