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Gayle on the Go for Sunday, May 6
KTLA NewsFree! Sunday @ 11am Wetlands & Wildlife Care Center 21900 Pacific Coast Highway Huntington Beach 714-374-5587 www.ccoc.org We’re invited to the 4th Annual Baby Shower for Wildlife. We’ll find bird's nests, educational displays, and of course, lots of...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Arts, Fine Artists, Dining and Drinking, Restaurants
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Gayle on the Go: Cinco de Mayo
KTLA NewsSaturday @ 1:30pm Hypertufa Pot Workshop with Steve Gerischer Education Center Theodore Payne Foundation 10459 Tuxford Street Sun Valley 818 768 1802 www.theodorepayne.org How about a super-fun, hands-on, messy activity for grown-ups! Using cement,...Tags: Cinco de Mayo, Arts, Entertainment, Vaccines, Movies
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Cinco De Mayo 'As American As July 4,' UCLA Prof Says
CNNLOS ANGELES -- Cinco de Mayo -- the unofficial U.S. holiday long believed to have been imported, with celebratory beer, from Mexico -- isn't a Mexican holiday at all but rather an American one created by Latinos in the West during the Civil War, according...Tags: Cinco de Mayo, Mexico City, Government, White House, Social Issues
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Convicted Nazi Criminal Demjanjuk Dies at 91
KTLA NewsBERLIN (CNN) -- Former Nazi death camp guard and onetime Ohio autoworker John Demjanjuk has died in Germany, a police spokesman said Saturday. Demjanjuk, 91, was found guilty last May in a German court of assisting in mass murder as a guard at the...Tags: Punishment, U.S. Department of Justice, John Demjanjuk, Nazi Party, Trials
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USC to Award Honorary Degrees to Japanese Students Interned in WWII
KTLA NewsEXPOSITION PARK (KTLA) -- Seven decades after they were forced to abandon their studies, Japanese-American students who were interned during World War II will be receiving degrees from the University of Southern California. The students, referred to as...Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Education, University of Southern California
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Teen Arrested
Staff WriterSHERMAN OAKS, Calif. (KTLA) -- Police have arrested a 16-year-old Notre Dame High School student who allegedly planned to bring a gun to school and kill at least three people. The teen was arrested on Friday after police received a tip from a parent,...Tags: Police Arrests, Health and Safety at School, Health, Crime, Law and Justice, Los Angeles Police Department
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Grenade Found in Car at La Crescenta Dealership
KTLA NewsLA CRESCENTA, Calif. (KTLA) -- Employees at a Toyota dealership in La Crescenta found a hand grenade inside a car Wednesday, prompting a response from a sheriff's bomb squad. The World War II grenade was found by employees about 4:50 p.m. at Bob Smith...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weaponry
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Japan Gathers for Tearful Memorial, 1 Year After Devastating Quake
CNNTOKYO, Japan -- Japan gathered Sunday amid tears, prayers and a moment of silence to mark one year since an earthquake and tsunami killed thousands, and triggered the world's worst nuclear crisis in a quarter century. Throngs nationwide observed a moment...Tags: Crisis, Government, Cancer, Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Chernobyl Disaster (1986)
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Woman Accused of Helping Healthy 86-year-old Vet Commit Suicide
KTLA NewsLAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. (KTLA) -- Orange County sheriff's deputies have arrested a woman for allegedly helping a healthy 86-year-old Laguna Niguel man commit suicide. Elizabeth Barrett, 65, is accused of helping Jack Koency, a World War II veteran, kill...Tags: The Neptune Society Incorporated, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Justice System
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No Charges for Teen in Alleged School Shooting Plot
KTLA NewsSHERMAN OAKS, Calif. (KTLA) -- Prosecutors say they will not file charges against a 16-year-old Notre Dame High School student who allegedly threatened to bring a gun to school and kill at least three people. The teen was arrested last Friday afternoon...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Prosecution, Teaching and Learning, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Students
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KTLA EXCLUSIVE: Sherman Oaks Residents Find Swastikas on Property
KTLA NewsSHERMAN OAKS, Calif. (KTLA) -- Residents of at least three Sherman Oaks homes awoke Wednesday to find swastikas scrawled on their property. The predominantly Jewish neighborhood was vandalized with the German hate symbols in the pre-dawn or early morning...Tags: The Holocaust (1934-1945), Germany, Los Angeles Police Department, Religion and Belief, Symbols and Symbolism
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Gayle on the Go! Events for the Weekend of April 7-8, 2012
KTLA NewsThis Weekend @10am The Original Renaissance Pleasure Faire Santa Fe Dam Recreational Area 15501 East Arrow Highway Irwindale 626.969.4750 www.renfair.com This is the opening weekend of the ORIGINAL Renaissance Pleasure Faire. More than 12-hundred costumed...Tags: Entertainment Events, Arts, Diseases and Illnesses, Cancer, Dining and Drinking
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