Lindsay Ellingsworth, age 27, pleaded no contest to charges stemming from a hit and run accident in which she killed a West Hollywood man on Fountain Avenue.

Yisroel (Izzy) Woonteiler, 23, died after injuries suffered when Ms. Ellingsworth struck him as he exited his car on August 2, 2007.

Ms. Ellingsworth faced charges of felony Hit & Run Causing Death/Injury, misdemeanor Vehicular Manslaughter and driving without a license.

She will surrender for a 90 day diagnostic examination at Chino Hills Women’s facility before final sentencing in January, 2009 ... [full story]

A woman who allegedly struck a pedestrian at West Hollywood’s border was chased down and captured by the paparazzi who filmed the aftermath of the incident Wednesday morning.

After hitting the unidentified woman in front of STK steakhouse on La Cienega Boulevard around 2:00 am, Heather Auger, witnesses said, led the victim’s boyfriend and the paparazzi on a chase through WeHo that resulted in her capture at San Vicente Boulevard and Melrose Avenue.

She was arrested by LAPD on suspicion of hit and run and DUI; the victim was taken to a hospital in serious condition ... [full story]

Whiskers.

All us cats have them, although I like to think that mine are more beautiful than those of my feline friends.

OK, to be perfectly honest, I don’t have any feline friends except for that beastly tuxedo kitty who has punctured a few holes in our screen door trying to pop in for a visit.

But I’m getting off task…. Whiskers are more than just fancy facial hair; they have a very important role, namely to help cats navigate their surroundings... [full story]

Deftly wielding her fire-breathing, PRS Dragon guitar, Vaja (pronounced Vay-jah) delivered a rock solid performance Saturday night at the House of Blues, as part of the club’s “Sunset Strip Music Festival.

The exotic-looking, head-turning, rock-star-in-training came to LA three years ago by way of Miami “with nothing but a dream” as she says.

She is methodically and melodically transforming that dream into reality by consistently delivering stellar performances at The Whiskey, The Viper Room, The House of Blues, and soon adding another key club to her hit list with her September 8th engagement at the Key Club ... [full story]

At 5:01 p.m. on June 16, 2008, my partner, Diane Olson, and I received our marriage license at the Beverly Hills Courthouse.

When we took the oath, the clerk who gave us our license had tears in her eyes. She had turned us down so many times earlier that she could not hold back her emotions.

County Supervisor Zev Yarslovsky didn't cry, because I had been telling him jokes for the half hour we had waited in a private room inside the locked courthouse (I love a captive audience). ... [full story]

All I can say is WOW - Werner Haas's commentary last week about the bank's and lack of service was a bomb being dropped over West Hollywood.

For starters, he is right about that crummy pizza place on Sunset Blvd.

I don't like saying the name of it, let alone writing it but I don't have a good feeling about eating anything good in their place.

Secondly I must disagree that there aren't any banks that care - Washington Mutual Bank has excellent customer service skills and I am hardly even close to being rich ... [full story]

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Seth Godin, the marketing guru tells us is it better to farm then hunt. Peter Drucker tells us we must always be marketing.

There are referral networking groups that are committed to educating its members and providing a structure for marketing member's businesses.

A practical exercise by Steven Covey provides a mechanism to help our farming as we use the economic slow down to increase our fertilizing, watering and nurturing so that we can have a better harvest... [full story]