Orange County officials are considering requiring two hikers to pay for a portion — or even all — of a $160,000 search party after a small amount of methamphetamine was found in their car, according to a Thursday report in the Los Angeles Times. Nicolas Cendoya, 19, and Kyndall Jack,…
Hundreds flee as massive wildfire rages near Los Angeles
A massive wildfire raged in the rugged countryside outside Los Angeles on Thursday, forcing the closure of California’s scenic coastal highway as hundreds of residents were evacuated. Wind-driven flames ripped through tinder-dry brush and were soon racing towards the Pacific Ocean,…
California officials investigate ‘patient dumping’ allegations against Nevada clinic
The city attorneys for Los Angeles and San Francisco said on Monday they are investigating reports that Nevada’s primary mental health facility has shipped more than 1,500 patients to cities across the country while they still needed care. “This type of conduct is deplorable,” San…
Los Angeles holds earthquake drill to prepare for the ‘big one’
Emergency teams staged a mock operation to respond to a catastrophic 7.8-magnitude quake in Los Angeles, saying the West Coast megalopolis needs to be ready for an “overdue” Big One. Some 300 people took part in the office-based drill on Thursday, organized by LA County’s Office…
Lil Wayne seemingly alive and well, despite TMZ report
Celebrity “news” source TMZ sent the Twittersphere into convulsions Friday evening when it reported that rapper Lil Wayne was clinging to his life in the ICU of Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles after suffering the latest in a series of seizures. “We’re told several people are at Wayne’s bedside crying, and a number of rap artists and family members are on the way,” the outlet noted. “Sources say the scene is violent as Wayne shakes uncontrollably.”TMZ also reported that Wayne had been rushed to the hospital Tuesday night under similar circumstances, and that his bodyguard had found him face down and unconscious shortly after he was discharged Wednesday. The seizures were allegedly brought on by an excess consumption of sizzurp or purple drank, a codein-based drug popular in southern rap circles.It’s unclear how much of this initial report is true or false, but Weezy appears to be on the mend, tweeting the following Friday night:[embedtweet id="312737210044669953"]As of 10:15 PM EST, his message had been retweeted over 100,000 times. Meanwhile, fellow Young Money rapper Mack Maine offered some pointed words, er, hashtag for TMZ:[embedtweet id="312730536504348673"]Continue Reading… … Read More
No damage reported after Los Angeles shaken by 4.7-magnitude earthquake
A 4.7-magnitude earthquake Monday shook buildings in Los Angeles, with US seismologists saying it was the strongest to hit the area since 2010, but there were no reports of damage or casualties. The epicenter of the quake was some 11 miles (19 kilometers) southeast of Anza, California — about…
Michael Penn: “Part of me thinks Hannah’s really more the voice of MY generation”
Musician Michael Penn has the enviable, if not incredibly difficult task of scoring “Girls.” OK, that didn’t sound quite right. Allow me to rephrase: Penn composes the music for Lena Dunham’s HBO series, which he’s done from the very beginning. Of course, he’s scored films before — for Paul Thomas Anderson: “Hard Eight” and “Boogie Nights,” among many other films. I tried to imagine what it must be like to evoke through music the millennial female Brooklyn experience, as a 54-year-old man living in Los Angeles — and frankly, I couldn’t (and I’m a huge fan of “Girls” and I live in Brooklyn!). But he gets Lena Dunham, and he fully appreciates the state of mind she’s tapping into, because he says, what she’s writing resonates as much with his generation as hers — he admits, in our conversation, it involves at least some degree of entitlement. Penn, who is funny and warm and smart as hell, is perhaps best known for his first single “No Myth (Mr. Romeo in Black Jeans)” and his collaborations with singer-songwriter wife Aimee Mann. He talked with me about what it’s like to work with Dunham, and set the mood of Hannah’s world.Continue Reading… … Read More
