Zach Behrens

The internet just let out a big sigh of relief at 5:02 p.m. when KROQ updated their twitter saying that they will announce Coachella's lineup tomorrow morning sometime during Kevin & Bean. Safe to say, it's been a long week for those who were expecting the announcement on Monday or Tuesday. Just for fun: "In a novel move, Goldenvoice has decided to announce this year's lineup at the end of the [festival] weekend. The...

When LAPD Senior Lead Officer George Aguilar responded to an accident earlier this month on Ventura Blvd., he experienced first hand how unsafe the Valley's popular artery is for pedestrians. Even with a police car next to him, he felt like a "bowling pin." Aguilar, whose area covers most of Sherman Oaks between the 101 Freeway and Mulholland Drive, announced last night at a monthly neighborhood watch meeting that he's upping the traffic enforcement...

If you've got it, flaunt it. That's what the Beverly Hills Unified School District is looking into doing--raising school funds by using their famous name to brand a clothing line instead of the usual PTA bake sale. "Beverly Hills' population has aged," writes Peter Baller at Forbes, "and fewer residents have school-aged children. That's left the 5,300-student district short on community support and unable to raise taxes." Splitting between 60 to 70% with a...

Photo by Mr. Litttlehand via Flickr LA Observed broke the news late last night that the LA Times will be cutting the state and local news section of the paper, the California section. "The publisher decided to fold local news inside the front section," Kevin Roderick wrote. Curbed LA wrote a brief on it and amongst the many comments on their post was one point that is something we, as well as much of...

Their small home in Whittier She gave birth to octuplets this week, but already had six kids, including twins. Little is still known about the Whittier woman who gave birth to the clan on Monday in Bellflower, but her father--who she lives with along with her mother--told the Associated Press that once the babies are released from the hospital, the media won't be able to hunt them down. "We have a huge house, not...

A Tofu Taco If Kogi BBQ wasn't popular enough with hundreds of people lining up where Twitter tells them to go, now the only Pulitzer Prize winning food critic and journalist has penned his thoughts on the Korean taco truck that LAist covered last month. "The frequent tweets make you feel connected to Kogi, as if you were friends with the owners instead of just another hungry mouth, even if your only contact with...

A small airplane crashed at Santa Monica Airport around 5:05 p.m. tonight leaving at least two people dead inside. "The single-engine airplane crashed during take-off at the west end of the airport runway," according to Ian Gregor, Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson, per KABC. Upon impact, the plane was engulfed in flames. No one on the ground was hurt. It's been a crazy and unfortunate two days in Los Angeles. Twitter user Marc Chambers summed...

Photo by paulvonspector via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr Well, it's not that literal, but here's what Chief Bratton said today at the press conference announcing a new gang unit: "If you engage in violence, if you stick your neck up in the air, we’re going to lop it off." He always has great quotes--remember him on Lindsay Lohan? The LAPD now has a rapid-response unit that will quickly respond to gang shootings and...

"People have imagined that if we stopped emitting carbon dioxide that the climate would go back to normal in 100 years or 200 years. What we're showing here is that's not right. It's essentially an irreversible change that will last for more than a thousand years," said Susan Solomon, one of the world's top climate scientists, to NPR this week. Today, KCRW's To The Point looked into the issue further, even bringing up population...

JetBlue announced this morning that they will begin offering two daily nonstop flights each way between LAX and JFK in New York City and Logan International in Boston. Tickets will go on sale February 4th with flights beginning on June 17. Currently, JetBlue flights to the east coast can be taken from Burbank and Long Beach Airports. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa gave some nice spin on what this means: "Even in these tough economic times,...

A 14-year-old driver and two passengers--aged 11 and 6--died last night after a car chase that ended in a Fontana front yard. Around 9 p.m., a CHP officer pulled over the Nissan Maxima. When he approached the car on foot, it fled. The chase hit speeds up to 90 mph and ran several red lights before careening out of control, rolling over a few times ejecting two of the boys from the car and...

UTLA at a 2006 immigration rally | Photo by AmandaLeighPanda via Flickr Watch out, downtown traffic. The United Teacher of Los Angeles will be holding an afternoon protest and march over education budget cuts. "California’s budget situation is grim, and LAUSD faces hundreds of millions in cuts on top of $400 million cuts already made," a UTLA protest flyer reads. "LAUSD could try getting rid of the consultants who cost hundreds of millions a...