Zach Behrens

The same poll that said Jerry Brown has an eight point lead over Meg Whitman also says Prop 19, which would legalize marijuana, will lose. It found that 44% of likely voters are for it while 49% are against it, leaving 7% undecided. "This is an 8-point drop in support since September (52% yes, 41% no, 7% undecided). Support has declined among Democrats (56% today, 63% September), dropped sharply among independents (40% today, 65%...

U.S. "drug czar" Gil Kerlikowske was at the Pasadena Recovery Center today to hold a press conference about the the federal government's opposition to Prop 19, the ballot measure that would legalize marijuana in California. In attendance was Dr. Drew Pinksy. What did he have to say? NBCLA caught up with and grabbed this soundbite: "I do not have a strong opinion about prop 19 -- that is really for the voters to decide --...

via the Daily Breeze Police are searching for a balding heavyset sexagenarian man who allegedly robbed a Manhattan Beach bank on Monday, according to the Daily Breeze. Most memorable about the suspect was what he was wearing: a "Mark Sanchez" New York Jets jersey. "I'm being set up. I swear it wasn't me," Mark Sanchez himself jokingly claimed on Twitter, where he added the humorous hashtag "#worstframejobever." Anyone with information is encouraged to call...

So, does marijuana impair driving? That's the question City Attorney Carmen Trutanich wants to answer in his crusade against Prop 19, the November ballot initiative that seeks to legalize and tax marijuana in California. This week, Trutanich and the LAPD invited LA Times columnist Steve Lopez and...

via DropCoverHoldOn.org For the third year in a row, California will hold a statewide earthquake drill. An estimated 7.7 million people are taking part, and organizers behind the Great California ShakeOut are hoping for more (yes, you can still register, or just do it on your own without registering). Their message may be lifesaying, yet simple -- "drop, cover and hold on" -- but it's something that isn't necessarily engrained in the minds of...

AP Photo/Dave Martin The White House is not going to announce days ahead what streets President Barack Obama will be using when he comes to town on Friday, but the administration is definitey aware of the anger caused back in August when a 30 minute drive turned into a three hour one. If anything, things shouldn't be as crazy this time. Obama is scheduled to attend a fundraiser for U.S. Senate candidate Barbara Boxer...

So the Gorillaz are in the midst of their "Escape to the Plastic Beach" world tour and on October 27th -- that's next week Wednesday -- they'll hit up the Gibson Amphitheatre here in Los Angeles. Do you want to go? Well, we're giving away a pair of tickets! To have a chance at winning, leave a comment below on this post and share with us a great area restaurant to complement a concert at the Gisbon.

The movement to legalize marijuana in California via Prop 19 is worrying the federal government. Last week they, along with L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca, vowed to enforce federal drug laws, even the November 2nd ballot measure passes. And today, the Associated Press has learned that the Obama Administration will sue. "People don't want to see someone jump in from Washington and tell them how to vote," the federal "drug czar" Gil Kerlikowske told them....

via TMZ A 1968 Playboy playmate of the year has been charged with attempted murder of her husband, who is currently listed in grave condition after being shot Saturday, according to the LA Times. 68-year-old Victoria Rathgeb, who posed under the name Angela Dorian (and is also known as Victoria Vetri), told police that a drug dealer shot her husband, but investigators concluded that she pulled the trigger. Rathgeb is being held on a...

Mayor Huang It was 1 a.m. at the New Taste Dumpling House last Friday in San Gabriel. Mayor Albert Y. M. Huang and an unidentified women apparently got into a fight over money -- she reportedly throws a a steamer of dumplings at him and he returns with throwing vinegar. Huang then allegedly took her purse, tried to take her SUV before fleeing in his own vehicle, which she clung onto as he drove...