Lindsay William-Ross

The Palace Theatre on Broadway in Downtown (Photo by PhotoJenInc via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr) This morning about 100 volunteers and city workers are taking part in a 4-hour community clean-up on Broadway between 2nd Street and Olympic Blvd. The effort is backed by Councilman Jose Huizar as part of his Bringing Back Broadway initiative, which focuses on revitalizing Downtown's Historic Broadway Core. As part of the ongoing aim to restore...

The LAPD have announced they will be conducting two separate checkpoints tonight in order to get drunk drivers off the street and to continue to educate the public about the dangers of driving while intoxicated. From 6 p.m. until 1 a.m. there will be a sobriety checkpoint set up on Pacific Coast Highway between Vermont Avenue and Dodge Avenue. This is located in LAPD’s Harbor Area, where there has been a 46 percent decrease...

As Billy Joel asks, "Are you gonna cruise the Miracle Mile?" (Photo by current events via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr) Today LACMA's Muse is holding their 15th annual ArtWalk, and that means free admission to 5 museums along LA's Miracle Mile: LACMA, George C. Page Museum/La Brea Tar Pits, Petersen Automotive Museum, California Craft & Folk Art Museum, and Architecture+Design Museum. As part of ArtWalk, attendees can also enjoy free music...

When it comes to Laker pride, L.A. hopes we don't have to eat our words. But we can eat our Laker pride...in the form of cupcakes, that is. Crumbs is offering special Lakers cupcakes in their local Bake Shops from now until the end of the NBA finals. Get your dose of Purple and Gold while indulging your sweet tooth. Each signature-size cupcake is $4. Crumbs' cupcakes are pretty big, so a Lakers cupcake...

Photo by Ajith_chatie via Flickr A group of young people in Highland Park are digging in deep and working towards some healthy results thanks to a new urban garden project they've recently launched. The Wave profiles this admirable "green-thumb project" run via a "a joint effort of students serving on Hathaway-Sycamores’ Youth Leadership Council along with adolescents participating in Hathaway-Sycamores’ Gang Reduction and Youth Development Program." Members of the groups, all teenage volunteers from...

Photo by RobeRt Vega via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr The toddler who was struck in the head by a ball during the Dodgers' batting practice yesterday had surgery today and is expected to recover. Civic leaders in Huntington Beach will vote next month whether to annex the northern section of the city, Sunset Beach. A fourth Camp Pendleton Marine has died this week in Afghanistan. In Anaheim, an off-duty firefighter was...

A CHP motorcycle officer has been injured in a crash that took place this morning on the NB 405 Freeway at National, just before the 10 Freeway in Palms, according to a live KTLA broadcast. All lanes in both directions of the 405 are closed in the area, and while there is a significant backup in either direction, cars in the immediate vicinity of this horrible crash also remain trapped on the freeway while...

More preliminary results from yesterday's Statewide Direct Primary include the failure of three propositions and one local measure. Prop 15, California Fair Elections Act: 57.5% NO, 42.5% YES. Would have repealed ban on public funding of political campaigns.

Photo by mrJasonWeaver via Flickr He might not have to worry about himself, but Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wants to make sure Angelenos don't break the law when it comes to their cellphones. Yesterday at a news conference, Villaraigosa voiced his support for the movement to make sure drivers don't send text messages while they're behind the wheel, reports the Daily News. Villaraigosa acknowledged that he isn't the one in the driver's seat these days,...

At No Cookie Left Behind's Haiti fundraiser bakesale (Lindsay William-Ross/LAist) There's no room for bluffin' when it comes to these muffins: No Cookie Left Behind [Twitter] is an awesome charity bakesale which is a part of Share Our Strength’s Great American Bake Sale, and you can pick up some locally and home made treats on Sunday and contribute to a more-than-worthy cause. At the start of this year this same group was behind the...

Photo by current events/LAist Featured Photos Time for another obit for a food truck that no longer is. This time it's Southern-flavored Mattie's Kitchen, who are packing it in after being off for repairs. They've just made the proclamation, via Twitter: "Sad news: the truck is not getting repaired soon. Afraid that means we r closed. Thx 4 all your support!!! Stay tuned for a restaurant soon!" Two weeks ago, Mattie's Kitchen said they...

Photo by Bill Geal via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr The 210 Freeway in Duarte was shut down late last night so authorities could move a bear out of traffic lanes. A solar power project in Newport Beach is drawing more scorn than sunshine. LAUSD Board of Education member Yolie Flores-Aguilar has announced she will not run for re-election when her current term is up. Con men in Rosemead are posing as...