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Guy Fieri Gets His Stolen Lamborghini Back What You Can Fit Inside a Storage Container

The Associated Press reports that celebrity chef Guy Fieri can finally start driving his stolen $200,000 bumblebee yellow 2008 Gallardo Spyder convertible to all those diners and dives again. 17-year-old Max Michael Wade, from San Rafael, California, was charged yesterday with an assortment of crime ... More >>

Bryan Stow, Dodgers Assault Victim, Still in Critical Condition: Here's How to Help

Stow with his kids​Today, the L.A. Dodgers play the San Francisco Giants again in NorCal. But what should have been an exciting rematch will be clouded by the critical condition of Bryan Stow. Stow, a Santa Cruz paramedic and San Francisco Giants fan, was attacked on Opening Day by two Dodger ... More >>

In Wake Of Criticism, Dodgers Hire Bill Bratton To Review Stadium Security

Bill Bratton​Following last week's brutal parking lot beating, the Dodgers have hired former LAPD Chief William Bratton to advise them on security.That's a sharp reversal from Saturday, when Frank McCourt said he was satisfied that Dodger Stadium was already as safe as it could be.Since retiring f ... More >>

Cooley Isn't So Tough on Corruption

And Harris isn't so liberal

D.A. To Urge Legislature To Pass New Body Armor Law

​District Attorney Steve Cooley and state Sen. Alex Padilla will hold a news conference Friday to urge the state legislature to pass what they describe as an urgent law that would ban violent felons from wearing body armor. Cooley, who has indicated his plans to run for state Attorney General ... More >>

Pee-Wee's Big Comeback

18 years after a bruising fall, Paul Reubens returns to an L.A. stage

Ruling Allowing Felons To Wear Body Armor Should Be Appealed, Officials Say

LAPPLPaul M. Weber.​The union representing rank-and-file Los Angeles police and the chief of the San Francisco Police Department are urging Attorney General Jerry Brown to appeal a state appellate judge's ruling that overturns a state ban on body armor for violent ex-convicts. They want to see ... More >>

In The LAPD Chief Hunt, It's Hard To Ignore Gascon

The Los Angeles Police Commission is keeping the identities of two candidates to replace outgoing department Chief William Bratton a secret. You see, the applicants don't want their out-of-town departments to know they're going for the brass ring. But that won't prevent us from wondering aloud abou ... More >>

Weathermen’s Ticking Time Bomb

The investigation into a cop killing in the ’70s leads to a Chicago law professor involved in the early stages of Barack Obama’s political career

S.F. Chief Seeks LAPD Help

Former Los Angeles assistant police chief George GascĂłn has just taken over as San Francisco's top cop and already is making waves -- by bringing in two LAPD homicide detectives to help solve a case that the SFPD allegedly botched. At the heart of the matter, according to the San Francisco Chronicl ... More >>

Theater Reviews

Including this week's picks, Elia Arce’s The Fifth Commandment, Samuel Beckett Centenary and Stephen Holman

Following the Flags in San Francisco

Scavenger Hunt

Moseying through some of “California” at the County Museum