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A 36-year-old man who has worked for 10 years as a Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy is facing criminal charges for his alleged relationship with a minor female. Manuel Enrique Perallon Jr., was charged today with one felony count of oral copulation of a person under 18 and misdemeanor child molesting, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.

FINALLY: The Westside Subway is a GO, says Metro's Board of Directors. Well, mostly, that is.

People have a lot of feelings and thoughts on the subject of Octomom's spending habits, and if they're in our email, they're on Twitter and Facebook. So we did a little digging, and hopefully we can learn from this. Or just laugh.

When Sprinkles announced they were going to open up a "Cupcake Automat" (aka the infamous "Cupcake ATM") outside their flagship Beverly Hills store, they also revealed they were going into the ice cream biz.

For yet another year, Los Angeles has been named by the American Lung Association as one of the cities with some of the dirtiest air in America.

Portions of the 134 Freeway, as well as on- and off-ramps and the connector road to the Golden State (5) Freeway will be closed through the weekend (again!) as crews work to repair the remaining damage from that fiery April 7 tanker truck crash.

Bobby Brown pleaded no contest today to charges related to his March 26 DUI arrest in the valley, though the singer and ex-husband of the late Whitney Houston didn't actually show up to court himself.

Animal care officials in Orange County are trying to figure out why someone would abandon dozens of domesticated white rabbits at a Huntington Beach park over the weekend.

What's going on in the L.A. food scene? Chew on This: Toast to Sotto's anniversary, Arbor Day and Springtime, a guest chef is doing The Charleston, Mess Hall gets the Test Kitchen treatment and more.

A man accused of stabbing two people during an attack in a Metro Red Line station in the early morning hours of November 1 was sentenced Tuesday to eight years and four months in state prison.

In today's Extra, Extra we've got Metta World Peace's suspension, a bean and cheese burrito, the possibility Thomas Kinkaide's gal pal is a golddigger, and more news of the day. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports. You can also find us on Pinterest, Storify, Foursquare, and Instagram (laistpics).

An ocean pursuit off the coast of Malibu late Tuesday night ended in the arrest of three suspected drug smugglers. The action began when Los Angeles County lifeguards notified the sheriff's Malibu/Lost Hills at about 10:30 p.m. they had spotted a suspicious boat with possible contraband aboard about 50 feet off Latigo Beach.