Zach Behrens

From 3 to 6 p.m., expect traffic delays in the Eastern San Fernando Valley area, according to Jason Burns at Metblogs: Buena Vista Street between Alameda and Riverside, Riverside Drive between Keystone and Niagara and 134 Freeway off-ramp on Buena Vista St and Riverside Drive....

Old Seal (Left), New Seal (Right) Back in 2004, the big controversy at the Los Angeles County level was over their official seal, which donned a graphic of a small cross behind set behind the Hollywood Bowl. The ACLU threatened to sue, the county backed down and spent $700,000 replacing the seal. Now that the cross is back atop the San Gabriel Mission after a restoration project, 5th District Supervisor Michael Antonovich, who voted...

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles take an unneeded shower| Photo by WonderRob™ via Flickr The Department of Water & Power yesterday voted to approve new water rates that will go into effect June 1st unless blocked by city council. "Customers will have to use less water to stay within a base rate. If they already are well within that range -- as many low-income customers are -- their bills should not rise," reported the...

Random photo: nachos with jerk pork | Photo by OctopusHat via Flickr We actually haven't tried this recipe out, but a guest writer over at NachosNY, a blog that came from one man's love of the scrumptious snack, takes on what Los Angeles nachos should be all about: While sitting in traffic behind a guy driving a car worth about as much as all my organs on the black market, I get a yearning...

With the market so down, some are jumping into the ownership game. Via wire reports printed in the Daily Breeze: "A total of 4,590 homes sold in February, up from 3,468 for February 2008, while the median price of a home in Los Angeles County last month was $299,000, down from $460,000 in the same month a year ago, according to La Jolla-based MDA DataQuick. In Orange County, the median home price was $375,000,...

A man was shot in the hand yesterday afternoon after an alleged road rage attack, according to the LAPD. The 35-year-old man while driving on the northbound 101 freeway when at least six shots were fired at him, forcing him to exit onto Lankershim Blvd and stopping outside a body shop on the 4300 block near Bloomfield St. shortly before 3:45 p.m. The shooter crashed into a pole and ditched the car only to...

Hopefully, you've chimed in on our map of pubs in the Los Angeles area. In any case, every business is yearning to take your green in exchange for green on this happy day of Shamrock Shakes and the such. If you're staying in, The Rundown has a great list of store-bought beers you can find at Whole Foods and BevMo curated by LA-based "beer expert" and author Hallie Beaune. Over at the LA Times,...

Photo by Lush.i.ous via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr If you're in Silver Lake on Saturday at noon, take out your camera, take a photo or two and be part of the community's largest art project. It's all part of "Hi, Noon," a conceptual art piece from the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council's Arts & Culture Committee. "This not just another fair or festival, we're inviting everyone in Silver Lake to become an...

Photo: blogdowntown "I would suggest the first thing that would make me feel a little bit better toward them if they'd follow the Japanese example and come before the American people and take that deep bow and say, I'm sorry, and then either do one of two things: resign or go commit suicide." That was Sen. Charles Grassley yesterday on AIG's $165 million in bonuses after receiving federal bailout. Locally, protests have been taking...

The popular Culver City healthy, eco-friendly, fast-casual eatery Tender Greens is making a WeHo debut tomorrow just before lunchtime. Special to this location, Chef Fermin Arias will make house-made cheese, vinegars and salumi in addition to the usual fresh-to-order salads, sandwiches and hot plates that make up their menu. The Santa Monica Blvd. location--between San Vicente and La Cienega--is in the new loft and townhome development, the Hancock Lofts. A third Tender Greens is...

On Sunday evening, an interagency drug task force following an alleged trafficker made an arrest subsequently finding over a million dollars worth of ecstasy in his car. Police observed Ramandeep Singh Sandhu, a 25-year-old resident of Fremont, at the corner of Lincoln Boulevard and Broadway Avenue sitting in his car doing unknown things consistent with illegal activity. The LAX-ICE task force, a group comprised of federal and local policing agencies around ports of entry...

On Pico Blvd. | Photo by stevelyon via Flickr We often hear about DUI checkpoints in the Los Angeles area, but tonight in Santa Monica they'll be doing something different. "We're giong to increase DUI enforcement with more officers on the street," explained Sgt. Renadli Thruston of the Santa Monica Police Department over the phone. "It's not just one checkpoint, it's throughout the area." Also, the city is experience a higher trend of burglary...