The Grove Shopping Center

Irvine police responding to reports of gunshots heard at the Trabuco Grove shopping center Wednesday found a dead man slumped behind the wheel of his parked white Lexus. The incident was reported at 4:40 p.m. behind an Albertsons supermarket at Jeffrey and Trabuco roads, said Lt. John Hare, a spokesman for the Irvine Police Department. Police said it was unclear whether the fatal bullet was fired by an assailant or was self-inflicted, and officers did not know how many shots were fired.

The wait is finally over. IPhone 5 sales began at 8 a.m. on Friday, with more than 250 Apple fans lined up at the Grove shopping center. They included George Adams, 19, and about 10 of his friends. He said he arrived at 6 p.m. Thursday to be the first in line, hoping to sell about half of the group's spots for $300 each. He sold five spots, but only for $100 each. PHOTOS: iPhone frenzy means lines, high-fives around world "It was less than what I wanted, but it was a good profit," Adams said.

Kim McMurray, who had been tried twice before in the death of aspiring actor Eric Gelman, was found guilty Friday by a third jury and now faces 15 years to life in prison. McMurray, 43, described by his attorney as homeless and addicted to cocaine, stabbed Gelman in the neck with a 16-inch knife near the Grove shopping center on April 17, 2005, in an apparent robbery attempt, authorities said.

Expressing confidence that policing in the city has improved on his watch, Los Angeles Police Commissioner Rick Caruso, an appointee of outgoing Mayor James K. Hahn, announced Friday that he was resigning from the civilian oversight panel to dedicate more time to his development company.

Aztec Bus Lines, one of the county's oldest charter bus companies, has closed without warning, causing a scramble among county transit officials Thursday to replace the firm's buses on two East County routes used by about 600 people a day. The Spring Valley bus company has apparently filed for protection under the U.S.

December was a big month for neon nostalgia in San Diego. Shortly after 5 p.m. Dec. 19, the famous Frank the Trainman sign lit up on Park Boulevard, near where Washington and Normal streets converge with El Cajon Boulevard. A few nights earlier, as if to herald the re-emergence of her brother the Trainman, the equally famous 50-foot-high majorette--which once anchored the entrance to the old Campus Drive-In--was turned on as the centerpiece of a flashy new theater complex.

An Italian Renaissance-style home in the Windsor Square-Hancock Park section of Los Angeles renovated by more than 22 designers is open to the public through Nov. 3 to benefit the Assistance League of Southern California's charities. The 9,000-square-foot Design House 2002 was built in 1921 from plans by Charles F. Plummer. Tickets are $20 and parking is available at the Los Angeles Scottish Rite Masonic Temple, 4357 Wilshire Blvd. For more information, call (877) 482-3237; www.de signhousela.

The owner of Westfield Century City, Westfield Topanga and more than a dozen other shopping centers in Southern California announced plans Thursday to cut shopping hours at nearly all of its 55 U.S. malls starting March 1. Most of Westfield Group's malls will open 30 minutes later and close 30 minutes earlier on weekdays, spokeswoman Katy Dickey said. About a third will close an hour earlier on Sundays; hours will generally stay the same on Saturdays.

Buy Nothing Day is getting a Jesus jolt. Performance artist Bill Talen assumes the persona of the Rev. Billy, often accompanied by a gospel choir, to use the histrionics and cadences of a televangelist (think Jimmy Swaggart) in an anticonsumerism effort to convert people to his "Church of Stop Shopping." And for today's shopping frenzy, Talen is upping his profile with a colorful campaign promoting a new documentary film about his efforts, "What Would Jesus Buy?"

The district attorney has decided to not charge Lindsay Lohan in a theft case that involved $100,000 worth of jewelry that allegedly went missing from a Hollywood Hills home. In the same day Lohan is cleared of the charges, TMZ revealed the actress has been banned from the Chateau Marmont. Lohan was slapped with an unpaid bill of $46,350.04 in July and banned from the property until her debt is paid. [LA Times] Is Kim Kardashian planning to walk down the aisle with beau Kanye West?