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UCLA's campus (Photo by legge e mare via Flickr) Details are just now coming to light about a November 2007 incident in a UCLA lab when a "graduate student was seriously injured," according to the LA Times. In response to the findings of the previously unreported fiery incident, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) has fined the university $23,900. This accident, discovered by Cal/OSHA in September, precedes a similar fatal accident...

The rugged vista seen while hiking in Malibu (Photo by Wathana Lim/LAist. See more photos here) A midday workout ended in cuts and bruises for a woman who was the victim of a sexual assault attempt in Malibu, according to the Huffington Post. The woman "told deputies she had finished a run at about noon at Point Dume State Beach and was standing at the edge of a cliff when she was grabbed from...

Angels Flight last grand re-opening, 1996 (Photo by bcmacsac1 via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr) The quirky, and sometimes questionable, funicular transport known as the world's shortest railway, Downtown's Angel's Flight, has been poised to re-open for what seems like ages. It was just this past Thursday when its operating foundation said they had passed the necessary safety inspection and had the green light to resume moving people up and down Bunker...

A moderate quake rumbled in San Diego County this morning, but authorities are reporting no calls, damage or injuries, according to CBS2. The magnitude 4.2 quake hit at 8:32 a.m. near Mount Laguna in the Laguna Mountains, which are located in central San Diego County. The epicenter of the quake was about 48 miles east of downtown San Diego....

Photo by thebittenword.com via Flickr Everyone is Irish on St. Patrick's Day, so in addition to the green beer and cheeky pinching, if you want to try your luck with Irish cooking between now and the 17th, recipes aren't anywhere near as hard to come by as that elusive four-leaf clover. The classic dish of St. Patty's Day is often Corned Beef & Cabbage. We'll tell you how, and even some ancient Celtic wisdom...

TwitPic There's not a lot of good news out of the LAUSD very often these days, but there is some hope growing, and it smells a little bit like fresh dirt. That's because today Board Members Monica Garcia and Marguerite La Motte and the Mayor's Day of Service staff are teaming up with the LAUSD Green Program to give away 50,000 organic vegetable, herb and ornamental seedlings to school garden groups in the area....

Photo by Wm Jas via Flickr The federal government wants to know if the nation's second-largest school district "denied educational opportunities to students learning English," according to the Daily News. The Department of Education's civil rights branch is expected to launch an investigation focused on schools in Southeast LA and the west San Fernando Valley to determine if they are complying with expectations of equal opportunity in regards to providing instruction to English-language learners....

Los Angeles-based toy powerhouse Mattel has the grown-ups' attention today after announcing they will debut 4 dolls based on popular Mad Men characters this summer, according to the NY Times. Part of their Barbie Fashion Model Collection, the Don Draper, Betty Draper, Joan Holloway, and Roger Sterling dolls "will be the first licensed line for that collection." Considering the questionable of mores represented by the characters being immortalized in plastic (Roger's extramarital dalliance with...

Amy Beck (KCBS/KCAL) 33-year-old Amy Beck teaches English and social science at Burbank's David Starr Jordan Middle School, but now faces charges for having sex with one of her students, according to KFWB. Beck surrendered to the Burbank PD on Monday and is due "to be arraigned Wednesday on four counts of unlawful sex with a person under 16, and one count of oral copulation with a person under 16." The married mother of...

Photo by kristi.nicole via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Organic-focused local restaurant chain Tender Greens has announced they will open their fourth location tomorrow at Sunset and Vine in Hollywood. The eatery is built upon a philosophy of serving comfort food in a congenial atmosphere and practicing ecological and community awareness by sourcing their food from local growers and vendors; most of their produce comes from a family farm in Oxnard. Tender...

A 7-year-old boy is being applauded for his bravery after his 911 call helped stop a robbery in progress inside his family's Norwalk home, according to the Press-Telegram. When three armed men entered the house yesterday morning via the unlocked front door, the child, whose name is being withheld for his safety, and his 6-year-old sister, locked themselves in the bathroom to hide.

Corey Haim, the 38-year-old actor who was a popular teen star in the 1980s, died early this morning in Burbank, according to the LA Times. Haim was pronounced dead just after 3 this morning at St. Joseph's Hospital in Burbank after he was reportedly found unresponsive at his home in the Oakwood Apartments, notes Hollywood.com. Haim rose to fame in films like The Lost Boys and License to Drive, and recently was attempting a...