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Yahoo! Alerts Sunday, October 4, 2009 7:30 PM EDT Sponsored Link Special Offer - Free Trial of Blockbuster.com Rent Movies from Blockbuster.com. Delivered Direct To Your Mailbox. Click here to start today. www.Blockbuster.com Today's Local News for Los Angeles CA : As of 7:30 PM EDT Blaze spreads fast in San Bernardino Mountains Los Angeles Times - Oct 4 2:07 AM EDT L.A. welcomes Phil's Dudamel with joy Los Angeles Times - Oct 4 1:37 AM EDT TMZ news about Maya Angelou gets it wrong Los Angeles Daily News - Oct 4 2:22 PM EDT Three homes destroyed in wind driven, mountain blaze Los Angeles Daily News - Oct 4 2:07 PM EDT 3,500-Acre Sheep Fire Forces Thousands To Evacuate CBS 2 Los Angeles - Oct 4 6:21 PM EDT Gomez, Norden Win At Los Angeles Triathlon CBS 2 Los Angeles - Oct 4 6:12 PM EDT Los Angeles Times Blaze spreads fast in San Bernardino Mountains Oct 4 2:07 AM EDT More than 1,500 acres are scorched, three houses are destroyed and evacuations are ordered. The fire is centered in the Lytle Creek area east of Mt. Baldy. A fast-moving fire broke out Saturday afternoon in the San Bernardino Mountains, scorching more than 1,500 acres, destroying three houses and threatening 400 other structures, authorities said. L.A. welcomes Phil's Dudamel with joy Oct 4 1:37 AM EDT Five hours of harmony -- in the music and in the Bowl crowd -- are capped by cheers and fireworks. With a wide array of accents and a distinctively L.A. feel, a rainbow coalition of musical acts and a fired-up Hollywood Bowl crowd welcomed Gustavo Dudamel on Saturday night to his new position as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. A world beat to Dudamel's welcome Oct 4 1:07 AM EDT '����Bienvenido Gustavo!' began with a youthful, multicultural blending of musical genres -- things close to the new L.A. Phil conductor's heart. The happiest sounds wafting across the plaza Saturday afternoon at the Hollywood Bowl had a Latin cadence. Spanish, spoken by the crowd of families, picnickers with their wine bottles and high school kids in their East L.A. punk clothes; Spanish sung by ... Cutting the ribbon and shredding the skate course Oct 3 11:54 PM EDT Venice Beach Skate Park, decades in the making, opens to acclaim from skaters and city officials. 'It looks like anarchy but almost looks choreographed,' a passerby says of the opening-day action. Young and not so young, scores of skateboarders and their supporters cheered the opening of the long-awaited Venice Beach Skate Park on Saturday. San Francisco has its own 'public option' Oct 3 11:07 PM EDT Its city-run universal healthcare effort enrolls more than 46,000 adults and has received high marks in recent independent studies. Over the last two years, three-quarters of San Francisco's uninsured adults have enrolled in a public program that guarantees access to medical services, an effort that is being touted as a national model during the rancorous debate over healthcare reform. Los Angeles Daily News TMZ news about Maya Angelou gets it wrong Oct 4 2:22 PM EDT Maya Angelou's agent denied Sunday that the Pulitzer Prize-nominated author and poet was taken to the hospital Sunday, as reported by TMZ. Three homes destroyed in wind driven, mountain blaze Oct 4 2:07 PM EDT From the Associated Press LYTLE CREEK- A wind-driven wildfire has burned more than 5 square miles in California's San Bernardino Mountains and destroyed three homes. Bratton develops national anti-terrorism model Oct 3 9:52 PM EDT DENVER -- An anti-terrorism program that Los Angeles police Chief William Bratton calls a 21st century version of Neighborhood Watch was endorsed Saturday by the Major Cities Chiefs Association at the group's national confernce Space tourism yet to fly, 5 years since 1st flight Oct 3 7:37 PM EDT It has been five years since SpaceShipOne, the first privately financed manned spacecraft, captured the Ansari X Prize on Oct. 4, 2004, by demonstrating that a reusable rocket capable of carrying passengers could fly more than 62 miles high twice within two weeks - showing reliability and commercial viability. Insurance man accused of stalking ESPN's Erin Andrews Oct 3 7:37 PM EDT CHICAGO - An insurance man called "as regular a guy as you'll ever meet" was ordered back to California on Saturday to face charges that he stalked ESPN reporter Erin Andrews and made nude videos of her by aiming his cellphone camera through the peephole in her hotel room door. CBS 2 Los Angeles 3,500-Acre Sheep Fire Forces Thousands To Evacuate Oct 4 6:21 PM EDT A wind-driven wildfire that charred some 5 1/2 square-miles of the San Gabriel Mountains continued to rage Sunday as firefighters worked to prevent flames from advancing toward a mountain resort community. Gomez, Norden Win At Los Angeles Triathlon Oct 4 6:12 PM EDT Spain's Javier Gomez broke from a group of four in the final minutes of the run to win the Los Angeles Triathlon on Sunday. Police Search For Missing South L.A. Man Oct 4 6:03 PM EDT Los Angeles police asked for the public's help Sunday in locating a 70-year-old man with dementia, who was last seen on Thursday. Brush Fire In Thousand Oaks 60 Percent Contained Oct 4 5:41 PM EDT A brush fire that broken out in Ventura County, which was estimated to be between 20 to 25 acres, was 60 percent contained. The blaze was reported shortly at 11:23 a.m. Sunday in Thousand Oaks south of U.S. Highway 101. 2 L.A. Neighborhoods Flooded By Water Main Breaks Oct 4 4:18 PM EDT Two overnight water main breaks have flooded streets and damaged cars in Los Angeles, the latest in a series of water main bursts. NBC Los Angeles Thomas Crown-like Art Heist in Pebble Beach Oct 4 5:25 PM EDT The multi-million dollars Pebble Beach art heist hits an information snag. Jackson Kids Doing "Wonderfully" With Grandma: Judge Oct 4 12:25 PM EDT Michael Jackson's three children have adjusted well to living with their grandmother three months after their father's stunning death, a Los Angeles judge ruled... Wild Chase, Crime Spree Shuts Freeway for Hours Oct 4 9:55 AM EDT Cops open fire after a suspect carjacked motorists, hit several vehicles, drove the wrong way on the freeway and fired at officers, police said. Tourism Agencies Tell California Gays: "Iowa Welcomes You" Oct 3 2:40 PM EDT Iowa reps head to Gay Days at Disneyland to remind couples that same-sex marriage is legal in the Hawkeye State. USC Student Killed in Hit-and-Run Was Drunk: Autopsy Oct 2 5:55 PM EDT The USC student who was struck and killed in a hit-and-run crash was drunk at the time of the collision. KABC-TV Los Angeles QUESTION OF THE DAY: Dodgers or Angels? Oct 4 2:45 AM EDT Which Los Angeles baseball team has a better shot of making it to the World Series? Dodgers clinch NL West, beat Rockies 5-0 Oct 4 1:52 AM EDT The Dodgers clinch the National League West Division by beating Rockies 5-0. Lakers tickets go on sale Saturday Oct 3 12:52 PM EDT Tickets for the Lakers 09-10 season go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m. Main break floods Glassell Park streets Oct 3 12:00 PM EDT A water main break sent water flowing into the streets in a neighborhood in Glassell Park. QUESTION OF THE DAY: David Letterman Oct 3 4:09 AM EDT Did David Letterman do the right thing by revealing his affairs and an extortion plot?

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