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LA Yarn Bomber Needles Public One Stitch at a Time

In a town full of flashy fashionistas, Captain Hook has crocheted herself into a niche: designing outfits for a bear. The crocheter, also a writer and actress, has achieved fame over the past few months dressing the Berlin Bear, an ursine statue in Los Angeles' Griffith Park. Jennifer Sharpe Captain Hook,...

Cabbie Takes Passengers for Cross-Country Ride [VIDEO]

Die-Hard Tupac Impersonator Prepares for Big-Screen Audition

If you saw Josh Harraway walking down the street, you might think you'd just seen a ghost. A very famous ghost. That's because Harraway, an actor and filmmaker living in Los Angeles, looks exactly like slain '90s rapper Tupac Shakur, right down to the facial features, height, weight and clothes. The uncanny resemblance...

Woman Sues Dating Site Over Alleged Sex Assault

LOS ANGELES – A California woman has sued popular website Match.com, saying she was sexually assaulted by a man she met through the online dating service. The civil lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court contends the alleged assailant had previously faced sex crime charges and that the website could...

Family: Comatose Giants Fan Bryan Stow Could Wake Up Soon

LOS ANGELES -- Family members of critically injured San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow say they are hopeful he will awaken from his medically induced coma soon. Stow's cousin told AOL News that doctors started weaning him off all sedatives Wednesday night, anticipating that he could awaken soon. The 42-year-old...

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AP NewsBreak: Backup power probed at CA nuke plant

LOS ANGELES -Equipment used for decades at California's troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant might have temporarily severed the plant's emergency power supply during an earthquake.

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PHOTO: Jillian Michaels Hits The Beach With Daughter Lukensia

Alexis Denisof and a pregnant Alyson Hannigan step out for a walk with their daughter, Satyana.

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Which Gossip Girl Star Said They'll Cry When the Show Ends?

Since the end of his soon-to-be six season tenure might mean a move back to LA, Chace predicted some waterworks upon his New York departure.

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Rochelle Wiseman Works Traditional L-Plate Hen Do Style

September 2003 When she married longtime love Vernon Kay, Tess Daly opted for a simple chignon with a face-framing fringe. June 2006 Look to Eva Mendes for an injection of sexy 60s chic.

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Former Teen Star Jenna Von Oy Welcomes Baby Daughter

Alexis Denisof and a pregnant Alyson Hannigan step out for a walk with their daughter, Satyana.

Los Angeles News From the Web

05/29/12 State O' the Market: LA Home Prices Up the Teeniest... Source: Curbed - Los Angeles "Home prices in 20 major cities fell 2.6% in March compared with the same month a year earlier The gauge is down about 35% from its peak before the housing bubble burst in 2006," the LA Times reports.
05/29/12 Street art: Grazing deer in downtown L.A.? Source: The Homicide Report If life-size " sunbathers" could stop passersby in their tracks, how about deer?
05/29/12 Street art: Grazing deer in downtown L.A.? Source: Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles CA If life-size " sunbathers" could stop passersby in their tracks, how about deer?
05/29/12 APNewsBreak: Backup power probed at Cal nuke plant Source: ABC - NewsChannel 6 WJBF - Augusta GA LOS ANGELES (AP) The troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant in California operated for decades with equipment that might have temporarily severed the plant's emergency power supply in the event of an earthquake, government filings revealed Tuesday.
05/29/12 Suspect shot in downtown LA jewelry robberies Source: The Modesto Bee A suspected robber was shot by an off-duty reserve sheriff's deputy during a brazen daytime attempt to hold up two jewelers at the same time in downtown LA's jewelry district.

Background on Los Angeles

Los Angeles ( ; , which is written Los Ángeles; British pronounciation ) with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in the state of California, and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City.

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