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Rand Pulls Pot-Crime Study After LA Complains

Oct 11, 2011 5:09 PM CDT

Rand Pulls Pot-Crime Study After LA Complains

It suggested that dispensaries reduced crime

(Newser) - Backers of medical marijuana got a surprise victory a few weeks ago in the form of a study from the Rand Corp . Researchers concluded that after Los Angeles authorities shut down hundreds of dispensaries last year, crime actually increased around the closed facilities. The victory proved short-lived: Rand has pulled...

Marines Recruit at Southern California Gay Pride Event

Marines Recruit
... at Gay Pride Event

Oct 9, 2011 2:49 PM CDT

Marines Recruit ... at Gay Pride Event

Organizers surprised to see them

(Newser) - As usual, Marine Corps recruiters asked passersby to attempt 20 pull-ups from a bar. But this time they were asking gays and lesbians at a gay pride event yesterday in Pasadena, Calif.—possibly the first Southern California pride event to host military recruiters, the Los Angeles Times reports. The...

Endangered Blue Whales Visit Los Angeles for Risky Meals

Blue Whales
Visit LA for
Risky Meals

Oct 7, 2011 10:38 AM CDT

Blue Whales Visit LA for Risky Meals

Shipping-area feeding grounds pose threat to endangered species

(Newser) - Visitors are thrilled by blue whales' frequent appearances at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach—but for the whales, such visits could be deadly, experts warn. The biggest port complex in the country now boasts "the densest concentration" of whales "close to shore in all of...

LA to State: We Can't
Watch All These Cons

Oct 4, 2011 1:10 PM CDT

LA to State: We Can't Watch All These Cons

California dumps responsibility onto county, city

(Newser) - The good news for California is that its state prison system has a lot fewer prisoners and parolees to deal with. The bad news, according to the mayor and police chief of Los Angeles, is that crime on the streets is going to rise. The state last weekend shifted responsibility...

LA: Our Fire Trucks Have
No Place in Porn

Sep 23, 2011 2:03 AM CDT

LA: Our Fire Trucks Have No Place in Porn

Firefighters accused of loaning equipment to porn producers

(Newser) - A city policy stating that firefighters must "operate apparatus in a way that does not compromise the reputation of the department" means city fire trucks don't belong in porn films, insist Los Angeles officials. Authorities are probing reports that firefighters allowed porn producers to use fire trucks in...

Modern Family,
Mad Men Grab
Top Emmys

Emmy Night

Sep 19, 2011 12:01 AM CDT

Modern Family, Mad Men Grab Top Emmys

Julianna Margulies, Kyle Chandler, Kate Winslet, Daily Show all score

(Newser) - The Emmy Awards theme: Mad Men and Modern Family dominated. The ABC series about hilariously quirky family relationships swept honors for Best Comedy (for the second year), Outstanding Supporting Actor and Actress in a comedy series (for Ty Burell and Julie Bowen), Best Writing, and Best Direction. Mad Men grabbed...

2 USC
Students
Shot at Party

Sep 5, 2011 2:27 AM CDT

2 USC Students Shot at Party

Thief opens fire near campus: cops

(Newser) - Two students from the University of Southern California were shot at a party near the USC campus yesterday. Several students confronted a man who appeared to be stealing items from an apartment complex where the party was taking place. He opened fire, shooting a male student in the chest and...

4.3 Quake Rattles Los Angeles

UPDATED

Sep 1, 2011 4:16 PM CDT

4.3 Quake Rattles Los Angeles

But no reports of damage so far

(Newser) - A magnitude-4.3 earthquake and aftershocks rattled the Los Angeles region today, but there were no immediate reports of damage. The quake hit around 1:47pm local time and was centered 24 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. It was followed by a half-dozen aftershocks up to magnitude-3. The jolt...

Justin Bieber in
Car Accident

Aug 31, 2011 4:05 AM CDT

Justin Bieber in Car Accident

Biebs, assistant emerge without a scratch

(Newser) - Relax, girls. Not a hair on Justin Bieber's head is out of place, even though a Honda Civic collided with the black Ferrari he was driving in Los Angeles yesterday. Neither driver was injured and Bieb's assistant, who was a passenger in his car, was similarly unharmed; no...

Newly Single
Prince Harry
Going to LA

Aug 18, 2011 4:42 PM CDT

Newly Single Prince Harry Going to LA

Royal party animal plans to finish Apache helicopter training

(Newser) - A suddenly single Prince Harry is going to visit Los Angeles to complete his Apache helicopter training, enjoy a little sun ... and whatever else he may uncover, the Daily reports. Having split with his lingerie model girlfriend so he won't be "tied down in a relationship when training,...

