Zach Behrens

Charlie Sheen reported his car missing early this morning and it was found, via OnStar, below 300 feet below a cliff off Mulholland Drive. When police and fire arrived to the vehicle off the 13300 block of Mulholland, not too far from Sheen's home near the Mulholland and Beverly Glen intersection, no one was found inside or nearby. "They've looked all around the hillside. There's nobody in the car, nobody around (and no) evidence...

At least one person was injured this afternoon in what witnesses tell police was a drive by shooting. Around 3:25 p.m., shots rang out on the 5000 block of Caspar Avenue in Eagle Rock near the local library branch, according to the LAPD. Somehow the victim ended up at the library. The Los Angeles Fire Department deployed one ambulance and transferred at least one person to a local hospital....

Why did hundreds of giant squid all of the sudden appear off the coast of Orange County last Friday? The Daily News looks into what this could mean about the environment: "Some say they move north in search of a food source. Other scientists say the temperatures in the waters near the equator have increased due to global warming. As a result, the squid head north and have been spotted in the past as...

Via Ludo Leffebvre's website What happens when you take one of the most creative chefs in town, put him in a food truck and add him to the line-up of the most buzz-worthy and anticipated food festival in town? You get some deep fried magic. Chef Ludovic Lefebvre, the Top Chef Masters contestant known for his small bites dishes at pop-up restaurants around Los Angeles, will be serving up his famous fried chicken in...

Hey Super Bowl fans, don't get too crazy and start driving this weekend. The LAPD will setting up sobriety checkpoints Friday and Saturday nights, culminating in a DUI saturation patrol on Sunday. In an unusual move, the department did not announce any of the checkpoint's locations. On New Year's Eve, Chief Charlie Beck told LAist he supports the publication of locations, but said the department doesn't always have to. "I think that the publicity...

In what appears to be an aftershock to the 6.5 quake in January, a 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Eureka, Ferndale and other Northern California coastal cities at 12:20 p.m. today. The January 9th quake caused quake some damage, but no injuries. As always, big earthquakes are good reminders to prepare for when one happens here....

Via The Biking Working Group yesterday continued to release their vision of a city Backbone Bikeway by releasing a map of the San Fernando Valley. The system, created in response to the official, yet controversial, bicycle draft plan for Los Angeles, is supposed to act as the most basic way of bicycle travel throughout the city. "The goal was to find what streets could be used to facilitate the longest route of travel while...

At Monday's Budget & Finance Committee | Photo by Alex Thompson/Westside Bikeside By the end of Wednesday's marathon session of the Los Angeles City Council, where the budget crisis was being attacked head on, elected officials had taken action on several items, saving the city $6 million of the $218 million deficit. A small but good amount of money, but insignificant as the group also added $10 million in costs, reported the LA Times....

Rush Hour on the 101 Freeway | Photo by Mary Lindsay via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr Gov. Schwarzenegger's pick for Lt. Governor could change off-shore drilling in Santa Barbara County. L.A. Councilmember Jose Huizar wants more clarity in state law regarding medical marijuana. In California: "The number of women who have died from complications related to their pregnancies has tripled from 1996 to 2006." There's a big Barney's Warehouse sale happening at the...

Photo by ScottyP via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr With the opening of a new green and satellite L.A. city hall in South L.A. last week comes the re-opening of the Central Avenue Farmer's Market, which by all appearances seems to be a bigger and badder operation. A kitchen built inside the new city facility means freshly prepared foods and cooking classes to be hosted at the the market in addition to the market...

As far as we know, they don't Twitter, but this is a savvy old-school complement to the growing stock of food trucks out there. The Miracle Bookmobile, which travels around the state accepting donations and giving away and books for free is currently in Los Angeles and will be making a scheduled appearance at Barnsdall Arts Park, according to Lucinda Michele at Metblogs. "Anyone can take, read, and pass along a book-you never have...

There's still more rain to come, says the National Weather Service, which predicts a real chance of rain by Friday afternoon and evening, persisting through the night and into Saturday morning with a chance of thunderstorms. As for today, expect mostly cloudy skies and cool temperatures--highs in the low 60s. About 1 to 2 inches of rain in the coastal/valley areas and 2 to 4 in the foothills/mountains are predicted to fall. As for...