Lisa Brenner

via bishop-accountability.org A priest accused twelve years ago of having a sexual relationship with a teenage girl in the 60s has recently been removed from his parish in Los Angeles, reports the New York Times. CBS Local reports that Reverend Martin P. O'Loghlen, who worked at Holy Name of Mary Church in San Dimas, was removed from any priestly activities, per an announcement Friday by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Julie Malcolm...

Photo by phot0matt via LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr We're sorry, sun-worshippers. It looks like the NWS was right about this. According to the National Weather Service's seven day forecast, the gray is upon us and parts of Southern California are expected to get shrpritzed on Tuesday in the first of several rainstorms that should continue through Wednesday, possibly take a break on Thursday and then return Friday to usher in a wet...

Photo by Giorgio Montersino via Flickr Mark Suster, an entrepreneur and Santa Monica-based VC asks this question today on Tech Crunch: Can you really build a great tech firm outside Silicon Valley, and in particular, in LA? The short answer is yes, but not like Silicon Valley, and with varying rules and conditions. Essentially Suster makes five major points that compare the variables of pocket deepness when it comes to funding, how differing expectations...

Cleopatra's spokeswoman confirmed today that Oscar-winner Elizabeth Taylor will probably be spending another few days in a Los Angeles hospital for congestive heart failure treatment, reports CBS Local. 78-year-old Taylor -- who was diagnosed with congestive heart failure in 2004, survived life-threatening pneumonia in 1961 and 1990, a serious respiratory...

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Two surfers from Orange County are preparing for their second year on the ASP World Tour where they will compete against 34 of the top-ranked surfers in the world. Huntington Beach's Brett Simpson and Patrick Gudauskas of San Clemente, both rookies last year, will hit the waves against 10-time world champ Kelly Slater, Mick Fanning and Jordy Smith.

Photo by A.C. Thamer via LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr A group Mexican and American investors are planning a $78 million pedestrian bridge complex that would connect "Tijuana's airport to ground transportation on the American side of the border," reports the Daily News. The project includes plans for a building and parking lot "on the southernmost end of San Diego" where passengers would leave their cars and get their boarding passes before passing...

Cyrus Aaron Parvizi, a sixteen-year-old from Van Nuys, disappeared on January 29 after attending a wrestling event near LAX. The teenager, who has been missing now for over two weeks, was last seen in front of the Hilton Los Angeles Airport in the 5700 block of West Century Boulevard. Parvizi does not have a history of running away, reports KTLA, and there is no evidence of foul play according to a statement from the...

Photo by sfxeric via LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr In a 2-1 decision on Friday, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca was not "immune" to the lawsuit brought by Dion Starr, a former county jail inmate who claims he was stabbed 23 times in a racially motivated attack "abetted by jailhouse deputies," reports LA Nows. The court determined that Starr had "sufficiently argued in...

Photo by calvinfleming via LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr California's budget crisis is no day in the park. Literally. State parks are bracing for the bad news as the parks department may release list of properties to close as early as this week, reports ABC Local. Gov. Jerry Brown has ordered $22 million cut from the state's operating budget and that means parks and beaches are in danger of shutting down. A report...

Photo by jorizaga via LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr L.A. County sheriff's deputies found over 200 pounds of marijuana with an estimated value of $1 million after responding to a call from witnesses who saw two men running down a residential street in La Habra Heights, "one of them bleeding from the upper torso and the other carrying a rifle," notes an LASD press release. Deputies arriving to the 1900 block of Skyline...

Photo by Chris_Lott via LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr A Chula Vista couple are suing Walt Disney Parks and Resorts after their son allegedly suffered severe burns from "scalding hot nacho cheese served to them during a family vacation," reports KTLA. Parents Michael and Maria Harris filed suit in California on Wednesday alleging that their 4-year-old son sustained severe burns resulting in "permanent scarring, pain and suffering" when nacho cheese splashed on his...