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Photo by Melissa Acedera via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Rescuers had to pull someone out of the rain-choked LA River in the Atwater Village area this afternoon. And, hey, take it easy if you're driving. The CHP logged 290 incidents between 5 and 11 this morning alone. Yikes. The Archbishop of Canterbury may have his robes in a knot over the historic vote approving the first lesbian leader, Rev. Mary Glasspool,...

Stephanie Lazarus, "a veteran Los Angeles police detective," faces murder charges with a special circumstance in the "1986 shooting death of Sherri Rasmussen, a hospital nursing director, at the victim's condo in Van Nuys," according to an AP report in the Huffington Post. The 49-year-old was arrested in February, and is scheduled to appear at a hearing today to determine "whether there is enough evidence against her in connection with the decades-old murder of...

Photo by SevenPhoto via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr A 16-year-old girl walking on the shoulder of the 170 Freeway in North Hollywood late last night was struck and killed by a motorist. An investigation is underway to determine why she was on foot on the highway. An LA Times opinion piece offers a fond personal remembrance of activist Alice McGrath, who died late last month. Authorities are using info left on...

Julie Wolfson/LAist Tributes to the late King of Pop Michael Jackson popped up almost the instant news broke that the singer died suddenly on June 25th this year. But is it too soon to mourn him and call him "crazy as hell" all in the same poster? Spotted at this year's Unique LA Holiday Show is this poster from MNKR that does just that. Will MJ fans hang (with) it?...

Photo by Renee Rendler-Kaplan via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr LA County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas weighs in on the HuffPo in favor of a partnership between the UC and King/Drew Medical Center. Several fans tumbled to the ground at a high school football game in Tustin last night when a guard rail on the bleachers gave way. 2 people suffered minor injuries. Today the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles elected the first...

Photo by Caveman 92223 via Flickr Here in Los Angeles the issue of legal medical marijuana dispensaries is still being debated by local leaders, as once again talks and decisions regarding our loop-hole laden laws have been postponed by the City Council. However, today in Riverside the Inland Empire Health and Wellness Center Medical Marijuana Collective, a non-profit organization, is opening its doors for the first time, according to CBS2. The outfit is the...

Photo by monkeytime via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Check your closet, under your bed, or the backseat of your car--that's probably where your umbrella is. Been a while since it saw the light of day--or, rather, the darkness of stormy skies? Tomorrow we're due for the first of two storms, followed quickly by another, according to LA Now, and making for what the National Weather Service is calling "a wet unsettled...

UCLA's campus. Photo by _Gene_ via Flickr Monday night was the deadline for prospective University of California students to have submitted their applications for consideration for admission for Fall 2010, but what officials are calling a computer "glitch" actually "prevented some filers from submitting their applications," according to CBS2. Because of the problem, the UC is extending the application deadline to 11:59 p.m. tonight to accommodate anyone who encountered technical difficulties while filing. According...

Eli Broad and Mayor Villaraigosa look at a model of the project in 2006 (Photo by cgkinla via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr) When the Grand Avenue Project got the green light in March 2008, the fact that its financing came from Dubai was a boon, not a burden, since the wealthy nation had been enjoying its time in the spotlight as a playground for abundance and construction. Now questions have arisen...

Photo by jennifer_kelton via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Track record? Governor Schwarzenegger got booed this weekend when he paid a visit to Hollywood Park to honor Zenyatta, the horse with the amazing perfect record. A small brush fire that sparked up near the 73 toll road in Irvine was quickly put out this afternoon. Director Roman Polanski remains jailed in Switzerland, where authorities are insisting he pay the full $4.5 million...

Yakisoba (via Asian Soul Kitchen) Another food truck is getting ready to roll out this week. The Asian Soul Kitchen is the creation of food and entertainment industry pros Akiko Konami and Richard Wright, and will offer up traditional Japanese dishes as well as inventive fusion items and soulful fare ("a little bit o' Asian and a little bit o' Soul"). On the menu are things like Yakisoba (a veggie-friendly noodle dish), Nikujaga (hearty...

Three boys have been arrested, following an ongoing investigation of a series of attacks against redheaded classmates November 20th at a Calabasas school, abc7 is reporting. 7 students, four girls and three boys, were victims of "Kick a Ginger Day" attacks at A.E. Wright Middle School. A LA County shefiff's spokesman said "Two 12-year-olds were arrested for suspicion of misdemeanor battery, and a 13-year-old was booked for misdemeanor cyberbullying." The attacks are thought have...