Lisa Brenner

Elsewhere in the ist-a-verse... Eating a doughnut in the park in NY may earn you a summons, Weiner's wiener everywhere, a Global Happiness Index, Pride vs Space Needle, 48-ounce cocktails, and Russell Crowe's opinion on circumcision.

(Photo by cyan79 via LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr) Vons, Ralphs, and Albertsons announced in a statement that a tentative agreement has been struck with the grocery workers' union, United Food and Commercial Workers Locals (UFCW), regarding the pension portion of the paperwork. Terms of the agreement that affects more than 60,000 employees in the region were not disclosed. "We are pleased to have reached an agreement on this important part of the...

Nonprofit organizations, federal agencies, and members of the recreation industry have partnered for National Get Outdoors Day, a new annual event aimed to encourage "healthy, active outdoor fun," with a variety of traditional and non-traditional types of outdoor activities.

The U-Haul in question (Screenshot) A 44-year-old missing woman from Modesto was found unresponsive but stable inside the "suspicious vehicle" that shut down the 91 and 71 freeways in Corona for hours on Friday afternoon. Corona police called in a hazardous-materials team and a bomb squad after responding to reports of a suspicious U-Haul truck that had been parked off Green River Road for several days. "The windows were covered and an unknown type...

via MLB.com Dry cleaners became suspicious and notified authorities when a blood-stained Dodgers jersey was dropped off at a local establishment, according to NBC LA. Deemed a possible link in the brutal beating case of Giants fan Bryan Stow, "Los Angeles Police took possession of the jersey and submitted it for DNA analysis. The results came back a match to Stow." One of the two assailants was wearing a Dodgers jersey, as was the...

(Photo by KennyJewel via LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr) California Public Utilities Commission officials are "very concerned" about safety at the Angels Flight rail line following Thursday's shut down -- the second closure in the span of a year, according to L.A. Now. "Twice within one year we find major problems with it that caused us to take the extraordinary step of closing it down, so, yes, we're very concerned," said Richard Clark,...

Described by witnesses as "an all-out brawl," a fight at an Orange County restaurant ended with a 20-year-old man being stabbed to death, another man stabbed and in critical condition and third man severely beaten, according to ABC Local. The melee reportedly began when friends of the victim "began spitting at two women standing in line." The incident occurred just after 2:00 a.m. at Albatros Mexican Restaurant in Lake Forest. It was the first...

Photo by Chuck "Caveman" Coker via LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Two San Bernardino County Sheriff's deputies have been charged with a variety of sexual crimes involving teenage participants of the ride-along "Explorer" program. On Friday, the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office filed charges on against 31-year-old Nathan Gastineau, a former deputy accused of having sex with a 16-year-old girl. He was charged with three counts of lewd acts upon a child...

A state review of Orange County amusement parks for 2009 and 2010 revealed 284 ride incidents that required medical attention, according to an analysis by The OC Register. The Ghost-Rider coaster at Knott's Berry Farm had the most reported incidents.

Today in LA! Have some pride (and some help with the parking), eat with pirates, rock out in the playground, preview the vegan drive-thru, venture to Ojai and sit down with some special film events.

Photo by FredMikeRudy via Flickr Authorities in El Segundo are searching for a man who chased a woman into a drug store and masturbated in front of her at a Walgreens on the 300 block of North Sepulveda Boulevard on May 23, according to KTLA. The woman had been followed for several blocks by the suspect -- described as a 35 to 45-year-old black male, 5 feet 10 inches tall with a medium build...

Photo by wired_gr via LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Serving students from Echo Park, Silver Lake and Atwater Village, John Marshall High School will return to a "traditional calendar" on Sept. 7 for the first time in 16 years. The Los Feliz-located high school has been on a "year-round, multi-track calendar" in order to accommodate its student population of 4500, however with the opening of Sonia Sotomayor High School in Glassell Park, that...