Cocaine, AK-47 Seized
at LA 'Pot Clinic'

Aug 5, 2011 1:42 PM CDT

Cocaine, AK-47 Seized at LA 'Pot Clinic'

Probe launched after 'hit' at medical marijuana 'healing center'

(Newser) - Turns out one medical marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles wasn't so chill. A police raid of the place netted 9 kilos of cocaine, oxycodone, an AK-47 assault rifle and other guns, and 300 pot plants, according to authorities. An investigation of the White Oak Healing Center was launched last...

New Sit In: Planking

Jul 29, 2011 3:21 AM CDT

New Sit In: Planking

Rowdy ravers lie down in front of riot cops

(Newser) - Bemused riot cops confronting unruly ravers in Los Angeles Wednesday night found that when the crowd was ordered to disperse, they planked. Dozens of people at the near-riot outside a rave movie premiere began lying face down in the street in front of cops, the Los Angeles Times reports. The...

Crazed LA Ravers
Shut Down Rave
Film Premiere

Jul 28, 2011 2:02 AM CDT

Crazed LA Ravers Shut Down Rave Film Premiere

Boisterous crowd torches police cruiser

(Newser) - This rave review didn't work out so well. A mob of ravers got so crazed at the premiere of a rave concert documentary that Los Angeles cops had to shut down the movie premiere—and part of Hollywood Boulevard. Thousands turned out at Grauman's Chinese Theater last night...

Dude! Big Lebowski
Bungalow for Sale

Jul 26, 2011 2:21 AM CDT

Dude! Big Lebowski Bungalow for Sale

Compound including Dude's pad offered for $2.3M

(Newser) - The Dude's abode is for sale—rug not included. The one-bedroom bungalow featured in The Big Lebowski is on the block as part of a six-home compound in the Venice district of Los Angeles with a very un-Dude total price tag of $2,295,000, Gawker reports. The realtors...

Rabid Bats Plague Los Angeles

Jul 22, 2011 12:14 PM CDT

Rabid Bats Plague Los Angeles

Infestation hitting one Ventura County man harder than everyone else

(Newser) - It's probably only a matter of time before someone writes a screenplay about this: Rabid bats have been invading Los Angeles in increasing numbers this summer. The city public health department says 12 have already been found, up from the eight to 10 typically discovered over a full year,...

Chihuahua Chases Off Robbers

Jul 19, 2011 3:02 AM CDT

Chihuahua Chases Off Robbers

Smoke shop thieves attacked by fearless pooch

(Newser) - A pair of threatening armed robbers in Los Angeles turned tail and fled when confronted by an angry ... Chihuahua. The pair ran off before getting all the cash they wanted after the 10-pound dog ferociously barked at them and jumped at one robber's leg, the Los Angeles Times reports....

Carmageddon Ends
With Whimper

Jul 18, 2011 6:34 AM CDT

Carmageddon Ends With Whimper

It was more like 'carmaheaven,' declares triumphant mayor

(Newser) - After a whole lot of hype and a less-than-exciting start , "Carmageddon" is over—and the whole thing was rather anticlimactic. The 10-mile stretch of California's 405 Freeway re-opened yesterday around noon, a full 17 hours early, the AP reports. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa declared the whole thing more of...

'Carmageddon' Commences

Jul 16, 2011 7:26 AM CDT

'Carmageddon' Commences

405 closes, construction begins

(Newser) - It's too early yet to declare victory over Carmageddon, notes the LA Times, but Los Angeles' normally traffic-choked Interstate 405 closed at midnight without incident, converting into what the AP calls a "ghost road." "When I left work, it was like a no man's land,...

America's 40
Worst-Dressed Cities

Jul 15, 2011 3:57 PM CDT

America's 40 Worst-Dressed Cities

Even New York, LA embarrassing

(Newser) - US fashion is as diversified and geographically distinct as food or accent, but as GQ found when ranking 40 American cities based on fashion, our bad taste in clothing is rampant regardless of which coast you’re on. Take a look at the results of their “deeply scientific, irrefutable...

Wary LA Braces
for 'Carmageddon'

Jul 14, 2011 7:22 AM CDT

Wary LA Braces for 'Carmageddon'

405 closure leads to crazy discounts, viral videos, possible flash mobs

(Newser) - LA residents are planning to flee or hunker down this weekend as a 10-mile stretch of the 405, one of the nation's busiest freeways, shuts down for 53 hours. For non-Angelenos: This is a big deal, hence the nicknames "Carmageddon" and "Carpocalypse." Some of the most...