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After negotiations hit a stalemate back in November, the Screen Actors Guild and representatives from Hollywood studios announced yesterday that "they will meet for two days next week," according to abc7.com. (SAG's site says they were to meet in Sherman Oaks last week, and has not been updated to reflect yesterday's announcement.) In the time since they last met to hash out a new deal, things have been rocky for SAG and its leadership....

After deferring a $150 million payment to Los Angeles County, the Board of Supervisors has voted to take California's controller, John Chiang, to court. The payment was withheld because of the ongoing budget crisis; the Board, however, calls the deferment unconstitutional and says the revenue the state owes the county is badly needed," abc7.com is reporting. Los Angeles is not the first, or only county in California to sue the state and the controller....

Nothing like a fresh breath of uptight air to balance out our state's rep as being full of left-wing nutjobs: Shoppers in Mission Viejo are lodging complaints with The Shops, a mall that includes the A/X Armani Exchange store. They're upset about the store's current window display, a giant red heart behind these words: "Give Love Get Love" and "Practice Safe Love Armani Exchange supports National AIDS Fund." What's wrong with that? Oh, wait--if...

Photo by dtaylor123 via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Federal judges have tentatively ordered California prisons to release tens of thousands of inmates to help reduce overcrowding. A.M. violence in Northridge: One man shot, two men stabbed in one brutal attack. No people were hurt were hurt when some scaffolding collapsed in Downtown Long Beach today, however 8 cars were crushed. Naked Women's Wrestling League: 1, Carmen Electra: 0 But who will...

It might be raining today, but Southern California is still drier than we need to be. This is why Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has a "20-year water strategy" he is implementing in response to our water shortage. Today he is going to "call for restricting outdoor irrigation to two days a week, on Mondays and Thursdays only," reports abc7.com. He is also going to "ask the Department of Water and Power to double...

DineLA lets diners eat well for less, like this lamb dish at Campanile | Photo by Elise Thompson/LAist We might be a foodie nation these days, but we're also a nation on a budget, which is probably why many of the restaurants participating in this year's DineLA promotion have agreed to extend the event until February 28th. Several of the eateries will continue to offer fixed-price lunch and/or dinner menus at a discounted price...

During her Today Show interview aired this morning, Nadya Suleman revealed that she used Dr. Michael Kamrava's West Coast IVF Clinic for all of her pregnancies. The Beverly Hills clinic, whose website boasts they are "leading innovators" in "bringing together high technology, low cost, and effective treatment of infertility," offers multiple financing options for women seeking help in having babies. Kamrava's bio indicates he has been working in the field of infertility for over...

Photo by Miles Storey/Torontoist Torontoist discovered the ultimate backyard hockey rink. DCist couldn't believe the Old Georgetown Board rejected the design for the District's first Apple Store for a fourth time. Gothamist thought it was Twilight Zone week, since it started out with Mayor Bloomberg getting bit by a groundhog (the mayor suggested the groundhog was trained by Al Qaeda) and closed with Bloomberg saying mysterious maple syrup smell was from NJ. Bostonist had...

Photo by Lara23 via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr LA Galaxy Owner has rejected the bid offer to take David Beckham to an Italian team, and says he wants to be shown more money. The Altadena mom who took her two sons and disappeared, causing an Amber Alert to go out last night, was found in Mexico. Her kids were fine, and she was taken into custody. Authorities have figured out that...

RodrigoFavera via Flickr After last week's brutal attack on a Tarzana "gentleman's club" dancer, there's been murmurings in the news about the dark life of an exotic dancer. Today's Daily News gives readers insight into the unseemly underbelly of those who dance for dollars. The article focuses on one gal named "Brazil" who offers probing insight into the world of the strip club: "There's drugs, alcohol, sex, fighting ... there's everything. [...] Whether you're...

The Governor in Dec. 08 | Ambidaze via Flickr When the state isn't going to pay your county, what happens when the county says they aren't going to pay the state? Since Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has said he would hold back monies for possibly as long as 7 months in order to ease the $42 billion California deficit, "Several counties are considering some form of tax revolt -- either filing lawsuits or delaying tax...

The Belmont Tunnel's graffiti in 2004/Photo by skunks via Flickr Steve Harvey's "Only in L.A." column this weekend heads underground to some familiar LAist territory: The Belmont Tunnel. The one-mile stretch used to be LA's first--and only--subway, opening in 1925 but shut down thirty years later. Harvey notes that once the Red Cars stopped using the tunnel, it was put to work as "a storage site for survival rations, a holding cell for impounded...