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Feb 18, 2009 11:00 AM CST

Doc Files Complaint vs. Octuplet Mom

Shrink hasn't met her; meanwhile, TLC rules out reality show

(Newser) - A psychiatrist who has never met Nadya Suleman has filed a formal complaint against the mother of 14 with LA County’s child-welfare department TMZ reports. The doc, who frequently appears on talk shows, alleges Suleman “is not stable enough” and is putting her kids, including her newborn octuplets,...

LA Unearths
Mammoth
Fossil Stash

Feb 18, 2009 8:24 AM CST

LA Unearths Mammoth Fossil Stash

Giant cache of Ice Age fossils unearthed from under city park

(Newser) - Workers digging up an underground Los Angeles parking garage have unearthed the biggest cache of fossils from the last Ice Age ever discovered, including a nearly intact mammoth skeleton, reports the Los Angeles Times. Researchers have lifted huge chunks of earth from the site adjacent to the La Brea tar...

LA Moves to Ration Water

Feb 18, 2009 2:11 AM CST

LA Moves to Ration Water

Statewide water shortage means LA may impose first water limits since 1991

(Newser) - Los Angeles is taking steps toward rationing water for the first time since 1991, reports Reuters. The LA Department of Water and Power has approved a plan to charge a penalty rate for water use over a set monthly limit that will take effect in May unless it is vetoed...

Sorry, Greenies,
Americans Still
Like Sprawl

OPINION

Feb 17, 2009 12:10 PM CST

Sorry, Greenies, Americans Still Like Sprawl

(Newser) - When urban planners dream, they dream that Americans will give up on the suburbs in favor of a dense, environmentally friendly, less auto-dependent lifestyle. And it’s never going to happen, David Brooks writes in the New York Times. “Amsterdam is a wonderful city, but Americans never seem to...

Rihanna Suffered
'Split Lip, Bites'
in Brown Fight

Feb 10, 2009 5:36 AM CST

Rihanna Suffered 'Split Lip, Bites' in Brown Fight

Rihanna cooperating with police investigation, friends say

(Newser) - Rihanna suffered facial bruises, a bloody nose, split lip and bite marks on her arm and hand in her explosive confrontation with boyfriend Chris Brown, TMZ is reporting. One source called the injuries "horrific." Brown has been charged with assault following his arrest after the fight Saturday on...

Gangbangers
Struggle to
Leave 'the
Life'

glossies

Feb 8, 2009 4:56 PM CST

Gangbangers Struggle to Leave 'the Life'

On road to rehabilitation, even success stories are bumpy

(Newser) - Job-hunting and laser tattoo removal are painful parts of leaving an LA street gang, but nothing compared to the lure of going back, Newsweek reports. Gabriel, 29, wandered into a gang rehabilitation center to leave "the life," but only stopped getting "G'd up" with his homeys...

Octuplets' Mom Hires Publicists as Offers Roll In

Feb 3, 2009 8:00 AM CST

Octuplets' Mom Hires Publicists as Offers Roll In

Suleman calls in pros to deal with deluge of book, TV, diaper offers

(Newser) - Nadya Suleman has hired two publicists to help her juggle the demand for LA's eight newest celebrities, the Los Angeles Times reports. The mother, still in the hospital with her octuplets, is weighing offers from around the world for interviews and first pictures of the eight, along with book and...

Murder-Suicide
Parents Fired for Misconduct

Jan 28, 2009 8:12 AM CST

Murder-Suicide Parents Fired for Misconduct

Dad claimed suicide pact; blamed Kaiser

(Newser) - The Los Angeles man suspected of killing his wife and five children before committing suicide lost his job due to misconduct, not layoffs, the Times reports. Ervin Antonio Lupoe and wife Ana were terminated from a Kaiser Permanente medical center, and sources say allegations of fraud were involved. A letter...

Becks May Check Out of Hotel California

Jan 28, 2009 3:11 AM CST

Becks May Check Out of Hotel California

AC Milan hopes to wrest soccer star from LA Galaxy

(Newser) - Soccer virtuoso David Beckham may have kicked his last ball in the US, reports the Los Angeles Times. The midfielder is on loan from the Los Angeles Galaxy to AC Milan until March, and the boss of the Italian club has said he would welcome Beckham with "open arms"...

LA Dad Kills Wife, 5 Kids, Self

Jan 27, 2009 2:51 PM CST

LA Dad Kills Wife, 5 Kids, Self

Father cited 'job issues' in suicide note

(Newser) - Seven family members were found dead in their Los Angeles home today, apparent victims of a murder-suicide, police say. Police think a man shot and killed his wife and five children, and then turned the weapon on himself, the Los Angeles Times reports. The child victims were an 8-year-old, 5-year-old...

