The paparazzi's extreme Britney coverage is costly to taxpayers | Photo by pointnshoot via Flickr It took the LAPD nearly "two dozen police officers, a helicopter and a special team" to block roads and escort Britney Spears in an ambulance with covered windows from her Mulholland Drive Studio City Home to UCLA Medical Center early yesterday morning. They even had a code name, The Package, for her so paparazzi listening to police scanners would......

It always seems that Coldwater Canyon Blvd. is flooded. Early this morning, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported an 8 inch broken main causing "severe" flooding between Ventura Blvd. and Mulholland Dr., shutting down the canyon traffic corridor. Muholland Dr. is also closed down between Coldwater Cyn. and Benedict Cyn. due to mud and debris. Then at 6:45 a.m., the most unusual and seemingly non sequitar update from the fire department came in:The flooding......

If you're heading out the door for some cross valley/basin traveling today, avoid Coldwater Canyon as it is closed for road resurfacing from 7am to 5pm. Only residential traffic may travel on the road between Mulholland Dr. and Potosi Ave. The same holds for next Saturday. Ever wonder why Coldwater is named what it is? Well, here's what the LACityNerd had to say: Both Laurel and Coldwater were initially canyon routes between Sherman (a town......