We've written about how some juries have been reluctant to help put pot shop owners who have been prosecuted for selling marijuana behind bars. It appears one ma
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We called it a bizarre twist of fate, and that it remains: Los Angeles city administrative officer Miguel Santana was charged Monday by the District Attorney's o
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M.I.A. has a new video out and it's being pushed as this week's Erykah Badu-type scandal. The video for “Born Free” is streaming as the front pag
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The Riverside County city of Menifee is not even two years old, but it's already dealing with some grown-up problems.
On Thursday, City Manager George Wentz res
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Sure, it's Earth Day. We know. Go watch An Inconvenient Truth for the zillionth time, then turn off the lights and eat something unbearably good for you by candl
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While Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was giving his State of the City address at the Police Administration Building yesterday, a federal trial was getting underway a cou
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A house may be large or small; as long as the neighboring houses are likewise small, it satisfies all social requirements for a residence. But let there arise next
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In the original laid back style of Barney's Beanery, there will be no grand opening for its new Westwood location. The fifth branch of the classic American resta
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Ready and rarin' to go for Coachella? If you packed days ago, drove up Wednesday or Thursday morning and didn't over do it at the parties last night, then yo
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Former LAPD Chief Daryl Gates died this morning at his home in Newport Beach. He was 83.
The New York Times describes him as “the unyielding chief of the Los A
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Contestant Devon Pedde is in the spotlight, both literally and figuratively. A slender, rakishly handsome young man with a look equal parts austere, intellectual poe
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Váli, Norse god of vengeance paid Los Angeles a visit, and he brought his boys.
Last night, under Hoth's moon, Sweden's melodic-death-metal sons of Thor, A
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