Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa signed one of the country's most stringent pet sterilization laws yesterday, requiring dog and cat owners to spay/neuter their pets or face hefty fines. What does this mean for you and fido or fluffy? It means that you must have them spayed or neuteured by the time they reach four months of age. All dogs? All cats? Pretty much. The only animals exempted from the new law are those that compete in......

There are many ways to handle a tough break-up with a girlfriend, but torturing and injuring a little puppy isn't one of them. The Daily News reports that a 22-year old Encino man, Steven William Butcher, was arrested yesterday in the 6400 block of Bertrand Avenue for animal cruelty. After a break-up with his girlfriend, Butcher was reportedly distraught and had threatened aloud to harm his small puppy. Worried about the man's mental state, a......

After LA Animal Services released their latest statistics, The Daily News ran a story with this headline: "Animal Deaths Rise in L.A. Shelters". Yet, the number of animals euthanized in Los Angeles has dropped by 20% this year - a hard-won statistic for Ed Boks, general manager for LA Animal Services. Since Los Angeles adopted a no-kill policy 10 years ago, the number of euthanized animals has dropped from 65,000 to 15,000 a year.......

Good thing: Ed Boks of LA Animal Services declared many months ago that he would like Los Angeles to be the first city to truly reach No-Kill status. What does this mean? It means NO animals are put down because we have enough room in shelters and enough caring pet owners to adopt them. Great thing: Dogs of all breeds and all ages are being adopted by loving owners - a huge feat for LA.......

True Football David Beckham to join the Los Angeles soccer scene? Vote Tomorrow There's some confusion over voter trouble tomorrow. CBS2 helps you prepare. Over at City Hall Zuma Dogg over at Mayor Sam is following the medical marijuana dispensary story. The City disses their own Godfather of blogging. The City also disses the killing of animals for a weekend: In an demonstration of commitment to lifesaving for the homeless animals of Los Angeles,......

Just like Reservoir Dogs, the MTA is running out of colors. So far there is no Pink Line, but a possible Aqua Line has people wondering about the color-coding system. We suggest Chartreuse, Fuchsia, and Burnt Sienna. The Union Rescue Mission has captured an obvious skid row "dumping" incident on video: a taxi pulled up near its door and released a 63-year-old woman in a hospital gown and slippers. When she wandered into the......

As we shook the cobwebs out this morning, LAist heard something on Today in LA about this being the start of a local pet adoption week but now we can't seem to find anything online with the specifics. LA Animal Services has nothing on their oddly designed site and no news articles or press releases have popped up. From what we can remember, though, it is $37 to adopt a dog or $32 to......