Zach Behrens

Assemblyman Mike Feuer (D-West Hollywood) has introduced a moratorium bill that would apply to 877 billboards approved to be converted to digital. "The new law would also prohibit advertising on official changeable message signs, which convey information to motorists about Amber Alerts, traffic conditions, and emergencies," a statement from his office said today. If passed, the legislation will halt the construction and conversion of digital displays for three years, enough time for policymakers to...

Photo: aforero via Flickr A second unrelated incident occurred Saturday morning when a man entered the airport to pick up his wife, according to LAX officials Police searched his vehicle and found two unregistered and unloaded shotguns (12-gauge and 20-gauge) as well as about 220 rounds of ammunition. The man told officers he recently went to a shooting range to fire the guns and forgot they were in his vehicle. The man was not...

Since the deadly Chatsworth Metrolink crash that left 25 dead, the agency's CEO David Solow has been in the spotlight. Today, LA Times' Steve Hymon finds that "the Metrolink board of directors has put an item on its agenda for today's meeting that allows members to discuss in closed session whether they want to terminate [him]. Whether they make such a decision remains to be seen." Solow was hired almost 10 years to the...

Los Angeles International Airport officials have updated earlier information regarding this morning's arrest: "A male Hispanic was detained and subsequently taken into custody at 12:20pm today by federal and local law enforcement officers who are investigating his attempt to bring several weapons plus ammunition into LAX. At 10:49 this morning, the man driving a grey 4X4 Silverado was stopped by Airport Police officers for a routine vehicle inspection at the intersection of westbound Century...

Photo by Sklathill via Flickr You can't go out to eat and see a play in the NoHo Arts Disrict without having to move your car or face getting a ticket. In Hollywood, lunch in one hours time is just not possible, but that's all you get. And in Highland Park, higher prices on meters have driven people to pack the residential side streets. Some of these mean a change of habit for the...

Feel the change in the weather? Humidity is dropping, the temperature is rising and the winds are a-coming. The National Weather Service issued a red flag alert, which tells firefighters that critical fire weather conditions are coming, for tomorrow noon through Sunday afternoon. Winds are expected to gust up to 70 mph or more through out the Los Angeles and Ventura County region. “Anytime we have gusts over 60 mph, very significant trees can...

(UPDATE: More current info on the situation can be found here) From Los Angeles International Airport officials: "At approximately 11 a.m., Airport Police officers operating a vehicle checkpoint inspected a 4X4 Silverado and discovered it to contain a number of firearms and rifles. At this time an investigation is underway to determine both the legality of the weapons, their registration and the manner in which they are being transported. LAPD, ATF and the FBI...

“He insisted on only the best ingredients,” the franchise's operator Gerald Tanaka said of Don Callendar, who passed away on Wednesday. The Marie Callendar's opened in 1948 when Callender helped his mother Marie take her home-based bakery into a wholesale pie business. "The first pie and coffee shop later opened in 1964 in Orange," Fast Food Maven Nancy Luna wrote. Apparently, Callendar was one of the first in the business to build restaurants via...

Photo: ikkoskinen via Flickr Now that parking meters are enforced beyond 6 p.m. with a two-hour limit in the NoHo Arts Distrct, the whole experience of going out to dinner and seeing a theatre show doesn't really work unless you want to keep moving your car to a new space. Tom LaBonge, who represents the area, spoke to FOX News last night. He voted to increase rates and hours and is now trying to...

Longing for a complete transit system | Photo by nanooksvinyl via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr Metro's board was supposed to vote later this month on the long-range plan that would have set timetables for projects such as the "Subway to the Sea," and other projects. Community members and politicians such as Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa were not to pleased to see opening dates for projects more than 20 years from now (a subway to...

Although not approved by Metro's Board, that staff report with timelines of projects has created quite some talk around town. The timetable they suggest for the "Subway to the Sea" has Mayor Villaraigosa unhappy and Southbay officials are not pleased either. They "expected the MTA to extend the Green Line to Los Angeles International Airport as soon as 2015. Under the new draft, that project will not be done until 2018 at the earliest,...

Are the new parking meter rates and time limits affecting you? Let us know in the comments. Reader "db" shares his frustration: "I went down to Hollywood Blvd for lunch last Sunday and had to park blocks away, not because of the ridiculous $2/hour (on a Sunday!) rates, but because of the absurd one hour limit. Please tell me how one is supposed to park, walk to the restaurant, wait to be seated, orders...