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Photo by seshingtons via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Gov. Schwarzenegger is expected to approve the environmental waiver that would allow a 75k-seat stadium to be built in Los Angeles. There was a 3.2 magnitude earthquake in the Oxmard-Port Hueneme area last night. Detectives in the Santa Clarita Valley are working to determine the cause of death and identity of the partially decomposed human remains found near a bike path near the...

The 25th Annual AIDS Walk Los Angeles gets underway officially at 10 o'clock this morning, but streets in West Hollywood are already closed to drivers and will remain so for a large portion of the day. If your travels today are in the vicinity, plan some alternate routes. Here's the route map to show you where to go to cheer on the walkers--or what part of town to avoid today....

Photo by www.voteJoeC.com via Flickr A standoff that began at around 10:40 last night ended just before 6 this morning outside an apartment building in North Hollywood where a man who'd been believed to have shot his wife was holed up. LAPD officers and members of the SWAT team and bomb squad units were "met by neighbor Nick Wilcox, who told them some bullets came through his apartment wall," at the building on the...

Photo by photo_tnmartin3 via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr ARE YOU READY? It's StormWatch 2009 time! An Anaheim pastor accused of molesting four girls in his congregation is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow. The University of California is considering raising tuition...for just some of their students. UCLA scholars, however, may soon enjoy the recently-gifted Shakespeare collection at the school's Clark Library. The LAPD is searching for two suspects who were involved in...

Schlüsselbein2007 via Flickr Yesterday, Gov. Schwarzenegger signed two bills into law, both of which focus on restricting operation of a motor vehicle to previous DUI offenders, reports the Daily News. Assemblyman Mike Feur (D-Los Angeles) has authored AB 91, calling for the implementation of a pilot program in four counties that will put an ignition interlock device in "every vehicle owned or operated by a first-time DUI offender." The device is placed on the...

Image via Book Soup's website The start of 2009 brought with it sad news for friends and fans of Book Soup, the much-cherished bookstore located on the vibrant Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, when its longtime owner Glenn Goldman passed away just a day after putting the shop on the market. The future of one of the few remaining, and thriving, independent bookstores--home to an endless supply of engaging author readings and events--seemed tenuous...

Photo by GarySe7en via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Police continue to work to determine the motive in the case of the UCLA student whose throat was slashed while she worked in a campus chem lab. Duck, duck, goose: A Northridge doc who claimed her herbal concoction could cure cancer has been charged with fraud. ...or get off the pot? The LAPD are in a holding pattern when it comes to the...

You could take a hike, too! (Photo by delara-photos via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr) Los Angeles Luxury Chocolate Salon Fans of chocolate, listen up! Get thee to Pasadena's Convention Center today between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. where for $25 you can sample chocolates from several of the state's premier chocolate-makers at the Luxury Chocolate Salon. Confections, truffles, bars, dessert treats, and other chocolatey goodness await you and your appetite. Meet...

This week was a bleak one for those who love "see food"--as in the words and images of the 60-year-old magazine Gourmet, which will serve up its last meal in the November issue following a death notice from publisher Conde Nast. Eulogies have been pouring forth from bloggers and columnists, and this morning at 11, listeners of KCRW's "Good Food" program can hear two of our local taste-makers take a bite out of the...

When bad things happen to good people, the arm of the law must be raised in a fist and shaken hard! Such is the case when bad frozen yogurt-makers make fake frozen yogurt in a dirty way. Say what? Okay, so we're paraphrasing the press release that caused a collective gasp in the local foodie scene: Yogurtland has been slapped with a class-action lawsuit which alleges that they are being a bit shady when it comes to how they name, make, and serve their "frozen yogurt." Here's the scoop:

After my treadmill sesh can I get a zen massage, an organic fair-trade no foam soy latte and toss around my ball made of recycled chew toys? (Photo by kristi.nicole via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr) Pet hotels, pet groomers, pet spas, and pet boutiques cater to the needs of dogs and cats--or rather their owners' needs--for the finer things in life. The OC Register profiles Carrie Hyde, the owner of The...

Photo by AMagill/Flickr A fire last night in a Riverside home proved to be a unique challenge for firefighters because the house was "packed to the ceiling with items," according to cbs2. The fire was sparked by "an electrical problem" and was troubling for the responding crew since "the kitchen and back porch area [...] were stuffed with clutter and there was no way to get inside" and, further, "there was concern that embers...