Week in Review: Car Fires Ablaze in Weho, New Smoking Ban Takes Effect

Parked cars were set ablaze in West Hollywood late Thursday night, with another round of suspicous blazes keeping firefighters busy throughout Saturday night. Authorities reassured the public Sunday morning that they were working around the clock to catch the suspect(s) responsible.

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A pivotal City Council election, the closure of Crescent Heights Methodist Church, Occupy Plummer Park, and a missing autistic boy found at The Abbey. Those were just some of the .

. Both the Bodhi Tree Bookstore and the Silver Spoon restaurant closed their doors for the last time Dec. 31. With their closings, they joined the more than 50-year-old Hamburger Hamlet, which shuttered in early December.

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A number of in West Hollywood and Hollywood early Friday morning in about a dozen arson fires that threatened apartment dwellers and prompted Los Angeles police to go on tactical alert. Patch reporter Anthony Pardines was in nearby North Hollywood on Friday night.

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Weho Patch's newest blogger —the members of Semi Precious Weapons and Warner Drive, as well as Dirt Nasty, Kosha Dillz and Cisco Adler—about New Year's Eve plans and resolutions for 2012.

Reminder:

In observance of New Year's Day, , as well as peak hour towing restrictions on today and Monday will not be enforced, the city says.

There are a lot of new laws coming into play in California on Jan. 1, including West Hollywood's own . All new California laws take effect today.

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