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L.A. police, residents face off over police killing of Guatemalan
Tue Sep 7th at 3:00 am

Officers stand watch in Westlake neighborhood the day after police shot a man they said was wielding a knife and not obeying their orders

Tensions flared Monday in the immigrant neighborhood of Westlake as dozens of protesters and Los Angeles police faced off at the site where ...
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Orange County D.A. fires the man he was grooming to succeed him
Tue Sep 7th at 3:00 am

Todd Spitzer, a former assemblyman and Orange County supervisor, was at one point Tony Rackauckas' hand-picked successor. He says he was dismissed for political reasons.

Orange County Dist. Atty. Tony Rackauckas has fired the man he was grooming to succeed him and, in a departu...
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Existence of rare red fox confirmed
Tue Sep 7th at 3:00 am

DNA from a bait bag and a fuzzy photograph positively identify the Sierra Nevada red fox, last seen in the Sonora Pass area in the 1920s, the U.S. Forest Service announces.

The genetic signature of canine slobber on a bait bag of chicken scraps and a fuzzy photograph from a mo...
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Earlier cutoff date to enter kindergarten a step closer in California
Tue Sep 7th at 3:00 am

A bill that would require pupils entering kindergarten to reach 5 by Sept. 1 and that would create another level of instruction for younger children was passed by the Legislature and awaits the governor's signature.

At Gulf Avenue Elementary in Wilmington, 4-year-olds in a tran...
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Golden State's political realities may test strength of national mood
Tue Sep 7th at 3:00 am

Republicans are fired up but lag in registration. Democrats have boosted their ranks but lack motivation. And top-of-the-ticket races are too close to call with eight weeks to go.

 With the voters' verdict only eight nail-biting weeks away, the outcome of California's general e...
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For Marine families, a most difficult goodbye
Tue Sep 7th at 3:00 am

Marines from Regimental Combat Team One gather for the bus ride to March Air Reserve Base and then the flight to Afghanistan. For stay-behind spouses, the goal is to 'stay strong, stay positive.'

It's 2 a.m., and several hundred Marines are assembling their sea bags, weapons an...
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Cancer educates a med student
Tue Sep 7th at 3:00 am

Joshua Lilienstein is uninsured, battling to regain his health and learning to become a doctor at USC. The experience 'has been fascinating.'

Joshua Lilienstein lined up for treatment this summer at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center's general oncology clinic. A medical stu...
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'SpiderDan' arrested after scaling San Francisco's Millennium Tower
Tue Sep 7th at 12:34 am

San Francisco police arrested a man who scaled the exterior of a 58-story downtown skyscraper Monday and unfurled an American flag at the top.



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California's union jobs take hit from recession
Mon Sep 6th at 9:37 pm

The state, which still has the nation's highest number of union jobs, is losing them at a faster clip than any other state, a UCLA study finds.

The recession is taking a toll on union jobs, which are disappearing in California at a faster rate than anywhere else in the country,...
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Hermosa Beach Woman Charged With Selling Lady Gaga Fans Fake Concert Tickets
Mon Sep 6th at 8:15 am


28-year old Debra Louise Brass says she's innocent, but police believe they have a very strong case, and plenty of evidence to back them up.


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Food pantries are feeling the pinch
Mon Sep 6th at 3:00 am

More supplies are being distributed in L.A. County than even before, but it is not enough to meet needs, authorities say.

Thousands of people turn to the Lutheran Social Services Community Care Center in Van Nuys for help putting food on the table.