Boy Dies 9 Years After Disneyland Ride Tragedy

Jan 27, 2009 7:53 AM CST

Boy Dies 9 Years After Disneyland Ride Tragedy

Accident triggered investigation and new safety features

(Newser) - A boy seriously injured in a Disneyland ride has died 9 years after the accident, reports the Los Angeles Times. Brandon Zucker suffered severe brain damage and never recovered after he was crushed in a Roger Rabbit ride as a 4-year-old. A state agency determined operators failed to fasten a...

Jacko Back in LA,
in Rented Mansion

Jan 7, 2009 10:31 AM CST

Jacko Back in LA, in Rented Mansion

Wants to be 'where all the action is'

(Newser) - Michael Jackson has a new pad, and it's costing him $100,000. A month. The Bel-Air mansion—seven bedroom, 13 bathrooms, 12 fireplaces—was one of the priciest houses on the market in LA before Jacko signed his lease, the LA Times reports. A rep said Jackson is considering various...

LiLo and Sam Are No More

Jan 5, 2009 3:48 PM CST

LiLo and Sam Are No More

Couple broken up after series of spats, sources say

(Newser) - After a stormy, and violent, holiday trip to Miami, Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson have called it quits, Radar reports. LiLo has since been on the Los Angeles scene hitting on both sexes and proclaiming her single status. Though the Florida fistfight that led to the split has been denied,...

Jamie Lynn 'Decoy' May Sue LA

Dec 31, 2008 10:00 AM CST

Jamie Lynn 'Decoy' May Sue LA

(Newser) - Turns out that Jamie Lynn Spears' airport decoy wasn’t in on the plot and may sue, TMZ reports. Lookalike Adessa Eskridge happened to be on Spears’ Sept. 11 flight when she was grabbed by cops to "help us with something," and paraded in front of the paparazzi...

Death Toll Hits 8
in 'Santa' Slayings

Dec 26, 2008 3:01 AM CST

Death Toll Hits 8 in 'Santa' Slayings

Engineer carried firestarting device disguised as a gift

(Newser) - The death toll in the Christmas Eve massacre by a California man dressed as Santa Claus has now risen to at least eight as more details of the rampage emerge, the Los Angeles Times reports. Bruce Jeffrey Pardo first shot in the face an 8-year-old girl who answered the...

Police Find More Santa Shooting Victims in Ashes

UPDATED

Dec 25, 2008 12:58 PM CST

Police Find More Santa Shooting Victims in Ashes

Charred bodies at suburban LA home where 3 already confirmed dead

(Newser) - Several more bodies are in the ashes of a suburban Los Angeles home that was the scene of a Christmas Eve massacre, police tell the AP. Authorities would not say how many bodies there were; three people were already declared dead after a man dressed as Santa Claus opened fire...

Santa Shooting Suspect Commits Suicide

UPDATED

Dec 25, 2008 11:35 AM CST

Santa Shooting Suspect Commits Suicide

'Person of interest' in SoCal deaths found dead: cops

(Newser) - Police say the man suspected of opening fire last night at a Christmas party in suburban Los Angeles while dressed as Santa Claus has killed himself, the AP reports. The body of 45-year-old Bruce Jeffrey Pardo was found at the home of his brother early today. Police would not say...

Ronson Hospitalized
for Exhaustion

Dec 22, 2008 3:01 PM CST

Ronson Hospitalized for Exhaustion

Back home after visit to LA clinic, DJ cites busy schedule

(Newser) - Samantha Ronson checked herself in to a Los Angeles hospital for exhaustion yesterday, but is now resting up at home, People reports. On her MySpace page, Ronson thanked fans “for all your messages,” and attributed her poor health to “traveling and working too much.” But thanks...

Troubled LA Museum
Wins $30M Bailout

Dec 19, 2008 7:27 AM CST

Troubled LA Museum Wins $30M Bailout

MoCA warms to Eli Broad amid reports that director has resigned

(Newser) - LA's troubled Museum of Contemporary Art is moving toward a bailout deal with Eli Broad, reports the Los Angeles Times. The billionaire real estate investor and art collector offered MoCA a $30 million donation contingent on improved performance, which board members favored over a merger with the Los Angeles County...

Crisis-Stricken LA Museum Mulls Merger

Dec 17, 2008 8:13 AM CST

Crisis-Stricken LA Museum Mulls Merger

MoCA director prepares to resign as bigger museum offers lifeline

(Newser) - The future of LA's troubled Museum of Contemporary Art became somewhat clearer yesterday, as the institution's director began negotiating his resignation and the larger Los Angeles County Museum of Art proposed a merger. Tomorrow the MoCA board will meet to decide the fate of the troubled museum, which has teetered...