Zach Behrens

Photo by CarbonNYC via Flickr Police incidents shut down two important arteries Monday morning, hindering rush hour traffic as investigations occurred. On the 101 freeway, a police pursuit came to the end in Sherman Oaks on the 101 Freeway when a suspect crashed his car near Van Nuys Blvd. In Hollywood, part of its namesake boulevard was closed after shots were reported at the restaurant Musso and Franks. All Westbound lanes of the 101...

Photo by guamafro via Flickr A judge today sentenced a married couple that hit two USC students crossing the street last year March, leaving one dead, to the maximum time allowed in prison, according to the Associated Press. The case became widely know due its horrific nature. For example, Claudia Cabrera and her husband Josue Luna were said to have taken Marcus Garfinkle from their windshield to the sidewalk before leaving. Garfinkle survived, but...

Planning to vote in the June 8th primary? If so, today is the last day to register to vote, but in order to do so, you have to physically drop off your application in at the county's Registrar-Recorder headquarters in Norwalk. "Registration forms and a deposit box for completed forms will be available in the front lobby," noted the department in an e-mail. "RR/CC staff will be in the lobby until midnight to assist...

Venice Beach | Photo by sirimiri via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr Sad day for blogging. Sean Bonner and Jason DeFillippo are shutting down the Metroblogging Network. That means the L.A. version, which has seen 14,313 posts and 60,645 comments in its lifetime, will go, too. Earlier this week we showed you the walkstreets of Venice. This weekend is a great chance to see even more of the neighborhood through the Venice Home &...

The LAPD will set up a sobriety & drivers license checkpoint tonight in Studio City. The 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. event at Ventura and Big Oak is in response to 83 driving under the influence-related and 455 hit and run traffic collisions that have occurred so far this year in the North Hollywood police division, which includes Studio City. As usual, stay safe everyone!...

Looking down Wilshire Blvd. | Photo by atomicshakespeares via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr Did you know that West Los Angeles is home to nine consulates? We didn't, but thanks to the latest newsletter from the community's Neighborhood Council, we do now. They say eight national consulates are on the south side of Wilshire Boulevard, between the 405 Freeway and the Santa Monica border: Great Britain Italy The Netherlands Greece Bulgaria Romania Switzerland Croatia...

An ordinance expanding what Angelenos can grow at home and later sell was approved by the L.A. City Council today. The "Fruit and Flowers Freedom Act," as it is called, changed the city's Truck Gardening ordinance, which said only vegetables and herbs could be grown, trucked to a market and sold.

The assistant coach for the Los Angeles Kings was arrested last night in Washington D.C. for sexual abuse -- or at least that's the news floating around Twitter and what ABC7 is reporting. But the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington D.C. cannot confirm if it is that Mark Hardy. "That's a pretty ubiquitous name," Officer Eric Frost told LAist over the phone. He said someone named Mark Hardy has been arrested, but has not...

The 405 Freeway in the Sepulveda Pass | Photo by aalorber via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr Two people were shot in Hollywood (near Lexington and Las Palmas) today in an incident involving a police officer. Round 2: Rocker and reality star Bret Michaels has been hospitalized again. Now Lindsay Lohan won't be arrested when she arrives in Los Angeles tomorrow -- bail has been posted in advance of her return. Planning your future-future...

The long-awaited Trader Joe's in the Hollywood Entertainment District is almost here. At 8 a.m. on Friday, a grand opening celebration will welcome the company to Hollywood and Vine. The 13,000 square foot store will be open 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily and inside will feature Hollywood themed art mixed in with the company's Hawaiian-inspired decor. Since 1958, the Monrovia-based Trader Joe's has opened 330 stores in 25 states. A store in Montrose...

Arizona power commissioner Gary Pierce's challenge to Los Angeles, saying the city should stop receiving power generated in his state because of its boycott, is really picking up steam. Now a poll posted on MSNBC asks this: "Should Arizona have the right to pull the plug on L.A. if the city goes through its boycott?" 34,447 votes later and 86.3% say, yes, Arizona should have the right. 12.5% say no and 1.3% say "I...

Well, it seems Arizona power commissioner Gary Pierce is the new punching bag for politicians in the L.A vs. Arizona flame war. The latest is from Lt. Governor candidate and L.A. City Councilmember Janice Hahn, who co-authored the city's boycott of Arizona. "Commissioner Gary Pierce is the Forrest Gump of Arizona politics, nevermind that he is an extreme right-wing republican who supports a racist law in AZ that even the United Nations has condemned, he must now believe he can tell the Navajo Nation..."