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THE word of 2014 is ‘vape’. It refers to electronic cigarettes, which gradually spread this year. Perhaps you were talking to someone and, suddenly, they made a movement towards their mouth.

Amanda Bynes was arrested for driving under the influence yesterday (Sunday) morning.

Katie Holmes has moved back to Los Angeles.

Los Angeles police are searching for a pair of burglars who broke into Miley Cyrus’ San Fernando Valley home and got away with jewellery and a luxury car.

A pre-dawn earthquake has struck across the Los Angeles basin, rattling residents from the San Fernando Valley to Long Beach.

Singer Chris Brown has been charged in Los Angeles with misdemeanour hit-and-run and driving without a valid licence.

A $1m (€747,000) reward has prompted numerous tips to authorities seeking a fired Los Angeles police officer suspected of killing three people.

Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez have reportedly made up after she stormed out of their dinner date last night.

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A strong rotten egg smell had Southern Californians plugging their noses and crying foul as air quality experts scrambled to determine if the sulphurous scent was coming from the Salton Sea.

A paparazzo photographer faces criminal charges in connection with an alleged high-speed chase of Justin Bieber, marking the first use of a new law designed to clamp down on the reckless pursuit of celebrities.

Sally Ride, who blazed trails into orbit as the first American woman in space has died of pancreatic cancer. She was 61.

SATURDAY

A man suspected of carrying out dozens of New Year arson attacks across America’s second-largest city that destroyed parked cars and scorched buildings was in custody today.

A stolen sketch by Dutch master Rembrandt has been found at a California church, about 20 miles from the luxury hotel lobby it was snatched from over the weekend, authorities have said.

Mel Gibson and ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva are battling over where their daughter goes to school.

IT is time to chill out about the potholes and spare a thought for commuters in Los Angeles who are bracing themselves for this weekend’s 53-hour closure of one of the world’s busiest motorways.

A valuable comic featuring the debut of Superman, which police say appears to be the same one stolen from actor Nicolas Cage more than a decade ago, has resurfaced in a storage locker.

California workplace safety officials have fined Larry Flynt's Hustler Video and another porn producer for not using condoms on set to protect sex performers from exposure to disease.

SHE was the voluptuous pin-up girl who set a million male hearts pounding during World War II, the favourite movie star of a generation of young men long before she’d made a movie more than a handful of them had ever seen.

California’s blistering autumn heatwave sent temperatures to an all-time record high of 113 degrees Fahrenheit (45 Celsius) in central Los Angeles, with many seeking refuge at the beach or in the shade.

US prosecutors have charged 'American Pie' actor Chris Klein with drunken driving.

A porn actor who plunged to his death off a cliff as police tried to arrest him for murder and attempted murder after a sword rampage, aimed to kill or maim as many people as possible a detective said.

The Hollywood sign has been spared from urban sprawl and will stand unobscured to welcome future actors, writers and Austrian bodybuilders, California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said.

A powerful earthquake swayed buildings from Los Angeles to Tijuana, killing two people in Mexico, blacking out cities and forcing the evacuation of hospitals.

A strong earthquake south of the US-Mexico border swayed high-rise buildings in Los Angeles and San Diego and was felt across Southern California and Arizona.

Bruce Davis, a member of Charles Manson’s murderous cult who participated in two killings, was recommended for parole.

Superstar Michael Jackson’s estate is opposing a bid by his father to receive a monthly allowance, saying it would take money away from the singer’s young children.

Nicollette Sheridan was rushed to hospital after a horse riding accident.

Michael Jackson’s mother withdrew her objections today to the appointment of two long-time Jackson associates as executors of the singer’s will.

A 17-year-old is pleading not guilty to shooting dead a four-month-old boy as he was being fed in a parked car.

Joe Jackson will not help raise Michael Jackson’s three children, according to court papers.

A judge today ruled that Michael Jackson’s mother should raise the King of Pop’s children.

A former financial adviser to Michael Jackson has revealed he was the person who recently turned over to executors $5.5m (€3.5m) which had been “a secret between Michael and me”.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's plane was diverted to the Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley because of smoke in the cockpit.

IN The Hangover, Heather Graham plays a stripper escort, a role that appeared to come naturally to the 39-year-old beauty.

More residents of Southern California have been urged to leave their homes despite calming winds that allowed a major aerial attack on wildfires.

Los Angeles appeared surrounded by flames today, with three wildfires consuming spacious mansions and tiny mobile homes at the edges where bone-dry wilderness meets burgeoning development.

POWERFUL winds stoked three major wildfires yesterday after destroying dozens of homes, forcing thousands to flee and killing two people.

Powerful winds fanned three major southern California wildfires after destroying dozens of homes and forcing thousands to flee today.

Powerful winds fanned three major southern California wildfires after destroying dozens of homes and forcing thousands to flee today.

Two huge wildfires burned into neighbourhoods near Los Angeles last night, forcing frantic evacuations, destroying homes and causing at least two deaths.

Two wildfires driven by strong winds threatened neighbourhoods near Los Angeles today, killing one person, destroying several dozen mobile homes and forcing evacuations.