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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...

Foursquare has launched a new reward for those who frequent farmers' markets. Starting tomorrow (though we know some folks have received one today) if you have "friended" CNN via your Foursquare account you can pick up their "Healthy Eater" badge. No, it's not relative to the size of your appetite; the badge stems from their "Eatocracy" campaign and pops up when you check in at a farmers' market. If you need help finding one,...

For the 17th consecutive year, the OC Register turned to the people who know the OC the best to come up with their list of winners for the "2010 Best of Orange County." Dozens of retail, restaurant, and recreation spaces earned top spots in the six main categories: Arts & Entertainment, Food & Drink, Outdoors, Pets, Places, and Shopping & Services. Naming the top three readers' picks, plus offering a critic's pick, they've created...

Photo by okarol via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Beijing, China--you know, the place that had that 60-mile and 10-day long traffic jam--might be able to teach Los Angeles a few things about traffic, and vice versa. At least that's the plan according to a Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority executive who is planning to team up with someone in a similar role in Beijing on a project "that will lead...

Lohan's September 24th mugshot (LA County Sheriff's Department) Lindsay Lohan spent less than a day in jail after being sent there Friday by a Beverly Hills judge for failing a drug test. The 24-year-old actress was set free late last night after posting $300,000 bail, according to KTLA. Though sentenced to spend 30 days in jail without bail by Judge Elden Fox, a second judge overruled the order. Lohan's release, however, comes with several...

via LASD Actress Lindsay Lohan is going back into court "after failing two court-ordered drug tests and could face at least 30 days in jail," according to KTLA. Lohan, 24, has already admitted in public--via Twitter, natch--that she goofed up, and was prepared to "face the consequences." How about her July 6th courtroom sob-scene as she pledged sincerity to her commitment to shape up and take responsibility for her actions, punishment, and recovery, then?...

Love veggies? Love vegetarians? Express your admiration for those who keep meat out of their diets tomorrow by participating in Hug a Vegetarian Day. Yep, there's an entire day designated (by PETA) for you to open up your arms and embrace those who embrace animal-free eating. Sort of like a hugs-not-BBQ baby back ribs campaign.

Sterling and Draper, styled and drinking (AMC) AMC's smash hit drama Mad Men's fourth season is in full swing, and while the show is set in New York, it's filmed out here. You can sometimes spot where the characters are dining, meeting, shopping or imbibing on the show as a familiar location (Cole's, for example). But if you want to live like a real Mad Man or Madame, the Huffington Post has put together...

The eight men and women arrested in the Bell salary scandal (Photos courtesy L.A. County's Sheriff's Department) As initially rumored, eight former and current employees of the City of Bell were arrested yesterday, booked, and now face arraignment on a variety of corruption charges. The eight inmates, including former City Manager Robert Rizzo, said to be the ringleader, are scheduled to appear in court this morning for arraignment. They are in the Los Angeles...

A motorist who had been driving northbound on the 405 Freeway exited his vehicle, collapsed, and died early this morning, according to the Daily Breeze. The victim stopped his vehicle north of the eastbound 10 Freeway at around 2 a.m. California Highway Patrol responders found the unidentified male on the freeway, bleeding from the mouth. He was pronounced dead on the scene by paramedics. The CHP report that there "were no signs of a...

Photo of a mountain of foam containers in Japan by complexify via Flickr Polystyrene food containers will soon be a thing of the past at buildings and concessions owned or operated by the County of Los Angeles, according to the LA Times. Yesterday the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 in favor of restricting use of the expanded polystyrene containers, typically used for take-out food items. It's not an outright ban, however....

Photo by Keith Skelton - Chiaroscuro Photo Workshops via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr The high school teacher who collapsed and died in his Irvine classroom died of natural causes an autopsy determined. Also in Irvine, there is a 19-year-old making a bid for the city council. 2 LAPD plainclothes officers shoot, and wound, a 16-year-old they say pointed a weapon at them last night in North Hollywood. Attorney General and gubernatorial...