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Photo by Salina Canizales via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Blogdowntown has posted their list of picks for 12 great bars in DTLA where you can imbibe without inflicting pain...on your budget. They've compiled a list that spotlights lesser-known watering holes and great specials on offer at some popular spots. You can get your "Budget Buzz" on with fellow spots enthusiasts at Big Wangs, at longtime favorite bars like the Golden Gopher...

Light traffic on the 101 Freeway in Hollywood | Photo by Mark Luethi via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr Crenshaw High went into lockdown mode this afternoon after a shooting occurred near campus. Neither victims were students there, and the campus dismissed school on time. An alleged shoplifter led authorities on a car chase that began in Mission Viejo and ended in Sherman Oaks. Pop star Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine, has filed suit against...

Photo by Citoyen du Monde Inc via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr LAUSD teachers protested this afternoon outside the LA Times, prompting LA Now to ask its readers "Are L.A. teachers right to protest The Times over evaluation database?" The cops captured the man the FBI calls the "balding bandit"...and it wasn't during a "Hair Club for Men" meeting, either. Comedian and TV personality Bill Maher received his star on the Walk...

Loera (LAPD) Today the Los Angeles Police Department released the name and photo of the suspect in the July murder of a Valley Village woman whose apartment was set on fire. The LAPD named 34-year-old parolee Omar Armando Loera as the suspect in the murder of 34-year-old Cheree Osmanhodzic. Osmanhodzic was killed in her home after her boyfriend left the premises to run an errand. When he returned he found a man inside the...

A car fitted with a similar boot (Photo by quinn.anya via Flickr) In what is being called a prank, an LAPD squad car was fitted with a boot, used to penalize drivers for excessive parking violations, yesterday while parked outside the criminal courts building in Downtown, reports LA Now. The "Denver boot" was put on the vehicle Monday afternoon while the officers were in court. "Authorities said they did not know how or when...

Photo by plastic palace alice via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr A 59-year-old man in Kentucky has been arrested for the 1988 murders of an Apple Valley couple. Officials are cracking down on food distributions that take place on Skid Row. Check out some photos of a large leopard shark caught off Seal Beach. The LAPD held a celebration last night to honor a century of women in law enforcement. SAG and...

Photo by RobeRt Vega via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Why were four unmatched ladies' shoes left beneath the attic floor of the Workman House in the City of Industry? Headline of the day goes to the OC Register: "Human pickle kicked from the curb." The body of a woman found in Kaui might be that of a missing Rancho Santa Margarita woman. Beverly Hills, 90210 had its 9-02-10 day. See how...

Photo by R. E. ~ via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Salsa might be a ubiquitous condiment here in Southern California, but with so many varieties, styles, and techniques, no two bowls are alike. LAist Featured Photos pool contributor R.E. ˜ was utterly enchanted by the salsas she found at Mexicali Taco [Twitter] which is at 1st and Beaudry in Downtown. She says: I am absolutely in love with the amazing homemade...

The flags on the lawn at Pepperdine 9/11/2009; they are in place again this year for the public to see (Photo by denisetaylor☼ via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr) There are several events taking place today around Los Angeles to remember the 9th anniversary of 9/11. Prayer services, flag raising, and candlelight vigils are happening all over Southern California. MyFoxLA has a full listing of area of events, many of which are...

via Ciudad It's the last days of Ciudad, the Downtown Latin American restaurant owned by the popular chefs known as the "Too Hot Tamales," Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken. But the gals aren't closing up shop; instead they're turning their urban eatery into a second local full-service Border Grill. Feniger says with the changeover they'll "get to mix the fun energy of our Santa Monica location with Ciudad's cosmopolitan vibe." Adds Milliken: "We're...

Photo by stephenfalk via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Rene Sajid Munoz has been sentenced to 227 years to life in state prison for murdering his girlfriend and firing shots at the Glendale police officers during the ensuing standoff, according to the Daily News. Judge John S. Fisher called the crime a "horrible killing," and refused the proposed motion to give Munoz a new trial on the grounds that his had not...

Two teenagers are dead and a third has been hospitalized after the trio were struck by a Metrolink train in Mission Viejo, according to cbs2. "Metrolink train 603 heading from Oceanside to Los Angeles struck three people on tracks under the Alicia Parkway overcrossing at 6:06 a.m.," agency spokeswoman Angie Starr told the press. Two died on scene, and the third, a female, was "hospitalized for moderate injuries," noted Orange County Fire Authority spokesman...