Hilton's neighbors dreading her return

Sometime in the next 24 hours, Paris Hilton will walk out of the women's jail in Lynwood a free woman after serving 23 days behind bars, in what was one of L.A.'s most bizarre and closely watched incarcerations.

Whether the working-class town southeast of downtown Los Angeles will miss the hotel heiress remains to be seen. But some of Hilton's neighbors in the Hollywood Hills say they are dreading her return.

Already annoyed by the wild parties the heiress has thrown since she moved in, her neighbors are bracing for her expected return and the ensuing crush of media.

They fear a reprise of June 8, when paparazzi and the news media squeezed into their neighborhood to follow her tearful ride to court and then to jail, and helicopters buzzed overhead.

Hilton lives in an upscale hillside neighborhood of gated homes on a narrow, twisting road above the Sunset Strip -- where many well-heeled residents like their privacy.

But the air and ground assault that accompanied Hilton's tearful ride to jail has brought people together. One flier being passed out to neighbors warned, "Heiress Alert: Time for Action."

"Dear Neighbor, since the arrival of Paris Hilton to our neighborhood, we've seen our quality of life deteriorate," the flier reads. "We feel we need to take a united stand. The circus will resume next week when she gets out of jail."

Selby Segall, 75, worries that the heiress' return from incarceration will cause similar disruptions.

"I don't think it's right," Segall said. "We shouldn't have to absorb all of this because of one person. Why must we put up with all her baggage?"

Christopher Hauck, who lives across the street from Hilton, said her parties were disruptive enough. He said her guests would urinate in public and stumble about drunk.

"I'm amazed that people have tolerated it as long as they have," he said.

Representatives for Hilton did not return calls seeking comment. Los Angeles City Councilman Jack Weiss, who represents the area, said his office received dozens of complaints about crowds and traffic jams on the neighborhood's narrow streets.

But most of the complaints were directed at the noise from the helicopters that tracked the sheriff's cruiser that took Hilton back to court, and then to jail.

"The feeding frenzy was not L.A.'s finest hour," Weiss said. "The day the sheriff released her, he, in effect, sentenced the whole community to home confinement. No one could get in or out of their house."