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Antonovich Joining the many politicians, officials, and leaders issuing statements about this afternoon's ruling that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional is Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich, who says that "activist" Judge Vaughn R Walker's decision is a form of judicial tyranny. In an statement distributed by email, Antonovich shares his position: ANTONOVICH SAYS ACTIVIST JUDGE OVERTURNING PROPOSITION 8 EVIDENCE OF JUDICIAL TYRANNY: “To address the issues raised by the courts, Proposition 8 was...

Photo by jvoves via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Yes, this was actually up for discussion: Restaurant owners on Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica may decide on their own when it's the right time to use curtains. Tough times for office space in Glendale; vacancy is at 21.8%. The famous Old Glory tree in Santa Clarita is still thriving in its new home. And from a tree to a flower, an update...

Boeing has announced they will be packing up and heading out of their Long Beach offices in favor of Oklahoma City, and the move will cost 800 jobs, according to the LB Post. Of the 800 jobs, 550 are positions that will be moved to Oklahoma City, while the remaining 250 will simply be eliminated. That loss deals "a major blow to the local aerospace industry," says the Chief Economist of the Los Angeles...

The remains of missing 17-year-old Anyssia Katherine Escamilla were found yesterday at a Corona landfill, according to LA Now. Escamilla was reported missing in May, but soon after her boyfriend, 18-year-old Jesus Avitia Jr., claimed he had killed her and put her body in the trash. Since his admission, "Avitia has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and is being held on $2-million bail." The remains were found after a 70-day search...

L.A. City Councilmember Richard Alarcon, who has been accused of not living in the area for which he was elected as representative, has been indicted by an L.A. County grand jury on 18 felony charges, according to the Press-Telegram. Alarcon and his wife could potentially face prison time "if convicted of perjury, voter fraud and other allegations." When faced with allegations he did not reside in the Panorama City home he used as his...

Compost (Photo by normanack via Flickr) Gardeners swear by their homegrown concoctions of compost, made from food scraps turned into nutrients that feed the fruits, veggies, and flowers they grow. With so much food waste going into the trashcan and not back into the earth, though, the opportunity to create compost often gets wasted along with the garbage that chokes landfills. 600 single-family homes in Santa Monica located north of Montana Avenue have been...

Photo by drew... via Flickr Officials in Los Angeles are keeping an eye on a controversial vote pending within San Francisco's city supervisors that could see to it a fee is added to the price of alcohol in order to help deal with the issue of alcoholism, according to NPR. The "nickel a drink" fee would be levied on wholesalers, producers, and retailers, and would go towards supplementing waning city budgets for public health...

Photo by denisetaylor☼ via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr After public outcry about safety concerns on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has added a motorcycle deputy to patrol the area, reports the Santa Monica Daily Press. The newly-assigned deputy is there to focus principally on speeding, because that is the chief cause of accidents on the busy roadway. So far, there have been an additional...

Plate by Plate's 2009 event (Photo courtesy Project by Project) For the eighth year, Project by Project, which is a national volunteer-run Asian Pacific American non-profit organization, is hosting their Plate by Plate benefit, which is a food and wine tasting event that brings together premiere chefs, spirits, and wineries all for a good cause, the Health Justice Network. The goal of the Health Justice Network is to "advance the right to quality healthcare...

RIP Google Wave. It's time to say farewell, though many of us hardly knew ye. Google has announced they're pulling the plug onthe internet giant's attempt to turn your inbox into something as loud and theoretically interactive as a college dorm's bulletin board. Said Google senior VP Urs Holzle of the web app's demise: "Wave has not seen the user adoption we would have liked." Initially predicted to "kill" your e-mail or Facebook usage,...

Photo by Lucyrk in LA via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr The brush fire that broke out near Calabasas City Hall grew to 12 acres but was quickly put out by firefighters. Authorities and relatives are perplexed by the mysterious fatal shooting of a woman, 7 months pregnant, in her car in Leimert Park. Uh oh: TMZ says Khloe Kardashian owes the state of California over $18k in back taxes. The tale...

via LASD Actress Lindsay Lohan is expected to be released from jail soon, possibly even today, according to KTLA. Once she leaves the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood she must report to a rehab facility within 24 hours, as ordered by Judge Marsha Revel the day Lohan surrendered to the court in Beverly Hills. She is likely to go to Morningside Recovery in Newport Beach, which Revel endorses and expects to be tougher...