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An Tran/LAist For registered voters who are unable to make it to their polling place on June 8th to cast their ballot in the Statewide Direct Primary Election in-person voting is available in Norwalk, with hours that include this and next weekend. The County Registrar explains when and where voters may do so: To vote early, voters can visit the 3rd floor of the RR/CC Headquarters located at 12400 Imperial Hwy., Norwalk, CA, through...

He has been considered both a suspect and a "person of interest" in the murder of his wife Monica, but now reality television producer Bruce Beresford-Redman is likely to be charged with the crime tomorrow by authorities in Mexico, according to KTLA. Although his passport had been confiscated and he was asked to remain in Mexico, Beresford-Redman went off the grid for about a week, only to turn up in Los Angeles to try...

Charlie Samuel, the 50-year-old parolee who had been released due to a clerical error pleaded guilty to the 2009 murder of teenager Lily Burk yesterday, and was sentenced to life in prison. Smauel admitted to murdering Burk, 17, after abducting her from the area around Southwestern University where the teenager was running an errand for her mother. In court yesterday, as outlined in a release issued by the LA County DA's office, Samuel admitted...

Ride your bike to Fiesta Hermosa this weekend (Photo by jakerome via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr) Need an excuse to head to Hermosa Beach for some fun this weekend? You've got one in the form of the annual Fiesta Hermosa, a nearly four-decades running Memorial Weekend Festival that puts the party right by the shore. Of course you'll find food and live entertainment, but the focus of Fiesta Hermosa is arts...

Nancy Salas on a recent family vacation (AP Photo/Facebook) A 22-year-old Glendale woman is now facing a misdemeanor charge for the kidnapping hoax that tied up local police during the extensive search and wound up in Merced, where she fled during the staged incident. Nancy Salas faked a kidnapping from her Glendale neighborhood in order to avoid confessing to her parents and friends she was not going to graduate from UCLA as expected this...

Babies are vulnerable to whooping cough; 2 newborns in LA County have died from it so far this year (Photo by myllissa via Flickr) Statewide, reported cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, have doubled last year's number from the same time period, according to the LA Times. The increase in cases is cause for concern among health officials, who are urging parents to consider seeking vaccination for all those in the family who come...

Irvine's Great Park, seen here in January when the Circus was set up in the parking lot (Photo by eli.pousson via Flickr) The Irvine City Council has approved a lease with a local farmer that will see to it 114 acres of Great Park be developed as an urban community farm. This is the first time farming will be taking place on the land that is Great Park since wealthy rancher James Irvine sold...

The LAPD is looking for a woman who escaped from the Hollywood Community Police Station, where she was being held for possession of a switch blade knife. Christine Darlene Calderon, 20, had been left shackled to the detention bench at around 2:30 this morning, however, when officers went to check on the detainee, they found she had managed to escape. The investigation revealed Calderon had removed her handcuffs and tossed them in the station's...

Pacific Coast Highway was shut down overnight following a crash that led to a ruptured water main that caused the street to flood, according to KTLA. The accident happened in the 1100 block of PCH shortly after 12:30 a.m. today, when a DUI suspect was involved in a crash; "impact of the collision caused the pipe to burst, sending a huge geyser into the air..."

What better day to enjoy a springtime holiday and sip some wine in Downtown L.A. than Memorial Day? On Monday, wine enthusiasts can swirl and sip on the Music Center Plaza as part of the 1st Annual City of Angels Wine Fest, a fundraiser hosted by the Rotary Club of Los Angeles to benefit the...

Photo by Jon S2010 via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Members of the Bus Riders Union handed out bags of groceries today to the mayor and other officials to symbolize the cost of upcoming MTA fare increases. County officials have been advised they should consider implementing tools for the early detection of wildfires. The rate for basic ambulance transport in L.A. will go up by 37%. The Supreme Court has denied jailed...

Photo by madmojo via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Behold the Monte Cristo from Echo Park's The Park, a pork-and-sweet fried sandwich that might have the power to rethink that plan of yours to follow a healthy eating plan before bathing suit season. As described by the LAist Featured Photos contributor who shared this decadent meal with us via Flickr, the Monte Cristo is: "Super big and super delicious, with an interesting...