Traditional clothier Brooks Brothers closed their Melrose Avenue location in Los Angeles this week. "Our goal was to expand our client base to a younger customer," said Charles Harris Witherington III, company spokesman.

Hidale Gustap was arrested Friday night while walking along 3rd Street near the Farmers Market in Los Angeles. Police stopped Mr. Gustap as he kneeled to re-tie his shoe. Police protocol is to stop anyone walking in Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles United School District announced today a pilot project that uses the new "countdown crosswalk lights" in math education. The new lights indicate to pedestrians how much time they have remaining to cross the street before the light changes. LAUSD plans to shepherd third graders back and forth across these crosswalks and observe reverse counting to enhance math skills.