Ryan Deto

A few months ago Mars Melnicoff chronicled the on-going saga surrounding the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) created blight of a Lowes Home Improvement Center in Mid City. The newly erected 70-foot south wall of the building ruined the once glorious view of the Hollywood hills for residents on......

On September 22, yours truly reported on the continued mishaps of L.A. Animal Services General Manager Brenda Barnette. The story told of a possible, strange alliance between the City and radical animal activists Pamelyn Ferdin of the Animal Defense League (ADL-LA); Ferdin was hinted to being behind the City's advertising......

Westchester wants to know what happened to its Metro station. The proposed stop at Manchester Avenue and Aviation Boulevard on the Crenshaw/LAX line (which is marketed to take riders to the airport, even though the closest stop will be a mile walk from the terminals), is not included in Metropolitan......

Update: Side-line information from left-wing group press officer after the break. Update: Street protests happening now from left-wing group outside Obama's first stop at the House of Blues Sunset. Also, updates on traffic and street closures after the jump. Calm down Tea Partiers. Obamaggedon does not mean the end of......

The bike problems thicken for L.A. Two prominent bike afficienadoes, one of whom was a government employee, were asked to leave today when they tried to observe the Think Bike L.A. workshop. The reasons for this are not quite clear......

On August 28, the Department of Trasportation (LADOT), who consistently claims to have Aneglenos' best interests in mind, started to enforce a city-wide ban on "apron" parking. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this L.A. staple, "apron" parking is when a car is parked on the long section......

Three shark sightings off the coast of San Diego in the last two weeks led to binocular-wielding tourists staking out areas like Mission Beach and La Jolla in hopes of catching a glimpse of a fishy dorsal fin. The Los Angeles Times reported in their story covering the sightings that......

A young great white shark was captured earlier this week on August 22 at the Huntington Beach Pier. The fact that the ocean's top predator, even a baby one, was reeled-in right off the pier is rare, but by a group of unshaven O.C. bros, unheard of. The Los Angeles......

David Valle, a 17-year-old Latino boy, was fatally shot on March 6 in the 8300 block of North Willis Avenue. Valle was walking along the residential street on the western edge of Panorama City when he was shot at 8:30 p.m., said Ed Winters of the coroner's office. Paramedics arrived......