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A concert in July 2009 at Pasadena's Levitt Pavilion (Photo by R.E.˜ via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr) The vivacious beats of Latin Jazz, the lively notes of Zydeco, the pounding drums of Taiko, and much more can all be heard as part of a series of 78 free concerts sponsored by Los Angeles County this summer and into fall. Concerts get underway July 8th at public sites all over the county,...

Photo by plastic palace alice via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr A fast-moving brush fire in Murrieta has already consumed over 35 acres and has prompted evacuations in the area. The Thousand Oaks woman suspected of killing aspiring model Juliana Redding reportedly was paid $300, 000 from a colleague of the victim's father. Authorities removed about 19,000 pot plants that were growing on public lands in Lancaster. A man attempted to kidnap...

Photograph of Chicago's wild lightning by cshimala on Flickr Chicagoist survived a round of apocalyptic storms in which lightning struck the city's three tallest buildings at the same time. SFist fetched the smelling salts after looking at this shocking Gay Pride window display at the downtown Diesel store. Bostonist rocked the American Craft Beer Festival for the third year in a row. Londonist encountered some super-cute knitted pigeons in Trafalgar Square, and learnt about...

The Talent -- Electric Daisy Carnival 2009 (Photo by Drew "Rukes" Ressler (website) / used with permission ) Friday and Saturday's Electric Daisy Carnival drew an estimated 185,000 attendees, and of those, over 100 had to be transported to area hospitals from the music event, according to cbs2. The causes of the injuries and illnesses vary, although the LAFD has said "some of the injuries occurred as people rushed barriers to try and overwhelm...

Photo by TheDailyOrdinary via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr The coroner's office has released the name of the victim in the Hollywood medical marijuana dispensary shooting from Thursday night. Abby Sunderland's brother Zac flew to the French island Reunion to be, well, reunited with his sailing sibling. A bicyclist was injured last night after being struck by a pickup truck in Long Beach. On the one year anniversary of Farrah Fawcett's death,...

Three 18-year-old men who are incoming freshmen at UCLA and football players "players have been arrested on suspicion of felony theft," reports the Daily News. Joshua Shirley, Shaquille Richardson and Paul Richardson were arrested on the school's Westwood campus on Wednesday on suspicion of felony theft. No information has been made available regarding the specific nature of the crime...

Photo by Non Paratus via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Fares will increase and there will be four less trains running on two lines as of July 1 for Metrolink, according to MyFoxLA. The board of directors voted in unanimous approval of the actions in a meeting yesterday. Fares will go up by 6% across the board, however passengers will not all see a flat 6% raise in their fares. Metrolink explains:...

A mock unrelated upskirt shot (Zumbafranco/Flickr) A man was arrested recently in Ventura for secretly filming up women's skirts right in front of the County's government buildings, according to abc7. 32-year-old Murat Aksu used a tiny video camera stashed in a briefcase to capture upskirt footage of the women, while he distracted them by engaging them in conversation. He affixed a government ID badge around his neck in order to appear official; reports indicate...

West Hollywood has passed an ordinance that makes it a crime to open "a medical marijuana collective or dispensary within city limits and without a business license this week," reports WeHo News. On the coattails of L.A.'s recent crackdown, West Hollywood "discovered it had no enforcement mechanism available to prevent [a collective seeking to relocate from Van Nuys] from opening, as a violation for dispensing medical marijuana without a business license under current law...

Marston's French Toast, December 2005 (Lindsay William-Ross/LAist) So sayeth Food Network Magazine! The cable channel's publication summer issue lists what they hail as the "Best Breakfast" in each U.S. State, explains Eater. And when the editors get to the Golden State, they head to Marston's in Pasadena for their "Fantastic French Toast." Marston's, a converted house that stands alone among the civic and office buildings away from the fray of Old Town or South...

The City of L.A.'s 33 seasonal pools will open for the summer on Saturday afternoon. Despite budgetary woes, the price for a swim remains the same as last year: $2.50 for adults (18-64), which drops to $2 if you've got a City library card. Kids 17-under, seniors 65+, and the disabled can swim for free.

The 1/4-mile-long MTA tag on the LA River (Photo by Nuno_Oliveira via the LAist Featured Photos pool) on Flickr In a groundbreaking move, the City Attorney's office is seeking an injunction against the members of a tagging crew thought to be responsible for about 500 pieces of graffiti all over the city, according to the Daily News. One such piece is the massive "MTA" tag on a quarter-mile-long section of the L.A. River near...