Cellphone dead zones, plastic-bag bans and a fire truck shortage -- it's more news!

-- The dead zones: places in L.A. where your cellphone will never, ever work. LAT

-- Rob Lowe's ex-nanny cites the 1st Amendment in an effort to have a lawsuit dismissed. LADN

-- Pinching your cellphone between cheek and shoulder doesn't count as hands-free, as an O.C. driver learned today. OC Reg

-- Updates on the train derailment in Irwindale. SGV Trib

-- Manhattan Beach considers a plastic-bag ban. Daily Breeze

-- Heat warning issued as temperatures near Palm Springs are expected to hit 105 degrees this week. Desert Sun

-- U.S. Forest Service is short of fire trucks in California. Press Enterprise

-- How happy can you get? A man with 100,000 Ecstasy pills in his car goes to court. OC Register

-- CalState Long Beach students take their energy-saving invention on the road (and across the Atlantic) to Paris. Press-Telegram