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Photo by R.E.~ via LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Rising ocean levels and increased erosion are forcing officials in Ventura to move facilities inland, in an effort that may serve as an example for many of California's coastal communities. "As the coastline creeps inland, scouring sand from beaches or eating away at coastal bluffs, landowners will increasingly be forced to decide whether to spend vast sums of money fortifying the shore or give...

The Department of Health and Human Services' recommendation is one nurse for every 750 healthy students. In a 2009 report issued by NASN only 12 states met the Department's recommended daily allowance of nurses. Vermont came out on top with an average of one nurse per 311 students, Michigan ranked worst with one nurse for 4,836 children, and the nationwide average is approximately one nurse for every 1,378 healthy tots.

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A teenager believed to be about 15-years-old described as a black male, approximately 5 feet 8 inches tall, with a slim build, short hair, clean shaven, and wearing a red polo shirt, attempted to rob a Wells Fargo in the 500 block of North Brand Boulevard around 10:15 a.m. on Friday. According to Glendale police the suspect, "approached a teller and passed a demand note, but then apparently got scared and took off," reports...

Photo by Eleets121 via LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Officials reported a series of early morning "spot fires" in Hollywood that may be the work of an arsonist, says ABC Local. Authorities found a trash can on fire when they were called to Sunset Boulevard and Highland Avenue around 4 a.m.... and the calls kept a-coming. In all, eleven trash cans and dumpsters were set on fire within a one-mile radius. According to...

Photo by jimmay bones via LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Thousands of volunteers are still needed to help count homeless people on the streets and in the shelters of L.A. County. Los Angeles is considered to have "the highest street homeless population in the country, with as many as 50,000 people on any given night," notes the LA Times per the county Homeless Services Authority. A more accurate count, mandated every two years...

An accident just before 5:30 a.m. at Venice Way and Windward Avenue launched a speeding vehicle into the wall of an apartment building and crashing through a tenant's bedroom. Witnesses said the driver hit numerous parked cars and a tree before finally hitting the structure. The car came to rest inside a first-floor bedroom of sleeping resident, Alex Pundez. "Pundez said the car caught fire and the woman started screaming for help. He managed...

Photo by stuartwainstock via LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr It would figure that everyday would be No Pants Day for Superman and the Black Swan. Thanks Los Angeles for this profoundly confusing and wondrous shot of a typical day on the streets of LA. Why is she saving him with one leg? Cause that's how it's done....

Photo by Official Star Wars Blog via Flickr The Hollywood Reporter is thanking California's Film and Television Tax Credit for the 15 percent production increase in the Los Angeles area. In 2010, commercials posted a rise of 28.1 percent, TV production was up 11.9 percent and on-location features gained 8.1 percent in year over year comparisons. FilmL.A., the non-profit responsible for coordinating permits for on-location shoots in LA and unincorporated parts of the county,...

Seismologists say a 3.1-magnitude earthquake centered in the Pacific Ocean approximately four miles west of Hermosa Beach shook up the cities of Santa Monica Bay at 8:52 a.m. this morning, reports the USGS. No injuries or damages have been reported. Did you feel it? For context, that puts the quake 5 miles from Manhattan Beach, 6 miles from Redondo Beach, 8 miles from Torrance and 19 miles from the Los Angeles Civic Center....

A selection of pieces by street artist Banksy and a limited edition Shepard Fairey are at auction today at Bonhams in London. Among the Bansky pieces is a series of commissioned works by Greenpeace as part of a campaign against deforestation that depict cartoon characters from "The Jungle Book" bound and blindfolded against a photographic backdrop of a ravaged forest.

Photo by nathanielperales via LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr On Monday Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa threatened to implement a new round of employee furloughs and layoffs if Los Angeles City Council members were unable to reach an agreement on budget cuts. "The council's Budget and Finance Committee was unable to reach agreement on a series of proposals to make up for a potential loss of $53 million in revenue because of the city's inability...