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Half a Million Vie For Jackson Tix; Here's How Photo
LOS ANGELES -- Registration has begun for fans who wish to obtain free tickets to Michael Jackson's public memorial service at the Staples Center. more
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Find a Fireworks Display in Your Area Photo
LOS ANGELES -- A couple of Southern California cities have had to scale back their July 4 celebrations this year, but the skies over L.A. will still bloom with dazzling explosions when dusk hits. more
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T-Shirt Maker Gears Up For Jackson Memorial Photo
LOS ANGELES -- At least one t-shirt maker in Los Angeles has been cranking up production of silkscreen designs that commemorate the life and death of Michael Jackson in anticipation of a massive public memorial in the king of pop's honor Tuesday at Staples Center. more
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Who's Paying for Jackson Memorial? You Photo
LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles city Councilwoman Jan Perry today reached out to potential donors to help the city defray at least some of the costs to cover sanitation other services for the massive Michael Jackson memorial downtown Tuesday. more
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Homeless Man's Burned Body Found in Alley Photo
EAST LOS ANGELES -- Homicide detectives are investigating the suspicious death of a homeless man who was found with burns on his body in East Los Angeles. more
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Teen Headed to Church Shot Photo
SAN BERNARDINO -- An 17-year-old who was critically wounded in a shooting that occurred as he drove to church in San Bernardino died at a hospital a few days later -- on his birthday. more
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Sedative Diprivan Found in Jackson's Home Photo
LOS ANGELES -- The powerful sedative Diprivan was found inside Michael Jackson's rented home, according to a source within the Los Angeles Police Department. more
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Deadly Bentley Shooting May Have Drug Cartel Ties Photo
LOS ANGELES -- Police in Los Angeles are investigating whether a drug cartel rivalry led to the shooting death of a Bentley driver on the 101 Freeway in December. more
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Free Tow Service Offered for July 4th Revelers Photo
LOS ANGELES -- With police stepping up DUI patrols this Fourth of July weekend, the Automobile Club of Southern California is also doing its part to keep drunken drivers off the roadways. more
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Police Search For Missing 62-Year-Old Photo
LOS ANGELES -- Police tonight are searching for a 62-year-old Alzheimer's disease patient who was last seen in the Mid-City area. more
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Gay Sailor's Death Called a 'Hate Killing' Photo
CAMP PENDLETON - A "person of interest" is being held in connection with the death of a 29-year-old sailor. more
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Bribery Suspect Allegedly Texts Cop, 'I PAY U' Photo
LOS ANGELES -- A downtown fashion retailer was arrested this week after he allegedly handed a cop in uniform $2,000 in cash, apparently in hopes that the man's wife would be let off the hook after her own arrest, Los Angeles police say. more
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California Begins Printing IOUs Photo
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California's controller will start paying many of the state's bills with IOUs as soon as Thursday after lawmakers failed to close the state's worsening budget deficit, adding a new measure of indignity to a state sinking deeper into dysfunction. more
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Police: Deadly Dental Office Shooting Caused by Divorce Dispute Photo
SIMI VALLEY -- Police say a man angry over an upcoming divorce from his wife started a deadly shooting spree at a dental office in Simi Valley. more
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Naked Airline Passenger 'Remembers Nothing' Photo
LOS ANGELES -- A passenger who stripped naked aboard a Los Angeles-bound US Airways jet is expected to be arraigned today, according to the FBI. more
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School Involved in "Bruno" Shoot Breaks Away from LAUSD Photo
LOS ANGELES -- Birmingham High School, the site of a racy photo shoot involving comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's character "Bruno", has broken away from the L.A. Unified school district. more
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Valley ATM Customers Warned of Possible Robber
LOS ANGELES - Police have released photos of a suspect who tried to rob an ATM customer in the San Fernando Valley. more
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Villaraigosa Sworn in for Second Term as Mayor Photo
