Zach Behrens

The rain is headed back and the National Weather Service is expecting it to hit the Los Angeles area beginning tomorrow, persisting through the night. That could mean another half to one-inch in the coastal and valley areas and up to 1.5 inches in the foothills and lower elevations of the mountains, which means more concern for mudslide prone areas. At higher elevations, snow levels are expected to drop drastically between 3,500 to 4,000...

o lease 10 city parking garages for 50 years or not? That is one of the current big financial questions, which the LA Times explores today. At issue is the $212-million budget shortfall that officials want to solve mostly with money from the reserve fund...

Here's a little factoid update: Over the last year, Los Angeles has submitted 148 applications to the federal government, seeking a total of $1.5 billion in stimulus money. Of that, they've seen $591 million come in from 81 different grants, it was announced at a city council committee meeting last week. No grants are being submitted this week, but officials are awaiting a big announcement about some transportation grants, in which the city applied...

Signs draw attention to dog poo left on someone's front lawn in Sherman Oaks on Dixie Cyn. Ave. | Photo by polaroid-girl via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr One annoyed neighbor's humorous attempt to educate neighbors on letting dogs relieve themselves on their lawn makes for good camera fodder. And this isn't the first time we've seen this type of "activism" in Sherman Oaks. A few years ago, complimentary "shit bags" appeared on one...

Beverly Hills | Photo by Gomargot via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr Oh, shucks! Soon, you might not be able to carry your gun into Starbucks. Good news for Silver Lake: That annoying digital billboard has been turned off. KCRW is in its final days of their bi-annual pledge drive. Here's a video of what it looks like at the station with all those volunteers working the phones. Mentioned as a good spot for...

But it looks like it's just an accident this time. One vehicle went 20 feet down the cliff off Mulholland Drive at Laurel Canyon Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. "Occupant out. No injuries at this time," they tweeted. Earlier today, mystery has surrounded bandits who apparently stole Charlie Sheen's car (seen in photo) and dumped if off Mulholland. Later, a second car was found 200 yards away. Update: The LAPD is...

At a City Council meeting at Van Nuys City Hall | Photo by alexbcthompson via Flickr To give more access to the city's widespread public, the L.A. City Council began holding meetings in the Valley on the first Friday of the month. But now, with the city's dire budget situation, those meetings are canceled until at least the new fiscal year, Councilman Dennis Zine announced this morning during today's meeting in Van Nuys. That's...

Signal Hill, a neighboring L.A city, | Photo by Jonathan Alcorn (Sundogg) via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr It's often hidden from our eyes, but the Los Angeles area is the third largest oil field in the country. You can find hidden oil rigs at The Farmers Market, the Beverly Center and other well known spots. And for such a lucrative business, no taxes are levied upon them, despite years of budget belt tightening...

Photo via Office of Dennis Zine On Wednesday morning a team of LAPD and probation officers, along with Councilman Dennis Zine and the Department of Children and Family Services, conducted tagger probation compliance check operation. 11 West Valley homes of subjects who were on probation, with search and seizure conditions, for graffiti and related vandalism offenses were checked and one person was netted. For Zine, who funded the operation with Council funds, this was...

The Angeles Crest Highway is closed and will be through the end of March and today the County is closing other foothill roads within the Station Fire area at nooon, the Department of Public Works has announced. "The segment of Big Tujunga Canyon Road, from the Los Angeles City limit to Vogel Flats Road, will remain open to residents and construction crews. However, the road will be closely monitored during the storm and subject...

Charlie Sheen reported his car missing early this morning and it was found, via OnStar, below 300 feet below a cliff off Mulholland Drive. When police and fire arrived to the vehicle off the 13300 block of Mulholland, not too far from Sheen's home near the Mulholland and Beverly Glen intersection, no one was found inside or nearby. "They've looked all around the hillside. There's nobody in the car, nobody around (and no) evidence...

At least one person was injured this afternoon in what witnesses tell police was a drive by shooting. Around 3:25 p.m., shots rang out on the 5000 block of Caspar Avenue in Eagle Rock near the local library branch, according to the LAPD. Somehow the victim ended up at the library. The Los Angeles Fire Department deployed one ambulance and transferred at least one person to a local hospital....