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Photo by Synapped via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr An arrest has been made in the Koreatown karaoke bar shooting. Long Beach is looking to ban smoking in more public places and to get more "green" buildings. A deadly crash on Vineland in North Hollywood last night killed two and injured one more. Late night bus riders in the OC will soon have to make alternate plans after the OCTA cuts Night...

Photo by Foodwoolf via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Starting next Wednesday, June 17th, 26 restaurants in Pasadena will be participating in BYOW Wednesdays, where patrons can bring their own bottle of wine to enjoy with their meal, and enjoy no corkage fee. The goal of the plan is multifold: Get Pasadena residents and visitors out to eat at area restaurants, allow them to enjoy their own wine with the meal, and...

Photo by Atwater Village Newbie via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Good news for everyone's well-being, but perhaps bad news for speed junkies--at least of the variety who enjoy zipping around on residential streets. "On of the longest stretches of unregulated residential asphalt in Atwater Village, with some 1,600 feet of acceleration space, is getting speed humps," blogs the Atwater Village Newbie. The speed humps (not to be confused with bumps or...

Susan Shaw, former Miss Hawaii International It's hard to juggle being a beauty queen and a wife and mom...but even harder if you add a whole other identity to the mix. Manhattan Beach's Susan Shaw was once Miss Hawaii International, and had a husband and children in Oahu who didn't know she also had a life here in SoCal. Shaw was arrested in Honolulu last month, after detectives here found her rented home full...

Gothamist was mesmerized by the amazing story of a cat who survived a 26-story fall from a lower Manhattan apartment building. And the cat's name is Lucky! SFist asked members of the gastronomic elite to reveal their favorite junk food. Torontoist took a look inside the spectacular Airbus A380—the world's largest passenger plane. Phillyist told readers about an adoptable dog—and she's a cutie! Shanghaiist watched plainclothes police with umbrellas LITERALLY try to cover up...

SF Mayor Newsom models the iPhone (Photo via Echelon) California Governor-hopeful and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is part of a trailblazing trend: Politicians and social media. Along with current Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Golden State politicos are part of what is re-shaping the face of campaigns, according to an Associated Press report: Online social networks are rapidly making traditional political advertisements obsolete, said veteran political strategist Joe Trippi, who used Internet fundraising to propel...

A late night shooting in Koreatown has claimed one life, and left another person wounded. The incident took place just after 2:00 in the morning at the M2 Cafe & Karaoke bar at 4001 W. Sixth Street, according to KTLA. "One of the victims was shot in the head and was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he was declared dead. The other victim suffered a graze wound to his head and was expected...

Who knew MTV's Lauren Conrad was such a sports fan? (Photo courtesy the Los Angeles Dodgers) The family of actor David Carradine, who was found dead last week in his Bangkok hotel room, is asking the FBI for help in investigating the tragic incident. Hoping to pick up a class or two this summer at Cal Poly Pomona? Think again. The NBA says there will be a "major announcement" tomorrow before Game 2 of...

Photo by Dan4th via Flickr Sometimes it just takes a little savvy to go from kitchen zero to hero, and if this is the summer you've pledged to get the know-how that will make your dining home nights a little more delicious, you might be interested in the upcoming classes offered as "Culinary College." Los Angeles Magazine has paired with kitchen retailer Snyder Diamond to assemble a gaggle of local pros for three courses,...

A Taco Zone truck. (Can anyone confirm if this is the one in question?) Photo by Nathan Jongewaard via Flickr Word of the Taco Zone truck that parks near Vons in Echo Park being on fire spread in much the same manner as the blaze last night via Twitter and food-centric message boards. City Council President Eric Garcetti noted the fire and Tweeted the incident: "Taco truck at Von's is on fire. Called it...

One of the handmade signs hung on the campus of Liechty Middle School during this week's community camp-out. (Photo by David Rapkin) Today marks Day 8 of the Hunger Strike initiated by several LAUSD teachers and community members. In addition to the hunger strike, protesters have held, and will continue to hold, "camp-out" events, bringing supporters and community members together to "celebrate and protect the culture" of area schools; one such evening is planned...

An LA Police Officer and a Zoot Suit-wearing youth in the 1940s. (Photo via Stuart Cosgrove) June 3, 1943 marked the start of just over a week of violence on the streets of Los Angeles that would come to be known as the Zoot Suit Riots. You may have hummed along to the old Cherry Poppin' Daddies song of the same name, but do you know the story? The riots are largely attributed to...