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LA Yarn Bomber Needles Public One Stitch at a Time

By Susanna BairdApr 28th 2011 – 12:38PM
Jennifer Sharpe

Jennifer Sharpe

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]

Apr 23rd 2011 – 7:42PM
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Die-Hard Tupac Impersonator Prepares for Big-Screen Audition

By Monica GarskeApr 23rd 2011 – 7:04AM
Courtesy of Josh Harraway

Courtesy of Josh Harraway

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

Apr 15th 2011 – 12:56AM

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

By Tori RichardsApr 14th 2011 – 3:12PM
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AP

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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Gus Martinez, Los Angeles Police Officer, Sets Ferris Wheel Ride Record To Benefit Special Olympics (VIDEO)

Jun 01st 2012 - 03:00PM

After a record-breaking 25 hours on a Ferris Wheel, Los Angeles police Detective Gus Martinez likely knows better than anyone that what goes around comes around.

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First-of-Its-Kind Listening Gallery Opens in Los Angeles

Jun 01st 2012 - 01:46PM

At a time when more and more Americans are listening to music exclusively through headphones, Sonos Inc. is leading the counter-cultural revolution toward listening the old-fashioned way: out loud.

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Erica Dasher & India de Beaufort: Nylon Night!

Jun 01st 2012 - 12:52PM

Erica Dasher and India de Beaufort hit up the red carpet at Nylon Magazine's Summer Music Issue at The Roxy in Los Angeles on Wednesday night (May 30).

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Queen's Diamond Jubilee: How Los Angeles Is Celebrating (PHOTOS)

Jun 01st 2012 - 10:58AM

Even if you don't have a lofty title like Dame Judi Dench or Sir Ben Kingsley, there's no reason you can't live it up like an English noble.

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Eva Longoria Wows In Laser-Cut LBD On The For Greater Glory Red Carpet

Jun 01st 2012 - 03:17AM

February 2008 A vintage wavy side hairdo and pretty clip worked wonders for Diane Kruger at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival. February 2008 The biggest updo ever?

los angeles News From the Web

  • 06/01/12 Neighbors: Decorating sneakers sends Watkins students... Source: Star-Gazette - Elmira NY The creativity of the art students at Watkins Glen High School earned them $5,000 through the Vans Custom Culture contest, according to the contest's website.
  • 06/01/12 LA LGBT Museum Effort Kicks Off: The fundraising... Source: Curbed - Los Angeles The fundraising campaign for an LGBT museum for LA kicks off tonight at a benefit performance at West Hollywood's Macha Theater, the LA Weekly reports.
  • 06/01/12 13 California hospitals fined for dangerous lapses Source: Times-Standard - Eureka CA LOS ANGELES—State regulators have fined 13 hospitals in California for substandard care that could have led to injury or death.
  • 06/01/12 Kidrobot -- City Bots Mini-figs (6.21) Source: Vinyl Pulse Kidrobot is releasing five 3" City 'Bots mini-mascot figures , one for each store – New York, San Francisco, LA, Miami and London.
  • 06/01/12 Students protest admissions policies at UCLA Source: Times-Standard - Eureka CA LOS ANGELES—About two dozen demonstrators are occupying the admissions office at the University of California, Los Angeles to protest the number of black, Latino and native American students admitted.

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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