LOS ANGELES -- Antonio Villaraigosa has been sworn in for his second term as the mayor of Los Angeles and says he's ready to go to work. more
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Veteran Actor Karl Malden Dies at 97 Photo
BRENTWOOD -- Academy Award and Emmy winning actor Karl Malden died today. He was 97. more
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Jackson's Will Names Diana Ross as Back-Up Guardian Photo
LOS ANGELES -- Michael Jackson's will has been filed in downtown Los Angeles courthouse. more
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Officials: "Illegal Fireworks Could Have Leveled Entire Block" Photo
TORRANCE -- Authorities serving search warrants in Torrance and Redondo Beach found huge stockpiles of illegal fireworks, valued at about $150,000. more
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Kobe Bryant Decides to Stay With Lakers
LOS ANGELES -- Kobe Bryant has chosen not to terminate the final two years of his contract and will remain with the Los Angeles Lakers. more
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Toddler Dies After Being Scalded, Mother Arrested Photo
INDO -- The mother of a child who died after being scalded by a pot of boiling water is under arrest on murder charges. more
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Chain Restaurants in CA Must Give Calorie Counts Photo
LOS ANGELES -- Starting Wednesday, diners in the Golden State will know a lot more about what they're eating, as California becomes the first state in the nation to require restaurant chains to give calorie counts. more
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Sheriff's Deputy Gets Jail Time for Groping Teen
FULLERTON -- A Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy has been sentenced to a year in jail for groping a teenage girl whose father was in the hospital. more
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Sea Lion Takes Fireboat for a Ride Photo
NEWPORT HARBOR -- A sea lion became a unexpected sea captain when the curious creature took the helm of an Orange County Sheriff's Harbor Patrol fireboat, officials say. more
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Sales Tax Hike Takes Effect Today Photo
LOS ANGELES -- Purchases in Los Angeles County will be a bit more expensive starting Wednesday, when the half-cent Measure R sales tax rate hike goes into effect. more
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California Senate Fails to Break Budget Deadlock Photo
SACRAMENTO -- The California Senate shut down at midnight Tuesday after failing to approve a stopgap plan to stave off the need for IOUs and ease the state's $24.3 billion budget deficit. more
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Farrah Fawcett Remembered in Downtown L.A. Photo
LOS ANGELES -- Funeral services for "Charlie's Angels" star Farrah Fawcett were held Tuesday at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Downtown L.A, which were closed to media and the public.. more
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Man Demands Sex from Teen for Return of Lost Dog Photo
HAWTHORNE-- A registered sex offender who found a teenage girl's lost dog threatened to torture her pet unless he got sex from her, police said. more
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Publicist: Zsa Zsa Gabor Was Not in Hospital, Not Sick Photo
BEVERLY HILLS-- Reports that actress Zsa Zsa Gabor was admitted to a hospital in life-threatening condition are false, says Gabor's publicist. more
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Continental Airlines Starts Service from LAX to Cuba Photo
LOS ANGELES -- Continental Airlines will begin offering direct flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cuba today, two months after President Barack Obama eased travel restrictions to the communist country. more
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'Good Samaritan' Critically Injured in Rescue Attempt Photo
FULLERTON-- A Good Samaritan died today, four days after he was hit by a car while trying to help a possibly suicidal woman more
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Nudists Ordered to Cover Up at SoCal Beach Photo
SAN ONOFRE -- A group of nudists who fought a battle to bear it all on a Southern California beach have lost their legal fight. more
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Impressionist Fred Travalena Dead at 66 Photo
LOS ANGELES -- Famed impressionist Fred Travalena, a regular in Vegas showrooms and on late night talk shows, died Monday from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, according to his publicist Roger Neal. more
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Trucker in Deadly La Canada Crash Charged with Murder Photo
PASADENA -- A truck driver accused of causing a multi-vehicle wreck on Angeles Crest Highway that killed a 12-year-old Palmdale girl and her father has been charged with two counts of murder. more
