Lisa Brenner

Photo by Loren Javier via Flickr Since the '90s a Walt Disney theme park and resort project has been in planning stasis pending approval from the Chinese government. Over the weekend, invitations to attend a "special event in Shanghai" were issued, reports the Wall Street Journal, to a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday "that Disney CEO Bob Iger is expected to attend," notes Deadline. Notes the Wall Street Journal: The groundbreaking ceremony follows Disney's recent...

LAPD Officer Steve Jenkins An LAPD officer is in critical condition after being shot in the face early this morning while responding to a domestic violence call in Sylmar. A SWAT standoff is ongoing and the bomb squad is on the scene as the suspect remains barricaded inside his house, according to police, reports KTLA. The initial incident began around 10:30 p.m. on Sunday when authorities responded to a domestic dispute near Dronfield Avenue...

LA residents, football fans and non football fans alike, continue to be skeptical about the expense of building Farmers Field despite Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and AEG's assertion that it won't cost taxpayers money, reports Reuters.

Darryl J. Depastino, a Los Angeles man whom the FBI dubbed the "Masquerade Bandit," has been sentenced to six years in federal prison after pleading guilty last year to four bank robberies, including one where he disguised himself as a woman, reports CBS Local. Police said bank employees noticed 49-year-old Depastino's five o’clock shadow showing through his makeup.

Photo by delara-photos via LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr According to authorities, a woman intentionally walked in front of a car on the northbound side of the 5 Freeway in Anaheim on Monday and was struck by several vehicles and killed, reports the Daily Breeze. The incident happened during the morning commute around 6:00 a.m. at Euclid Street. Northbound lanes were closed between Lincoln and Brookhurst Street while police investigated the accident, reports...

Come and listen to a story about a man named Hen(derson). A councilman and chairman of some Nature Preserve land. Then when the budget wasn't looking very good. He remembered under Whittier was a bubblin crude. Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea. Neighborhood groups put their hands up in the air. Environmentalists said...

Tonight in Extra, Extra! Is Huntington Beach our Jersey Shore?, find the rainbow trout, testing the Westside train, $10,000 reward for Dodger Stadium attacker info, a concert fight, a Zsa Zsa update and see what not-awesome thing Walgreens and Ralphs have in common. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.

Photo by Trip Heartmann DCist had a fine time poking fun at its neighbors to the north and south this week, as a non-descript group of large white letters spelling out "LOVE" in Dupont Circle ended up being an advertisement for Virginia tourism, Fairfax County’s Board of Supervisors came up with some truly unoriginal names for several new Metro stations, and Maryland’s Preakness Stakes unveiled "Kegasus" -- a marketing abomination that might just signal...

Photo by emdot via Flickr According to police, the 14-month girl found locked inside a sweltering 115-degree car on Thursday while her father, 38-year-old Glendale resident Edik Magardomyan, filled a prescription at Costco, was released to her mother later that evening, reports the Glendale News-Press. The child, who was not injured in the 15 minute or more ordeal, was initially taken to the Burbank Police Department and it was unclear if she would be...

Tonight in Extra, Extra!! Three stories about dogs, two stories about DUIs, and Charlie Sheen goes to Detroit. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.

Photo by TSA Photography via LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr The State of California, the California Highway Patrol AND the Los Angeles Police Department are totally pissed at you. You, being the millions of drivers who gave them the cell phone equivalent of a middle finger by ignoring warnings about distracted driving. As a result, we're all grounded. Welcome to zero-tolerance Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Increased enforcement for cell phone and texting violations...

The search continued Sunday morning at Foothill Boulevard and Azusa Avenue for 20-year-old Joe Le, a Golden West College student who fell into the fast and frigid East Fork of the San Gabriel River on Friday, reports KTLA. Reportedly, a person saw a body in the river on Friday but "lost sight of it as it drifted downstream." Le was trying to cross the snowmelt-swollen river at a spot where a rope is strung...