Read more Los Angeles stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2384/los-angeles.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:09:39 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74676/no-dui-charge-for-kerry-daughter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagProsecutors say Sen. John Kerry's eldest daughter won't be charged with drunken driving in Los Angeles, with a city spokesman saying prosecutors declined to pursue the case against Alexandra Kerry, 36, due to insufficient evidence. He offered no further detailshttp://www.newser.com/story/74676/no-dui-charge-for-kerry-daughter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 22:24:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74366/la-cops-bust-pot-operation-next-door.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCalifornia's boldest—or dumbest—pot growers have been arrested after LAPD officers sniffed out their growing operation in a warehouse just 25 feet from a police station. The sophisticated enterprise was up and running for some 8 months before officers caught a whiff of the product in their parking lot...http://www.newser.com/story/74366/la-cops-bust-pot-operation-next-door.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 1:42:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74282/beverly-hills-la-ban-cat-declawing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFurniture beware: Los Angeles and Beverly Hills have become the latest California cities to outlaw the declawing of cats. Santa Monica and San Francisco recently passed similar bans and others are considering banning declawing before next year, when a new state law on the regulation of veterinary medicine will effectively...http://www.newser.com/story/74282/beverly-hills-la-ban-cat-declawing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 3:44:23 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74079/lauren-bacall-wins-an-oscar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA mere 65 years after her unforgettable screen debut, Lauren Bacall has won an Academy Award. The honorary Oscar was a high point of a ceremony last night in Los Angeles that also celebrated the careers of filmmaker Roger Corman, cinematographer Gordon Willis, and producer John Calley. "I can't believe...http://www.newser.com/story/74079/lauren-bacall-wins-an-oscar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 15 Nov 2009 15:24:11 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73992/blogger-foe-confronts-acorn-protesters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAndrew Breitbart—whose conservative BigGovernment.com website aired the ACORN sting videos—decided to mosey down to an ACORN protest in Los Angeles this week, and he's not happy with the rough treatment he got. He blogs that he was harassed and threatened by the "dregs of society" so badly...http://www.newser.com/story/73992/blogger-foe-confronts-acorn-protesters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 13:10:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72167/swiss-tipped-us-to-polanski-trip.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSwiss authorities set in motion the arrest of fugitive director Roman Polanski in his decades-old child sex case as he traveled to the country last month, emails obtained by the AP show. The Swiss Federal Office of Justice alerted US law enforcement Sept. 22 that Polanski, 76, was due in...http://www.newser.com/story/72167/swiss-tipped-us-to-polanski-trip.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 20:53:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71616/governator-swift-action-for-wifes-serial-car-phone-use.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCalifornia’s ban on using cell phones (other than hands-free) while behind the wheel is loosely enforced at best, but Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is promising “swift action” after TMZ brought wife Maria Shriver’s serial violations to his attention today. Schwarzenegger made the promise via Twitter to TMZ boss Harvey Levin—only...http://www.newser.com/story/71616/governator-swift-action-for-wifes-serial-car-phone-use.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Oct 2009 18:44:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71519/brendan-mullen-who-gave-la-punk-a-stage-dead-at-60.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBrendan Mullen, owner of a club that helped launch Los Angeles’ punk-rock scene, died today of a stroke at age 60. Mullen also authored books on the musical movement, Variety notes, including We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of L.A. Punk . The native Scotsman opened the Masque...http://www.newser.com/story/71519/brendan-mullen-who-gave-la-punk-a-stage-dead-at-60.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Oct 2009 22:26:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71427/imprisoned-polanski-depressed-lawyer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA stint in a Zurich prison has left Roman Polanski "depressed" and "dejected," and the longtime fugitive will promise to stay in Switzerland should he be granted bail, his lawyer says. Polanski, who fled the US in 1977 after pleading guilty to raping a 13-year-old girl, "was in an unsettled...http://www.newser.com/story/71427/imprisoned-polanski-depressed-lawyer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 11 Oct 2009 16:55:09 CDT