Zach Behrens

Photo by guamafro via Flickr Another suspicious envelope, the fifth in three days, has been found on the University of California, Irvine campus today, according to KCAL-TV. Four envelopes, all postmarked from Idaho, carrying a white powder and with the message "black death" written on it, were found on Monday and Tuesday and were all addressed to women, says the LA Times. In all cases, the powder was found to be harmless. Students are...

The Associated Press joined forces with Petside.com to find out which pet was more popular. Dogs won, overwhelmingly. "74 percent of people like dogs a lot, and only 41 percent like cats a lot," the newswire reported. And just to be a factoid nerd, let's remember that Chihuahuas named Princess are the most common name-breed combo found in Los Angeles County, according to LA Times' dog database....

First Walt Disney's grandson in the West Valley, now Ronald Reagan's in the East Valley. 31-year-old Cameron Reagan was arrested last night when an alarm was tripped at his family's Sherman Oaks home on the 4700 block of Allott Avenue, according to the LA Times. Police arrived to find a somewhat-inebriated Reagan who was “very uncooperative," leading to his arrested for resisting arrest. He was booked at the Van Nuys Station and was held...

Hollywood Boulevard, Early Morning | Photo by Renee Rendler-Kaplan via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr A taxpayer has filed a $3.3 million suit against the Michael Jackson estate on behalf of the city to recover public money spent on the event. The ever changing face of downtown: Hollywood's Pig n' Whistle is moving closer to seeing its original downtown location again. An update to this morning's post on Roman Polanski. He asked to be...

In a case oddly reminiscent of model Jasmine Fiore, 26-year-old Paula Sladewski was found "burned beyond recognition" inside a Miami trash bin Sunday night, according to the LA Times. The Rancho Cucamonga model was traveling with her boyfriend, who told police they got separated at a club before he reported her as missing on Monday. Her boyfriend, 34-year-old Kevin Klym, and her apparently got into a fight at the club when the bouncer kicked him out, according to the Miami New Times. He took a taxi back to the hotel, leaving her inside.

Shocking but not surprising news. Word is spreading that, according to industry blog FTVlive.com, the Jay Leno Show is being canceled by NBC. Leno's nightly 10 p.m. slot has caused a lot of trouble for the network such as forcing it to cancel shows like Southland (luckily, TNT picked it up) and tank ratings, which in turn has affected subsequent newscasts. "Citing anonymous sources, the site said executives have not yet decided when to...

Yeah, after this morning's rumors, now we're hearing this alleged scenario, via TMZ: "Jay Leno is going back to his 11:30 PM time slot, and it's looking like Conan O'Brien is the odd man out ... sources tell TMZ. We've learned Jay's 10:00 PM show will go on hiatus February 1. After the Olympics, Jay will take back his 11:30 PM time slot. What has not been decided -- whether Jay's show will be...

After months of media coverage about the lack of interest by police in the missing status of Mitrice Richardson, a major search by the LAPD and Sheriff's Department is scheduled for this weekend, reports the Malibu Surfside News, via LAObserved. Richardson, "who was preparing to begin substitute teaching and doctoral work in clinical psychology," went missing in the early hours of September 17th after an incident that led to her arrest in Malibu the night before. Based on the way she acted that day, her booking photo and writings later found in her car, family and experts said she may have been suffering from a mental breakdown or sorts.

Following next week's release of Ringo Starr's self-produced album, Y Not, the Beatles drummer be making an appearance on January 19th at the Grammy Museum's intimate 200-seat theatre for an on-stage interview and performance, backed by Ben Harper and the Relentless 7. The museum's Executive Direcotr, Robert Santelli, will interview Starr, followed by audience questions. Then Starr, Harper and the band will play a few songs. The event is part of the “An Evening...

Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker of the U.S. District Court in Northern California today will hear testimony from both sides about letting cameras into the courtroom in the case against Prop 8, which banned gay marriage in California. Walker is expected to make a decision on Friday, after receiving public input via letters and petitions (we posted about one yesterday).

The Santa Monica Daily Press spoke to city hall officials about the closure of the new popular food truck lot on Santa Monica and 14th. Here's what Kate Vernez, assistant to the city manager, said: "Basically, this was a non-permited use of the food truck [vendors] on that lot,"she said, adding that organizers never approached city hall about the lot and land use rules were being circumvented. "What we're doing now is we're researching...

Ben Bradley LAPD Detectives last night arrested a suspect in the murder of 59-year-old Ben Bradley, the theatre director and producer from the Fountain Theatre in East Hollywood. Bradley was found stabbed to death on Saturday in his Koreatown apartment Saturday night after not showing for a threatre rehearsal. Police at that time were working off few clues and thought it may have been a robbery gone awry. Detectives at a press conference this...