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You'll be seeing JetBlue A320s at LAX starting today (Photo by mrkathika via Flickr) Popular low-cost carrier JetBlue debuts their new service to LAX this morning, as they are scheduled to land their inaugural flight from New York's JFK at 10:45. It's been a bit of a wait, however, for the airline to begin service from our major airport; today's launch comes after "a yearlong delay," caused by a period of soaring fuel prices...

Photo of UCLA as seen via helicopter by Atwater Village Newbie via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr There's going to be 6.8% fewer freshmen figuring out post-secondary life on the nine University of California campuses come fall, and that's precisely what the schools were hoping for, according to the LA Times. Of course, they aren't happy about it; the UC schools face a budget shortfall, which means they have the ability to...

Photo by -Marlith- via Flickr Fourth, fifth, and sixth graders at Rolling Ridge Elementary in Chino Hills and Dickson Elementary in Chino would probably issue their school district admins a great big ol' F for FAIL if they could. Those hundreds of students don't get to sing "no more pencils, no more books" for 34 more days, thanks to "a clerical error on a spreadsheet" at the Chino Unified School District that led to...

Photo by A.C. Thamer via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr The body of a 22-year-old man who dove off a cliff in Laguna Beach was found today. Witnesses say they saw the man get dragged under the current after making the jump. A civil suit filed today against Target Corp. alleges that hundreds of California locations illegally disposed of hazardous materials. Practicing holding up your hand (but not just that one finger,...

At a ceremony held last night at the Sheraton Universal hotel in Universal City, media luminaries gathered to fete local reporters, photographers, broadcasters, and even bloggers at the LA Press Club's 51st Annual Southern California Journalism Awards. Presenters included on screen personnel from NBC4 and ABC7, as well as WSJ and KCRW film critic Joe Morgenstern and columnist Gustavo Arellano, who handed honors to journos including David Evans of Bloomberg, Brad Greenberg of the...

Photograph from Boston's Gay Pride Parade by C. Fernsebner for Bostonist Bostonist went to the Boston Pride Parade and saw everything from Batman and Robin to dancing lifeguards. Oh, and a local sports team swept its rival. Chicagoist was all about artifacts this week: the collection of Italian artifacts worthy of Indiana Jones a local man had stashed in his house and an old photo of Bulls Rookie of the Year Derrick Rose flashing...

Photo by el daverino via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr The "Big Belly" solar-powered trash receptacles in Pasadena are expected to save the city some serious green in the long run. 20 years later, a serious round of Clue: Did the LAPD rookie do it in the living room with the missing gun? Two overnight crashes in the Valley caused at least six injuries, making for a rough Friday on the streets....

Looks like the roller coaster riders at the many theme parks operated by Six Flags, including our Magic Mountain, aren't the only ones experiencing some topsy-turvy twists and turns; "Six Flags is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, saying it needs to reorganize and shed $1.8 billion of debt," reports the Huffington Post. Despite what reps hail as a "great" 2008, with "25 million visitors" and "record revenues," the $2.4 billion in debt is signaling...

Thinking of purchasing a car? Your options remain plentiful, and deals are readily available as the auto industry is eager to make sales in these rough economic times. But if you happened to be headed to Universal City Nissan, a sign on the hill above the dealership might have you thinking twice about your decision to go with the import. LAist Featured Photos pool contributor James Herman spotted the signage and stopped to take...

A Corpse Flower that made a similar stink in NH in 2006 (Photo by Slabcity Gang via Flickr) Something is clearly afoul over at the historic Huntington in San Marino. Nothing is wrong, actually. But all eyes--and noses--are on one rare bloom in particular: The Corpse Flower. It's technically called the Amorphophallus titanum. Blooming once with much fanfare in 1999, then again in 2002, the current one is a relative of the original, having...

Donald Trump to Miss California USA Carrie Prejean: "You're FIRED." The mogul has stripped the controversial beauty queen of her crown, but not because of her stance on political issues. Trump, who once said he was "very proud" of the blonde beauty "gave the green light to fire" Prejean "because she just wouldn't do the job and treated people badly," according to TMZ.

Motorists spotted a brush fire after midnight last night as they traveled along the 91 Artesia Freeway and the 710 Long Beach Freeway and alerted the California Highway Patrol, reports the Press-Telegram. Firefighters soon arrived on scene to douse the blaze that ultimately "scorched roughly one-fourth of an acre of brush below the transition road" from the 91 to the 710. It took about 15 minutes to get the fire out; no one was...