Lindsay William-Ross

Photo by Lush.i.ous via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr The two men charged with the murder of a Burbank woman shot upon opening her front door last week may face the death penalty. The cops who used a stun gun to subdue a 12-year-old autistic boy on the campus of his middle school are now under investigation for misconduct. Good news (for most of us): There are now more cops in the...

Photo by borrowed time | demi-brooke via Flickr Drunken sailors, road-ragers, stand-up comedians, excitable sports fans, ranters, teenagers, and anyone with a four-letter bomb habit, listen up: Tomorrow Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is set to declare the first week in March "No Cussing Week," reports the Daily News. Antonovich's spokesperson explained the motion is "a good reminder for all of us, not just young people but...

Image of the "Singing Ship" via Shanghiist Shanghaiist explored an abandoned singing ship, welcomed the restoration and return of one of it's oldest bridges, and wondered why Chinese people were so hurt by the recent Christie's auction in France. SFist reported on Hearst Corporation's plan to sell or shutdown the ailing San Francisco Chronicle. Chicagoist had award show fever, first talking to Academy Award nominee Michael Shannon and then scoping out the International Kennel...

Next Saturday in nearby Sin City the legendary pairing of Siegfried and Roy will take to the stage in an event billed as both "a comeback and a farewell," explained LA Unleashed on Friday. The duo have not performed since Roy was mauled by one of the tigers in their show in 2003. Although there will be magic inside the Bellagio, there will be protesting outside, thanks to PETA, who have plans to "gather...

LAUSD Superintendent Ramon Cortines is looking for ways to help the beleaguered district function on a budget deficit and in the wake of more state-level cuts. To do so, he is considering laying off "a great many employees," according to abc7.com. "The first wave of possible cuts will likely be made among non-teaching personnel. They include management and staff throughout the district." If approved by the school board by vote on March 10, the...

Villaraigosa + Pink's = Weenies! (Left: AP Photo/Matt Sayles; Right: Non-political hot dogs by pink_fish13/LAist Featured Photos Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is packing this weekend full of man-about-town stops where he can meet the people and pose for photos all in prep for Tuesday's municipal election, when he hopes the voters will put him into office for a second term. Yesterday Villaraigosa moved rapid-fire from civic events to eateries, with lots of stops...

A recent Gonzalez family portrait (Photo courtesy the LAPD) Friday morning, residents on South Witmer Street in Westlake heard gunfire and not the sound of Cosme Gonzalez's usual cries declaring the foods he had to sell. The LA Times explains: In what police are calling an attempted robbery, a man in his 20s approached the 46-year-old Gonzalez about 9:30 a.m. and demanded money. When Gonzalez refused, the man fatally shot him in the chest,...

It arrives with the layers visible (left) and then you stir and drink (right). Photo by Lindsay William-Ross/LAist Put down that Krispy Kreme and that plain old cup of joe. One of the craziest--and tastiest--coffee beverages can be had at Silver Lake's Lamill coffee boutique: Coffee and a Jelly Donut. Although we've been to Lamill before, we'd not sampled any of their indulgent specialty espresso drinks. It was actually a segment of a Huell...

Photo by [ValCo] via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr The Tarzana bar where an exotic dancer was set on fire recently is appealing the loss of their liquor license. After all, Babes and Beer without the Beer is just...Babes. A 23-year-old gang member was sentenced yesterday to two consecutive life terms for two murders he committed on a 2005 shooting spree. Directly from the "Stupid Criminals" files comes the San Diego-area man...

AP Photo/Evan Agostini Maybe all headline-making R&B star Chris Brown needed was some face time with girlfriend Rihanna under her beach "Umbrella." It seems the pair are back together now, three weeks after their Grammy no-show, Brown's arrest, and Rihanna's battered mug made news and drove the young lovers apart, according to People magazine. The rag mag relies on unnamed sources to spill the dirt on the duo, who were expected to next meet...

Police in Burbank are looking for suspects behind the shooting death of a 48-year-old woman whose body was discovered overnight in Burbank, according to abc7.com. "Officers responded to a call of shots fired on the 4200 block of West Jacaranda Avenue," near North Toluca Park Drive, which is described as being in an "upscale Burbank neighborhood." The victim was found "on the ground in front of a home," and "pronounced dead at the scene."...

Nicky Hilton--you know, Paris' little sister--was out in West Hollywood in the wee hours of Saturday morning when she "was allegedly pushed to the ground" outside near the IHOP on Santa Monica Boulevard, cbs2.com reports. Following the incident, Hilton "made a citizen's arrest of the suspect, who was cited for misdemeanor battery and released." The hotel-magnate's daughter did not sustain any injuries after being pushed from behind. Reports indicate that a Sheriff's officer who...