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A controversial video that surfaced over the weekend showing a LAPD officer apparently trying to kick a bicyclist before police used force on the videographer has prompted cyclists to call for a large turnout at a monthly city meeting tonight. 53 people are already confirmed on Facebook to show up at the...

With the Summer driving season upon us, The Daily Beast has released a list of the 100 deadliest freeways in the country. And the two mentioned from Southern California made the top 10 with the 15 and the 10 freeways coming in at 4 and 5, respectively. Between 2004-2008, there were 506 fatalities on the 15's 287.26 miles -- that's 1.52 fatal crashes per mile. On the 10's 242.54 in-state miles, there were 387...

At Arlington West in Santa Monica | Photo by denisetaylor☼ via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr Oy vey! Now a fix for the Gulf oil spill is two months away. The CHP is saying that there were fewer drunk driving arrests but more traffic deaths this holiday weekend. Sunday night was not quiet in Echo Park and Silver Lake as bike thieves and fires kept residents awake. Get a haircut and a high? A...

Earlier plans for the California's High Speed Rail called for two stations in the San Fernando Valley -- one in Sylmar and another in Glendale or Burbank. At first, HSR planners were looking at station locations in downtown Burbank, but city officials there balked, wanting consideration of a station at Burbank Airport. Now it appears planners are all about that airport station as the only station in the Valley, reported the Burbank Leader last...

A relatively unique car and widespread media attention helped put a suspect of a hit and run behind bars last week. The LAPD asked Twitter users and the news media to spread word about a hit and run that left a 22-year-old valet in a coma. Captured on surveillance video, you can see Benjamin Zelman get run down by an older model yellow VW bug convertible. It didn't take long before two West Hollywood...

Retired NASCAR driver Jimmy Neal was let out of jail this morning at 1:30 a.m. for that reckless driving incident a two weeks ago -- that 50 mile chase between San Clemente and La Jolla -- and it didn't take long for him to apparently find trouble again, finds TMZ. "We're told Neal then went to the home of a woman in Lake Forest, CA at around 3:00 AM and police were called three...

Photo by Lucyrk in LA via LAist Featured Photos/Flickr California's Senate on Friday unanimously passed a bill that would benefit state coffers, but leave cities with fewer dollars to collect when motorists get cited. Authored by Long Beach Democrat Sen. Jenny Oropeza, SB 949 would prohibit cities from citing motorists under city law instead of already existing state law, which allowed municipalities to keep fines. Opponents say it's just another way for the state...

dreamyshade/LAist Featured Photos A brave Trader Joe's clerk last night was shot during an after-hours robbery that involved about three suspects who fled. At about 10:20 p.m., two of the suspects entered the Trader Joe's in Eagle Rock and demanded money at gunpoint while a third suspect waited outside in a car. When a gun was pointed at a female clerk, another clerk, reportedly her boyfriend, took a wine bottle and struck the robber...

Yo, Venice! A fight that involved some 70 people on Venice's boardwalk last night has prompted the LAPD to kick up their presence today, according to the LA Times. Around 8 p.m. a fight erupted on the boardwalk near 17th and Windward Avenue...

A very L.A. pool reflection | Photo by casualtimetravel via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr What if the ambulance doesn't start? L.A. firefighters and mechanics today protested budget cuts, saying low maintenance funding could hurt emergency services. The ACLU and the city of Santa Monica have settled a lawsuit about the treatment of the homeless. "Oh NO! I left my underwear in the oven!" "Three's Company" Star Joyce DeWitt, 61, was sentenced to three...

Police personnel searches at the scene where a dead newborn baby was discovered in a curbside trash bin on Wednesday March 3 (AP Photo/The Daily Breeze, Brad Graverson) The cause of death for a newborn found inside a Redondo Beach trash can in early March has been deemed asphyxia and classified as a homicide, the Los Angeles County coroner's office has announced, via the LA Times. 24-year-old Jessie Lauren Canfield was at a house...

Mayor Phil Gordon The silly little bet between Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Phoenix's Mayor Phil Gordon just got more interesting. At first the two traded wagers based on the Western Conference Finals, which has the Lakers pitted against the Phoenix Suns. If L.A. won, Phoenix would gladly accept Republican gubernatorial candidates Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner. If Phoenix won, L.A. would get the notorious Sheriff Joe Arpaio, known as "American's Toughest Sheriff." Now Gordon...