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Photo by stephenfalk via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Another water main break to report: This one today in Stevenson Ranch also caused a sinkhole. 5 freshmen boys from Long Beach's Poly High have been arrested on charges of groping female students during a lunch break last week. It "takes a village" it seems to work on saving the Century Plaza Hotel. The Valencia High School choir is hoping to raise the...

Does Santa shop at Circus of Books? Depends who's on the list! (Caroline on Crack/LAist) This is an annual event aimed more at the naughty (although, hey, there's fun for the nice, too). It's SantaCon, a send up of sorts of the absurdity and kitsch of the Christmas season. Or, as the organizer puts it: "Santacon is a response to the consumer-culture of Amerika's Holiday season." To get in on the merriment, which will...

Photo by unsure shot/LAist Featured Photos on Flickr The Station Fire began on August 26th along the roadside in the Angeles National Forest above the community of La Cañada-Flintridge, and soon after its fiery grip held the city in its clutches, authorities deemed the start point a crime scene and launched an arson investigation. But so far there isn't much to stoke the embers of the case, as it were, thanks to a lack...

Produce on display at Whole Foods in Pasadena; taken when store opened in Nov. 2007 (Callie Miller/LAist) 'Tis the season to give thanks for what so many of us have, and to take some time, effort, and, if possible, funds to help out those who may be less fortunate. Right now organizations focused on feeding those who are in need are in need of donations from those who can afford to spare, and this...

Following yesterday's Finance Committee approval, today the California State University Board of Trustees voted in favor of the 2010-11 budget calling for $884 million in funding from the state, reports LA Now. The 23-campus system has endured $625 million in budget cuts over the past two years, and is calling this proposed budget a "recover and reinvest" plan that not only reinstates lost funds but allots for increases to pay employees and provide resources...

Gov. Schwarzenegger in Milan, Italy today (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni) He can't run for Governor again, and his Austrian birth means the Presidency is out of the question, but Arnold Schwarzenegger told reporters in Europe yesterday that he won't be vying for votes once his term is up in 2010, according to an Associated Press report. While traveling in Milan, the actor-turned-Governator said "I have never labeled myself as a politician, so I am not...

Photo by jvoves via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr A homeless man from Venice has been found guilty for the 2005 murder of an LAX police officer. Sweet fake gone sour: Turns out what authorities in Irvine thought was a bomb Friday was actually a melon. It's become de rigeur if you're notorious in the news to offer headline-makers big bucks to star in an adult film. Looks like it's ousted Miss...

Today is the long-awaited launch of the Gold Line's Eastside Extension, which links Downtown's historic Union Station via light rail to Little Tokyo, Mariachi Plaza, and heart of East Los Angeles, ending at Atlantic. To celebrate, rides from one end of the Gold Line to the other are free today, and there are four events that include food and music from the communities scheduled to happen at or near stations along the line

Photo by ChrisGoldNY via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr A small plane made a fiery crash landing in Rosemead around 4:30 this afternoon. It's believed the aircraft hit a light pole, but not any buildings. A Blue Line Train crashed into a car left on the tracks near the Vernon Avenue Station last night. The car's owner had planned to commit suicide but changed his mind, and turned himself in after the...

Will the SaMo City Council put their seal of approval on the Broad Foundation's proposal? (Photo by GarySe7en via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr) It was just a year ago that wealthy philanthropist Eli Broad came to save the day at MOCA by offering the museum a much-needed bailout to help keep it on its feet. By summer, however, the Broad Foundation had begun to chatter publicly about future cultural endeavors, namely...

Lindsay William-Ross/LAist What's more American than apple pie? Or pumpkin, pecan, chocolate-peanut butter truffle, key lime, lemon meringue, and razzleberry? Hundreds of Los Angeles-area pie bakers and lovers are due to convene today from 2-4 p.m. at the Westfield Topanga Shopping Center for the first ever KCRW Pie Contest, hosted by the station's "Good Food" guru and life-long pie enthusiast Evan Kleiman. Over 140 participants with pies in four different categories are vying for...

A black bear spotted on the streets of Tahoe in '07 (Photo by RickC/Flickr) First the Station Fire, then the threat of mudslides, now a bear roaming the streets? La Crescenta residents can't seem to get a break from being in danger these days. Last night several "residents reported seeing a large black bear roaming through an apartment complex" on the 4300 block of Ocean View Boulevard, reports the Pasadena Star-News. The LA County...