Studio City News

The Los Angeles City Council Wednesday urged state lawmakers to oppose a bill that would force the city to maintain its decades-old responsibility to repair sidewalk damage caused by street-side trees.

In any political race, each candidate tries to define what the election will be about.

While the Democrats have been busy mining Hollywood for campaign contributions, the Republicans' presumptive nominee -- La Jolla's own Mitt Romney -- will drop into both Northern and Southern California on Wednesday and Thursday for fundraisers thrown by some of the state's GOP high rollers.

Not only did the couple welcome 2-year-old Lukensia into their family when they adopted her from Haiti earlier this year, but Rhoades gave birth to their baby boy, Phoenix, the same week they brought their daughter home.

The Ghost Girls will be honored with a inscribed 'Brick' at the Pioneer Cemetery in Sylmar, California during the Pioneer Cemetery Memorial Day event on May 28th.

The start of Memorial Day weekend will be cool across Southern California, thanks to a deep low-pressure system that is expected to produced a stiff ocean breeze, a dusting of snow in the high country and high temperatures of only about 70 degrees in the Los Angeles Basin.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Los Angeles, CA ---- The Independent Music Network will present a special Anniversary and Memorial Weekend television broadcast this coming weekend.

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Police released security video Tuesday of a man who they say committed carjackings and about a dozen strong-arm robberies and other crimes recently across Los Angeles, and in i»¿ Beverly Hills i»¿, i»¿ Santa Monica i»¿, Glendale and i»¿ Pasadena i»¿. The suspect, dubbed the "Opportunistic Bandit," was described as black, about 25-35 years of age, 5 ... (more)

Law enforcement sources told The Times that Secret Service agents interviewed the pilot there and he insisted he invaded the airspace inadvertently.

"I want to thank Clooney for letting us use his basketball court," Obama quipped to a glittery crowd that included Barbra Streisand, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Salma Hayek and Tobey Maguire.

U.S. President Barack Obama talks about Sudan with actor George Clooney during a meeting outside the Oval Office in 2010.

The cast of ''Big Brother 7: All Stars'' poses after the show's live finale in Studio City, September 12, 2006.

UPDATE: Residents in the Fryman Canyon area, near Iredell, Fryman and along Laurel Canyon Avenue may be blocked in their homes and driveways from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., warn police.

Some recent political analysis had Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and his call for a Democratic Party platform plank supporting gay marriage posing a potential problem for President Barack Obama.

Los Angeles City Councilman Paul Krekorian, who represents Studio City, says he has been told that the area south of Ventura Boulevard around Laurel Canyon Boulevard and Fryman Canyon will be pretty much a mess between 8 and 10 p.m. on Thursday.

President Obama returns to Los Angeles on Thursday to separate more Democrats from their $40,000. Recent trips, as you surely remember, have caused a fair bit of angst and frustration depending on where and when the Obama entourage travels through city streets.