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Looks like city figured out how to temporarily solve a problem like Maria by moving the famous Echo Park goose to the Los Angeles Zoo during upcoming construction and rehab at the lake, reports ABC Local. But what will this mean for the daily walk/fly she takes with BFF Dominic Ehler?! Is he moving there too? Responding to public demand, city officials say Maria will be given a temporary home at the L.A. Zoo...

Another big day for batshit crazypants Sheen as Charlie takes a 140-character leap into technology with the creation of a verified Twitter account. Does he know how to use Twitpic? We'll find out. As Sheen has not yet tweeted his first broadcast (though already has more than 113,000 followers) we are left wondering if this is a professional move to help straighten out the mounting PR issues now that his long time publicist has split, or whether he'll use the platform to vent megalomaniacal and/or offensive rhetoric.

A Newport Beach company is giving their jets-for-sale operation a little extra oomph by marketing the website a bit like an escort service. JetMadam.com, owned by Mach+ Media Inc., is "a free, user friendly online database for anyone seeking to buy or sell a private aircraft," reports the OC Register.

London 2012 Olympic Logo Iran is protesting the abstract date logo for London's 2012 Olympic Games claiming the numbers spell out the word "Zion." By contrast, we said it looked like Lisa Simpson on her knees in 2007 when it first debuted. The head of Iran’s National Olympic Committee, Mohammad Aliabadi, has reportedly accused the British Olympic organizers of "racism" in a letter sent to the International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge, stating that...

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Laguna Hills police arrested a 53-year-old woman on Thursday night who reportedly hit her husband with a 200-year-old musical instrument, reports the OC Register. 5-foot, 5-inch tall Zahra Tehrani allegedly struck her husband over the head with his 200-year old Persian tar during an argument on the 24700 block of Georgia Sue, say police. "The Persian tar is considered by Iranians to be the 'sultan of instruments,' according to Nay-Nava, an encyclopedia of Persian...

According to the California Highway Patrol, Jean-Maxime Perramon, a Hollywood animator and veteran storyboard artist, was killed Saturday on the 101 Ventura Freeway near Westlake Village after pulling over to the shoulder to check if his 2010 Silver Ferrari had been struck by a piece of metal, reports LA Now. The 63-year-old Malibu resident was traveling north on the freeway at about 12:25 p.m. when he pulled into the shoulder. He reportedly "stepped partially...

Zsa Zsa Gabor's 28-room, 12,000-square-foot Bel Air home was burglarized around 3:00 a.m. on Saturday, claims husband Prince Frederic von Anhalt, reports KTLA. The intruders, whom Anhalt reportedly chased away with a bat, made off with artwork and other property that the Prince estimates be be worth $100,000, although he is not sure exactly what was stolen. Anhalt says many of the windows and doors were broken and that the house sustained heavy damage....

"A drunk driver is being blamed for crashing an SUV into a sober living facility in South Los Angeles," reports ABC Local. The crash occurred on Saturday night near 80th and Figueroa streets while all the residents were sleeping. Firefighters responding on the scene found an SUV had crashed into the building, plowed through a wall and stopped inside of a room. Five people sustained minor injuries. The driver, whose name was not released,...

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Photo by jennifer_kelton via LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr On Monday February 28 the findings from Santa Monica's 2011 city-wide homeless count will be presented to the public from 7-9:00 p.m. during the Social Services Commission meeting held in the East Wing of the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. 150 volunteers fanned out across the city to conduct the survey and collect critical data "used to identify our homeless population; leverage federal, state and...

Photo by iboy_daniel via Flickr Yesterday in Los Angeles County, the average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline rose 3.9 cents to $3.704 after rising 6.1 cents on Friday, reports the Daily News. The 24th increase in 25 days, this spike has pushed the average to the highest level since Sept. 20, 2008, according to AAA and the Oil Price Information Service. That's 16 cents more than it was just a week...