Zach Behrens

The 13th District's Eric Garcetti will be live on Crooks and Liars at 3 p.m. to take your questions. Interesting to note that it's a nationally focused site (although it is based locally in Mar Vista), which might have some speculating that one day we'll be addressing him as a congressman (and disappointing a lot of people hoping he'll make a run for mayor). But on the other hand, Garcetti as of late has...

Photo: frankjmtz Yes, it's that time again. Come Sunday morning at 2 a.m., your clocks should be put forward one hour. And springing ahead (and falling back for that matter) is always the traditional time for fire departments across the country to remind you to check your fire alarms. “Daylight Saving Time gives us a great opportunity to tune up our emergency systems at home,” Councilmember LaBonge said at a press conference yesterday. “As...

Metrolink yesterday fired two supervisors who oversaw train engineer Robert Sanchez, who was behind the controls of the train that slammed into a freight train killing 25 people last year September. But the two supervisors are not really not fired, per se, becuase they're employees of Connex, Metrolink's contractor for employees. Rather, the two supervisors were taken off the job and will be replaced. From the LA Times: "'The unauthorized text-messaging, the 'ride-alongs' and...

Photo: jaypen g The blogger at urban hippie sounds off: so when talking to one of the music center bike cops, asking if we did have bike parking in the garage, he told me that they didn't and they would most likely not allow bike parking anywhere around the building because aesthetically it wouldn't go. huh? so, i don't have a place to lock up my bike when i go to see the l.a....

Meet Spirit The Santa Ana Zoo has a bunch of new animals including the aptly named bald eagle, Spirit, who "omes to Santa Ana from a rehabilitation facility in Alaska due to a wing injury that precluded her from being released back into the wild," according to a zoo statement. Last month, the zoo's monkey population increased to 52 when twin red-handed tamarin monkeys were born. The two will be available this weekend at...

Yellow Pincushion Practically splitting Los Angeles in half, the Santa Monica Mountains are one of LA's biggest and closest outdoors assets to those of us living in Los Angeles. The National Recreation Area, under the auspices of the National Park Service, is a large area extending from the Caheunga corridor to the Pacific Ocean and is full activities from hiking Runyon Canyon to the hot topic this spring, wildflower hunting. The Park Service's Research...

Photo: Tom Andrews/LAist Four people, including the suspect, were stabbed earlier this morning on a block of single family homes in Watts. Two of the females victims, aged 68 and 20, were stabbed in the head and were listed in serious and stable condition, respectively. Another 20-year-old female suffered a minor wound. The suspect, a male, was also stabbed and sent to the hospital with unknown injuries, but the LAPD has confirmed he is...

Photo by jakerome via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr Southbay photographer and Flickr user jakerome explains the fun of parking in Hermosa Beach: FFS! No overnight parking. Except for residents. No parking at all Monday 10 until 2. 1 hour parking during the summer months, from 8-5, unless you have a resident OR day permit. Got it? Sure, we got it. Next time we hit Hermosa, it will be on a beach cruiser. Over...

With off campus partying exasperating Westchester neighbors and garnering the attention of the local news, Loyola Marymount officials have come out with some new "party protocol," as the school's paper puts it. Off-campus students will not only have to register their address, but will be required do an online orientation to learn about city ordinances. This week at a forum for students to ask police and city attorneys questions, the LAPD gave the low-down...

Challenger Carmen Trutanich On City Attorney Candidate Jack Weiss's unexpected low numbers at Tuesday's election: "It's a blow -- there's no way around that. He had the most money, the most mailers and definitely the most TV time," said Jaime A. Regalado, executive director of the Edmund G. "Pat" Brown Institute of Public Affairs to the LA Times. "For someone with this kind of name recognition, the backing of the mayor and police chief,...

Art Leahy | Photo via Metro From Orange County's transportation agency to Los Angeles County's Metro, Art Leahy was approved to be the new head under a four year contract that pays him $310,000 annually. He begins on April 6th. A bio from Metro says that "for the past eight years Leahy has headed the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA), where he has overseen planning, financing and coordination for Orange County’s freeway, street and...

The Happy Hollows play Sunset Junction in 2008 (more photos here) | Photo by Koga/LAist At a meeting last night of the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council, the board voted to "oppose the Sunset Junction Street Festival in its current format [i.e., fees, street closure location, etc]," reports the LA Weekly. Of concern is that festival organizers are not working with the community and businesses affected by the popular and well-attended event, which is scheduled...