Zach Behrens

A fifth measure qualified for California's November ballot today, Secretary of State Debra Bowen announced this afternoon. If approved by voters, the state could no longer make a habit of raiding tax revenues that fund transportation projects and services in cities and other local jurisdictions. For a local example...

After nine years, Orange County's Gay Pride is making a comeback this summer. OC Register columnist Frank Micakdeit says the event fizzled out in 2001, but with the passing of Prop 8, which banned gay marriage in California, the Orange County Equality Coalition has scheduled the event for August 15th. "Gay-pride festivals have a mixed history in O.C. The first, in Santa Ana, in 1989, brought protests..."

It's not just food trucks that annoy Councilmember Tom LaBonge, but also people who dispose of their cigarette butts on the sidewalk, in the streets or wherever else they shouldn't go (and rightly so). He's been ragging on the issue for years and will even approach you if he witnesses it (once at a red light, he said he got out of his car to talk to a driver in front of him). So...

Photo: San Diego Union-Tribune A 53-year-old former California Highway Patrol officer was convicted on Monday for dismissing a woman's speeding ticket in exchange for sex, according to the LA Times. Abram Carabajal said he and the woman were having a love affair, but four other women who testified said he made suggestive comments when pulled over by him. Carabajal was caught by investigators after he dismissed 49-year-old Shirin Zarrindej's ticket at a courthouse and...

Welcome to the first day of Summer. Currently in pursuit is one that began all the way in Redlands in San Bernardino County, heading westbound on the 10, and has made it's way to northbound 405 freeway via the 605 freeway, according to KCAL9-TV and live streaming from KTLA. The suspect was allegedly involved in an armed-robbery. Update: The suspect exited the freeway onto the streets of Long Beach. The chase ended at the...

Those who are at the Lakers Parade this morning and happen to be carrying a prescription for medical marijuana are in luck. A food truck featuring medical marijuana lollipops has been serving customers this morning, and without any interference (yet) from the police, according to the LA Times. Truck operator Bilal Muhammad has OG Kush and Grand Daddy Perp, among other flavors, for anyone with a prescription card (maybe this will give Ron Artest...

Majestic Realty, the company planning to build a NFL stadium some 25 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, appears to have slim pickings when it comes to the seven teams that may be up for grabs, finds the San Gabriel Valley Tribune. The 49ers, Rams, Jaguers, Chargers and Vikings all want to stay in their respective homes, or at least close to them. As for the Bills, they have no intention of being sold....

Playing handball | Photo by Benjamin Heath via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr Tomorrow: there's a big, big, big animal adoption event throughout the city and county. Found Animals' "Better with a Buddy" event will be simultaneously be held at 14 shelters and will pay for half of adoption fees when you adopt and 100% of them if you adopt two pets. James Rojas, known for making cityscape models from "blocks, legos and other...

Two suspects have been arrested in the 2008 murder of aspiring model Juliana Redding, Santa Monica Police announced Thursday evening. Kelly Soo Park, 44, and 34-year-old Ronnie Wayne Case, both Camarillo residents, were arrested for the murder of the 21-year-old, found in her apartment on the 1600 block of Centinela Avenue on March 16, 2008. Thousands of hours were dedicated to the case, which involved the FBI, Torrance and Oxnard police departments and the...

Some call Las Vegas the far flung suburb of Los Angeles, but this illustrated map that Curbed LA pointed to yesterday takes the notion far beyond Sin City. Featured in the New Yorker with a caption "Los Angeles Getting More Annoying as We Speak," the map puts the Valley in Oregon, South Pasadena in South Dakota, Long Beach in Texas and downtown L.A. in Wyoming (and we think the Subway to the Sea is...

Officials hope this doesn't happen again (see more photos of last year's Lakers craziness here and here) | AP Photo Metro late this afternoon warned that several buses will be impacted by the Lakers Championship game and that the Blue Line between downtown Los Angeles and Long Beach could shut down if conditions warrant it. "Blue Line passengers traveling to Long Beach can board a southbound Metro bus either [at] Grand Avenue and Pico...

Detail of the Laker Parade Map. Download the full PDF here Scheduled for 11 a.m. on Monday, the two-mile Lakers Championship Parade will head down Figueroa from Staples Center to Jefferson Boulevard near USC. All that means large celebratory crowds and many street closures. “Congestion in the area is expected to be heavy during the morning commute hours," warned LADOT General Manager Rita Robinson. "We request the public’s patience in using alternative routes and...