Lindsay William-Ross

It's hard to collect taxes from parking lots if you don't know how many parking lots there are. That's pretty much the problem that's got L.A. City Controller Wendy Greuel worried, and wondering if there isn't millions in uncollected debt that could help fill our coffers.

Who doesn't like feeling oppressed...by hot temperatures? While we Angelenos tend to brag mid-winter about the nature of our climate, it's weeks like this that might make us eat our words. Unfortunately, this hot, hot heat is going to stick with us--like the back of your thighs are sticking to that chair.

Those of us who are 21+ may have indulged in a boozy milkshake spiked with hard liquor, but now a local restaurant chain is tempting our palates with wine milkshakes. Yes, wine milkshakes are being blended up at select area Counter Burger locations.

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We're getting to be experts here in Los Angeles at moving large objects from one location to another, aren't we? Our transport skills will be put to the test soon when the retired space shuttle Endeavour is taken to its new forever home at the California Science Center.

If you're a SoCal city with a troubled police force operating in tough economic times, how about just disbanding the whole thing? That's what's on the table for Fullterton, whose PD has been rife with controversy recently.

Why are so many people injured or killed by L.A.'s Metro Blue Line? That's something a special task force has been organized to look into, as the rail line seems poised to be headed to a record year of deaths on the its tracks.

The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a new ordinance today that gives cops the green light to ticket skateboarders who engage in what's known as "bombing"--when they barrel down steep hills at high speeds, and other dangerous moves.

Though a movie about the 1992 L.A. Riots has been in talks for years, with perhaps a renewed interest in the Rodney King story, comes word director Justin Lin is in negotiations to direct the film.

Los Angeles loves reggae icon Bob Marley, and to honor the life and legacy of the late singer, City Council will proclaim August 7 "Bob Marley Day in Los Angeles."

A Metrolink train headed from the Sylmar station to the Sun Valley station struck and injured a woman and struck and killed a coyote this morning. The incident took place near the 9500 block of North San Fernando Road at around 5 a.m.

Though the rule of thumb, generally speaking, when dining in the proximity of famous folk is to leave them to their meals in peace, a group of women dining out Sunday night at Mr. Chow's in Beverly Hills inadvertently turned a star encounter into a cool moment, thanks to rapper LL Cool J.