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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.

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 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...

An early morning street race down Wilshire Boulevard ended at approximately 3:00 a.m. when one of the drivers, a 23-year-old male from Santa Monica, crashed his vehicle into a tree at the intersection of 20th Street and Wilshire. Reports KTLA, "police responding to the crash found the driver had lost control of his vehicle and clipped the other vehicle he was racing before colliding into a tree." The driver, who has not been publicly...

According the USGS, at 9:30 and 43 seconds this Saturday morning, the Inland Empire got a minor 3.7 magnitude morning jolt with their coffee. Preliminary reports center the quake in the mountains about 7 miles WSW of Idyllwild with Palm Springs folk reporting the a strong shake about 19 miles to the east.

Accused of having an affair with a cadet in the department, San Fernando police chief Anthony Ruelas, who was promoted in August, has been put on administrative leave. A former police explorer and cadet, 22 year-old Maria Barajas reportedly sent a letter in January to the city council claiming that she had a sexual relationship with 49-year-old Chief Ruelas, reports ABC Local.

In San Diego's popular Gaslamp District, more than two dozen people were hurt exiting a nightclub when a taxi drove onto a crowded sidewalk around 2:00 a.m. on Friday night. Bouncers reportedly came to the rescue of the driver "after angry bystanders attacked his cab," reports ABC Local. According to police, the driver claimed to have blacked out before to the accident. Officials have confirmed that alcohol was not involved and that the crash did not seem to be intentional.

Photo by BanyanTreeProductionsy via LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr DtLA businesses are hoping to score big in the profit game when the 2011 NBA All-Star weekend slam dunks the Staples Center next weekend "drawing thousands of big-spending celebrities, professional athletes and die-hard hoops fans for four days of basketball, dinners and parties," reports the LA Times. This year's event is expected to generate more money than LA's last hosting gig seven years ago....

Photo by R.E.~ via LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Glendale Boulevard businesses in Atwater Village may be getting a break on parking. According to the Los Feliz Ledger via EastsiderLA, "The Los Angeles Planning Commission recently approved a parking credit program that if enacted would ease parking requirements for new businesses along Glendale Boulevard." Businesses required to have a specific number of parking spaces would no longer have to to pay fees for...

The Desert Garden at The Huntington (Photo by Joey Maloney / LAist) After a world-wide search, Steve Hindle, a history professor at England's Warwick University, was named on Monday to succeed Robert "Roy" Ritchie as director of research at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens on July 1, reports the Pasadena Star-News. Huntington President Stephen S. Koblik said they sought a "wonderful scholar" but also someone who could do the job of...

A man died after being stabbed by a rooster at an illegal cockfight. Should I repeat that? According to the Kern County coroner, 35-year-old Jose Luis Ochoa was declared dead at a hospital approximately two hours after an incident at a cockfight where he suffered a life-ending injury.