Zach Behrens

We're not sure how many $10 tickets are left, but here you go, compliments of Jane's Addiction blog today: "Some additional tickets have become available for Jane's mailing list members for the Echoplex show on Monday, February 16th in Los Angeles, CA. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to janesRSVP@janesaddiction.com as soon as possible. RSVPs will be accepted on a first come first serve basis. If you have already RSVPed, there is...

That's how many layoff warnings Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will be sending off tomorrow morning to state employees, save for SEIU members. "In the absence of a budget, the governor has the responsibility to realize savings any way he can," Schwarzenegger spokesman Aaron McLear said, per the SacBee. The budget standstill could be end if one Republican decides to side with Democrats. It's speculated that tonight's move by the Governor is to pressure Sen. Dave...

After a controversial city employee salary database (plus one for overtime) and an LAUSD salary database, the Daily News is at it again, this time with the LAPD's most wanted. "Some 207 people are wanted by the Los Angeles Police Department for 15 types of crimes ranging from DUI to fraud to murder," the Valley based paper says. "Of that number, 196 are men, 11 are women. About 80 percent, or 167, are Hispanic,...

Desert Dandelions in the Pinto Valley, Joshua Tree National Park | Photo by Dawn Endico via Flickr With the rain, even how relatively little there has been this year, comes wildflowers around Southern California. "We are seeing a few flowers already, but the best of the bloom will most likely be from the last week of February through the first two weeks of March," reads the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park's website. For Casey Schreiner...

Angels Flight at the 1996 re-grand opening | Photo by bcmacsac1 via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr It's been a long time coming and downtowners eagerly are awaiting the reopening of Angels Flight, the funicular railway between Hill Street in the Historic Core to the California Plaza atop Bunker Hill. In fact, people are so eager that last week the Downtown News wrote an editorial saying "it is time for local government officials to...

Still with no vote on California's budget, the Senate and Assembly adjourned last night around 8:30 p.m. last night after a long tiring day, considering the Assembly was in lockdown until 3:30 a.m. Sunday morning (see Joe Coto, D-San, Jose sleeping in the photo?). In order to get the budget passed, the Senate democrats just need one more Republican to jump the fence and side with them--two other GOPs are already there and he...

Out of the Closet in Alaska Thanks to Sarah Palin talking about her favorite second hand clothing store, small store owner Ellen Arvold of Out of the Closet in Anchorage, Alaska received a cease and desist letter from Out of the Closet in Los Angeles. "We've invested a lot of time, energy and money or resources branding Out of the Closet, tied specifically to our HIV/AIDS mission to provide care and advocacy regardless of...

Photo JT3 11 via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr Whether or not you've got the day off, here's what's affected for today: All Metro operated buses and Metro Rail trains that include the Metro Red Line, Purple Line Blue Line, Green Line and Gold Line will operate on regular schedule. Mail Delivery is a big no. Banks? Nope. Public Schools? Day Off! City Hall, County Hall of Administration, State Office = Closed. Major public...

The San Gabriel Mountains as seen from Anaheim | Photo by tux96 via Flickr The recent weather has left the snow pack at over forty inches in the higher elevations of the San Gabriel Mountains, according to Forest Service officials in the 680,000 acre Angeles National Forest. And at lower elevation levels, snow is over a foot with more expected this weekend. So if you're itching to get out and have never been before,...

The ten people suspected of starting last Fall's destructive wildfire in Montecito and Santa Barbara will only be charged for "misdemeanor trespassing and unlawfully building and using a campfire without permission," the Associated Press is reporting. The District Attorney said that he could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that their illegal campfire beget the conflagration that spread and destroyed 230 homes and burned near 2,000 acres. The Tea Fire began on November 13th...

Traffic as of 4:45 p.m. The much needed rain for bitch-thirsty California is a good thing, but it has its consequences. Shortly before 5 p.m., the California Highway Patrol was reporting 57 incidents in LA County, which is higher than usual for even Friday at rush hour. A lot of the crashes are injury collisions with "rain as a contributing factor," one officer told us. Also, reported snow is causing some delays on the...

Did you see that plane carrying this pictured Colorado lovin' on California banner during this morning's rush hour? It's part of Denver's attempt to woo us--and mainly corporations--to move from sea level to one mile high in the sky. LAist Gives it a Try: Have you been to Denver? The sky looks unusually blue. Oh wait, there's no smog, that's what the sky is supposed to look like.