Zach Behrens

What the Station Fire looked like on its second day from La Canada (more photos here) | Photo by Tom Andrews/LAist Sometimes cutting the budget to public safety departments can cost you more in the long run. Case in point, the Station Fire, which lasted months and charred some 250 square miles. On day two of the blaze, when it was still relatively small, the Forest Service may have not ordered more state and...

Firefighters dousing a small one-acre grass fire in the northern part of the Angeles National Forest this morning found a body among the ashes. The unidentified corpse was discovered around 7:30 a.m. about one mile east of the 5 freeway near Templin Highway. Sheriff's Deputies had very little information, but the Daily News points out that the body was burned beyond recognition: officials cannot tell if it was even a male or female....

An early morning in Venice | Photo by dogma623 via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr Sunday is a big day for Los Angeles. CicLAvia will bring over seven miles of public space to city streets for the five hours. Here's your activity planner. See you on the streets! What's the difference between gantlet and gauntlet? LA Times readers get caught up in the non-error. Drivers who cut you off, tailgate and flip you the...

A hit-and-run crash Wednesday evening in Burbank left actress and singer Juliette Lewis injured, according to the Associated Press. At about 10:15 p.m. a car ran a red light at Olive Avenue and Glenoaks Boulevard (map) and collided with a Lincoln Town Car carrying Lewis. She was bruised, but not seriously hurt and brought to the hospital after she complained of head, back and neck pain....

Little Dragon performed at last year's Masquerade | Photo by Koga/LAist KCRW's massively big Halloween party is back. The radio station today announced the lineup and details about the October 30th 21-and-over event, which covers five themed rooms inside downtown's Park Plaza. Masquerade: A Halloween Costume Ball & Dance Party includes the vaudeville circus troupe Lucent Dossier, food trucks, 13 KCRW DJs and performances by Cut Chemist, The Duke Spirit and Gram Rabbit (KCRW...

Actor Larry Wilcox celebrating 10-4 Day in Hollywood earlier this week | Photo by Tom Andrews/LAist On Monday, "CHiPs" actor Larry Wilcox was all smiles in Hollywood as he celebrated 10-4 Day, which honors and celebrates the work police officers do. Then came Thursday, when federal regulators went after and charged several penny stock promoters, including Wilcox, according to the LA Times. Promoters were caught in "various illicit kickback schemes to manipulate the volume...

There's a reason some call it Hollyweird. When it comes to peculiar, creepy, odd, bizarre and haunted stories, Hollywood is full of them. Now the publisher house behind the "Weird" book series has finally released a Tinsel Town version. Tonight "Weird Hollywood" will get its official launch at Boardners, which apparently has its own haunted history, at a free party from 8 to 10 p.m. tonight.

Laying out at the Getty Museum | Photo by danimaniacs via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr Meet the largest unofficial dog park in the world: Burbank Airport. A LAPD officer who hit two pedestrians with his Hummer and fled the scene was convicted of a felony today and faces up to six years in prison. Remembering rain: KCET has a nice photo retrospective of this week's weather. Now here's a headline: "California officials secure...

You might not be going to the LA Phil's opening night concert and gala, but there's a way you can be there somewhat vicariously. KUSC 91.5 FM will carry the "celebración" live tonight at 7 p.m. Conductor Gustavo Dudaml and his friend Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez have put together a "special program of bel canto arias and popular Latin American canciones." Works to be played includes those from Italian composer Gioachino Antonio Rossini,...

At the Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area in Baldwin Hills | Photo by Mike Chen via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr This year's approved state budget looks very similar when it comes to state parks. What that means is the continuation of partial closures, reduced staff and hours and no end in sight for the $1.3 billion backlog in needed maintenance and repairs. "This budget simply puts another band-aid on the crisis that has...

The LAPD has surrounded the Imperial Courts Housing Project and shut down westbound traffic on the Imperial Highway following a shots fired call that apparently got of hand. Details were sketchy, but a police spokesperson said they were notified of gunshots at 5:03 p.m. Responding officers were met by a large crowd (reportedly angry), prompting a large police response and the formation of a skirmish line. As of 5:45 p.m., there was no word...

Runway incursions were up at LAX in 2009, the FAA has announced. In 2008, there eight such incidents, four less than in 2009, according to the LA Times, which explains that "incursions happen when pilots fail to stop at hold lines on taxiways that lead to runways." 10 of the incursions were caused by pilot error with the remaining two to blame on the air traffic controllers. Although there was an increase, it's a...