Zach Behrens

Nadya Suleman talks to Ann Curry The mother who gave birth to octuplets last week has finally gone public. Nadya Suleman, 33, of Whittier appeared on NBC's TODAY for an exclusive interview revealing a lot more about her: Ann Curry: "How did an only child end up with 14 children?" Suleman: "That was always a dream of mine, to have a large family, a huge family, and I just longed for certain connections and...

Photo by [Kwasi B.] via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr Although they admit the lead time to market the program was insufficient, Metro and the City have not committed to operating late-night Red Line service again in 2009, according to a report (.pdf) published by the Department of Transportation this week. However, they do believe Metro can "operate effective additional service" if funded and that the community may have an interest in seeing it...

Talk about disturbing: "Broadcrest Foothill Apartment Homes claims Alicia Ortiz broke her lease on an Upland apartment when she and her 17-year-old son were killed by her sister's disgruntled ex-husband. The landlord informed her former husband, Carlos Ortiz, that she gave 'insufficient notice to vacate.' The company says it is owed $2,821 in rent and penalties," reports the Associated Press today. And it's not just some oversight or a situation where they didn't know...

Police are expected to hold a press conference later today, but what we know now is that a dancer from Babes & Beer nightclub at 18454 Oxnard St. in Tarzana was doused in an accelerant by two men and then set afire leaving her in critical condition. What prompted the attack at 1:30 a.m. is still unknown but police are asking for the public's help. Photos and the names of the suspects are expected...

If last week's deaths of three kids (one of them was at the wheel) in a police pursuit wasn't enough, five were involved in one last night that began in Norwalk. Shortly before midnight, police tried to pull over a red Chevy Corsica that was reported to be stolen when the 13 or 14-year-old driver sped off with four other passengers aged 12 to 14. About an hour later, California Highway Patrol performed the...

Photo by Al Pavangkanan via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr If there's anyone who shouldn't be running red lights, it's civilian city employees for the Department of Transportation. Instead of being examples to the community on how citizens should drive, we often witness them blowing past stop signs and running red lights on right turns (oh, the "California stop"). This morning, we happened to witness such an incident and catch the license plate number....

Photo by Dennis Hathaway | BanBillboardBlight.org Not only does Warner Bros' The Watchmen look terrible, it recently is the latest content on an illegal supergraphic endangering tenants of this four-story building off the Robertson Blvd. exit from the 10 Freeway, finds billboard activist Dennis Hathaway. Wait, there's more! And to boot, it's less than one whole mile away from where the city held a press conference about an illegal Tropicana supergraphic where the billboard...

Remember this angering video where a local video blogger documented the 2007 Immigration March that went from happy and free-spirited to LAPD officers terrorizing everyone by spraying rubber bullets into the crowds and taking batons to reporters? Today, the LA City Council approved $12.85 million to settle nine lawsuits against the city, but that's not the end of it as there were 27 lawsuits. Also, this not the only recent LAPD settlement the LA...

LAPD Cameras in Hollywood | Photo by Zach Behrens/LAist Sherman Oaks isn't exactly a haven for crime, but that didn't stop business owners, who were constantly plagued with break ins and graffiti, to band together and pony up money to the LAPD for surveillance cameras like those on Hollywood Boulevard. Together with the Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council and Councilman Jack Weiss' office, they bought five live feed cameras that will officially be announced tomorrow...

It's "the year of the Grand Slam" and Denny's has brought out masses of people this morning for the free breakfast promised yesterday during Sunday's Superbowl Game. Pictured above is the Dennys on Sunset in Hollywood shortly before 9:30 a.m., and across the city, we're hearing of the same: long lines stretching around street corners. It was a 45 minute wait as of 9 a.m., but free breakfast on this day extends until 2 p.m. Enjoy.

LA County Board of Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky has jumped on the bandwagon of politicians begging the LA Times not to kill the California section of the paper. "Despite its profitability even in the current market, the Times recently boosted its street price by 50% even as it was accelerating plans to further degrade its news product by eliminating sections and cutting additional staff," he wrote in the letter (via LA Observed). "Charging the newspaper's...

Angela Suleman, the mother of Nadya, who gave birth to octuplets last month, is talking, once again, about her daughter. And like last time, it's not as supportive as you would expect a grandma to be. However, it is realistic: "Her dad and I have told her she has six beautiful children. Why do you want more?" she told PEOPLE in its new issue that will hit newsstands on Friday. "She is a good...