Despite new luxury home, 3 rare golden monkeys won’t be coming to Los Angeles Zoo from China

September 10th, 2009 2 snow leopard cubs, mom, move into LA Zoo homeLOS ANGELES — Two rare, endangered snow leopard cubs have a new home, no names and an uncertain future. The speckled cubs, a boy and a girl, and their mom, Asia, moved into their public habitat Thursday at the LA Zoo.

September 4th, 2009 Audigier won't make Jackson's home a public spaceLOS ANGELES — Christian Audigier will not transform Michael Jackson's former home into a public space. Michele Elyzabeth, a spokeswoman for the Ed Hardy clothing founder, said Audigier would move into the sprawling Holmby Hills mansion at the end of Jackson's lease on Dec.

August 25th, 2009 Utah's Hogle Zoo debuts 3 male Amur tiger cubsSALT LAKE CITY — Three male Amur tiger cubs have made their public debut at Utah's Hogle Zoo. Formerly known as Siberian tigers, the Amurs are listed as a critically endangered species.

July 29th, 2009 Pieces of Hollywood history on auction blockLOS ANGELES — Pieces of Hollywood history are on the auction block at a Los Angeles prop shop. The recession-battered 20th Century Props, which offers a massive inventory of items for use in film and television productions, is closing its doors.

July 21st, 2009 California man held in LA in stolen violin caseLOS ANGELES — A Southern California man charged with transporting two rare, stolen violins has made his first court appearance following his extradition to Los Angeles from France. Anthony Eugene Notarstefano of Long Beach was ordered held Monday in federal detention until his next hearing on July 27 in U.S.

July 18th, 2009 Man extradited to US on violin-trafficking chargesLOS ANGELES — French authorities have extradited a suspect to Los Angeles to face federal charges of transporting two rare, stolen violins. The FBI said in a news release that 43-year-old Anthony Eugene Notarstefano of Long Beach, Calif.

July 9th, 2009 Correction: China-Luxury ShanghaiSHANGHAI — In a July 6 story about Shanghai

July 7th, 2009 Jackson memorial service under wayLOS ANGELES — A public memorial service for Michael Jackson has begun in downtown Los Angeles. Smokey Robinson opened the memorial Tuesday morning in the Staples Center arena by reading comments from Jackson friends.

June 12th, 2009 LA zoo searches for new simians after monkey snubLOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Zoo may have the nation's only monkey lair approved by a feng shui expert. There's only one problem: No monkeys.

June 3rd, 2009 Airline passengers stuck at LA airport for 2 daysLOS ANGELES — A China Eastern Airlines flight to Shanghai was scheduled to leave Los Angeles on Tuesday after being delayed nearly three days and stranding 279 passengers. Johnny Qian, manager of the airline's local office, said the original flight Sunday afternoon was canceled because a light indicated a nose landing gear problem.

June 3rd, 2009 Flight stuck at LA airport 2 days bound for ChinaLOS ANGELES — A China Eastern Airlines flight to Shanghai has finally left Los Angeles after being delayed almost three days and stranding 279 passengers. Local airline manager Johnny Qian (chehn) said the original flight Sunday afternoon was canceled because a light indicated a nose landing gear problem.

May 1st, 2009 AGRA - Monkeys may be a major menace for the citizens of Agra but the candidates seeking votes are wary of taking them on as they feel their action could offend those who see the animals as holy. State forest department officials and local NGOs estimate there are about 20,000 monkeys in the Agra region.

February 22nd, 2009 LOS ANGELES - In 1928, Mexican film director Emilio 'El Indio' Fernandez was approached by the art director of Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Cedric Gibbons, with a most unusual request. Would Senor Fernandez be willing to pose naked for Gibbons' current project - a golden statue of a knight holding a crusader's sword? Fernandez, not surprisingly, was reluctant, but finally relented.

January 13th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Nine films have advanced to the next round of voting in the foreign language film category for Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced. The list includes the recent Golden Globe winner for foreign language film, the acclaimed Israeli animated documentary 'Waltz with Bashir', about the country's invasion of Lebanon in 1982, as well as the German film the 'Baader Meinhof Complex', a unique look into that country's notorious terrorist group, the Red Army Faction.

January 11th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Heath Ledger won a Golden Globe award for best supporting actor Sunday for his role as The Joker in the Batman drama 'The Dark Knight'. The award came almost a year after the Australian actor died from an accidental drug overdose in New York last January.