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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Feb. 9, 2009 (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) and Former President Bill Clinton, Feb. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) As part of his Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI), former President Bill Clinton will join Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa at City Hall today to "unveil what is being billed as the largest light-emitting diode street light program undertaken by a city," according to the Daily News. The plan is to "retrofit 140,000 of its...

Did you let the excitement of voting in November's historic election pass you by? Did you just turn 18 or get your US Citizenship in the past couple of weeks? Did you just move to Los Angeles? If you answered yes to any of those questions, and you want to have your say in the upcoming local election, you'd better bust a move: "Angelenos interested in casting ballots in the city's March 3 election...

nopantsboy via LAist Featured Photos The storm we were anticipating showed up early this morning, and is dumping rain and snow on Southern California. Snow has already caused Interstate 5 at Gorman to close down, and it is "expected to remain shut indefinitely," L.A. Now reports. Specifically, the I-5 in the Grapevine is closed from 4 miles north of the 126/Lake Hughes Road junction all the way to the Kern County line due to...

LAist watched with the rest of the city as a man in a white Bentley led cops on a 3-hour chase that ended with the driver--no, not Chris Brown, and not DJ Khaled--fatally shooting himself in the head. Londonist followed in the footsteps of ambitious Victorian tourist James Patterson by completing the epic Patterson Challenge in 8 hours (and near-blizzard conditions). Houstonist spent time pondering the upside to living in our sprawling metropolis besides...

A pact was reached early this morning between Service Employees International Union Local 1000, which represents over 90,000 workers employed by the State of California, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration that cut the mandatory workday furloughs from two days to one per month, the Sacramento Bee is reporting. "The deal also includes fewer paid holidays, changes to how overtime is calculated, kicks in more for employees' health insurance premiums and limits layoffs." According to...

"Gooooood Morning, Sacramento!" Photo by E.L.W. via Flickr It was a rough Valentine's night for California's lawmakers, as they worked until the wee hours trying to resolve our budget. But in the early morning hours today it became apparent that the budget was not going to get the one last Republican vote it needed, and it has stalled. Things were pretty tense in the Capitol. "Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, a Democrat, locked down her...

Photo by Nuno_Oliveira via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr The weather gods spared our weekend, but come tonight, the dry spell is over (and no, that's not a post-Valentine's Day nookie reference). We're talking rain, and lots of it. "Another significant storm is forecast to move into Los Angeles County late Sunday," the Daily News reports. "Rain is expected to continue through Monday night and linger into Tuesday," and that could wind...

Photo by nathanielperales via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Two teens are in critical condition after being shot yesterday near Canoga High School. A new strategy in an old case: Director Roman Polanski's lawyers are calling prosecutors to the stand in his attempt to get three-decades' old charges against him dropped. How bad does Chris Brown feel about the Rihanna "situation"? According to his dad, pretty bad. A Glendale man crossing the...

California is thiiiiiiiiiiis close to having an actual state budget, but it's going to be a tough last battle to get 'er done. KQED's Capitol Notes blog has opted, albeit reluctantly, the newest way to keep groups of people informed at an up-to-the-second rate: Twitter. Although KQED's John Myers says Twitter is "just one more step towards full non-contemplative analysis and writing," it might be the best way to follow "tonight's budget debate/vote/saga." Why...

The 36th Annual Los Angeles Mayor's Breakfast was held this morning downtown at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel. The key speaker was none other than Orange County Pastor Rick Warren, who "spoke about influence, affluence and peace," according to the OC Register. Warren, who heads the Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, made national headlines when President Barack Obama selected him to deliver the invocation at his January 20th inauguration. After very publicly declaring his love...

Last Halloween, USC track star Bryshon Nellum, hailed as "the fastest kid in the world," was shot multiple times as he was heading to his vehicle. The athlete was taken to the hospital, where he underwent surgery on his legs. The LAPD have just announced their Southwest Gang detectives have arrested Travon Reed, 21, and Horashio Kimbrough, 21, in connection with the shooting, according to an email press release. Both Reed and Kimbrough were...

Photo by dailyinvention via Flickr If you are a Time Warner Cable customer in LA or OC, and you're hoping to snuggle up at home with your honey (or solo), you might feel the love from your cable provider with their 1-Cent movie promo happening this weekend. The OC Register explains: Time Warner Cable is offering 40 movies on demand this weekend for 1 penny each during its “1 Cent Love N’ Movies Deal.’...