We drove east down Hollywood Boulevard, north on Grammercy Place, west on Franklin Avenue, peering out the windows of the van, looking for people on the street. Finally, Stephanie spotted someone on the far side of the road. “I don’t think he’s homeless,” Rudy said. “It sounds really corny, but I look at the shoes. [...] [...more]
A 56-year-old Hollywood resident was arrested on April 28 for murdering his wife, nearly 15 months after the victim disappeared. The victim, Lesley Anne Herring, 46, was last seen on February 7, 2009 at a condominium complex where the couple lived in the 2700 block of N. Cahuenga Blvd. The suspect, Lyle Herring, was taken [...] [...more]
None of this is new for Hugh Hefner. The Playboy founder is used to media attention. He’s even saved the Hollywood sign before. But Hefner said he enjoyed the kind of response that his $900,000 donation to the Trust for Public Land, which provided the final funding needed to save the area around the sign [...] [...more]
State Senator Alex Padilla has proposed legislation designed to reduce the risk of hospital patients being overdosed with radiation while undergoing CT scans. Padilla authored the bill in response to mistakes at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where 260 patients received eight times the normal dose of radiation while undergoing CT brain perfusion scans, a procedure used [...] [...more]
Playboy Founder Hugh Hefner has stepped up to donate the final funds needed to allow the Trust for Public Land (TPL) to purchase the 138-acre plot behind the Hollywood sign known as Cahuenga Peak. Hefner’s gift of $900,000 helped TPL reach the $12.5 million needed to buy the property. The land will now be incorporated [...] [...more]
A 4.8 percent rate increase that was approved by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Board on April 15 will now be permanent after the Los Angeles City Council failed to come to a consensus Tuesday on whether to block the increase. The city council voted 9-5 to assert control and block [...] [...more]
Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti, 13th District, held a public meeting on the city budget in Hollywood on Tuesday, and said current projections indicate that cost-saving measures would be enough to enable the council to pass a balanced budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Garcetti said the council, and every city department, has [...] [...more]
A suspect identified as Alberd Tersargyan has been charged with murder for allegedly shooting a woman in Hollywood’s Little Armenia District on March 26 as she sat in her car outside her apartment in the 5800 block of Lexington Avenue. The victim, 38-year-old Karine Hakobyan, was the wife and mother of two victims also found [...] [...more]
Lin-Manuel Miranda (discussed) his musical, “In the Heights,” at the Pantages theatre on Tuesday. The show, which won four Tony Awards in 2008, including Best Musical, is set to debut in Los Angeles on June 22. “In the Heights” depicts life in the largely Latino Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights, where the coffee is light [...] [...more]
Actor Jason Alexander struck a 14-year-old bicyclist near the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and June Street on April 27, according to police and fire department officials. Shawn Lenske, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department, said firefighters responded to 4801 Wilshire Blvd. around 7:15am after receiving a report of a vehicle versus bicycle collision. [...] [...more]
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