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Michael Hastings Crash: Amazing Red Light Violation, Speeding Caught on Video

2013-06-19 17:24:10

After the Weekly reported today that LAPD traffic investigators believe the car tied in reports to journalist Michael Hastings was going faster than 60 miles per hour before a fatal crash in Holl...

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Michael Hastings Crash: Car Was Speeding, Engine Flew 100 Feet, Cops Say

2013-06-19 16:37:48

Even as fans of journalist Michael Hastings, known for his take-down of General Stanley McChrystal and for his probing of CIA shenanigans, focused on his coverage of the powerful in a search for ...

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James Gandolfini Dead at 51

2013-06-19 16:37:44

James Gandolfini has died, apparently of a heart attack, TMZ is reporting. The patriarch and antihero of HBO's Sopranos mob series was in Italy for the 59th Taormina Film Festival: ...

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FishbowlLA Closes; Another New York Media Spinoff Bites the Dust

2013-06-19 15:26:58

New York media website Mediabistro announced this week that its L.A. outpost FishbowlLA was "going on hiatus." The apparent closure (hiatus?) follows New York magazine's shuttering last month of...

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George Zimmer, Marijuana Supporter, Fired From Men's Warehouse

2013-06-19 14:05:18

George Zimmer, the most interesting man in the fashion world, was fired as the head of the company, Men's Warehouse, he founded 40 years ago this summer. What's even more of a bummer for us fans...

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Poor Bruce Lee, His Chinatown Statue Goes to Storage Until $150,000 is Found

2013-06-19 11:52:50

A 7.6-foot bronze statue of Bruce Lee, the first in the U.S., was unveiled in L.A.'s Chinatown over Father's Day weekend as part of Chinatown Summer Nights festival, creating a buzz among local...

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Young Woman Taking Photos in Hollywood Killed by Panhandlers, LAPD Says

2013-06-19 11:44:30

Three panhandlers were arrested for the shocking stabbing murder of a 23-year-old woman in Hollywood, the LAPD announced today. The three were still in the process of being booked, so their iden...

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Medical Marijuana For Teens With Pain? Docs Say No

2013-06-19 09:03:44

There are studies that suggest medical marijuana can reduce pain and even prevent suicide. So if doctors in California can recommend it for adults, shouldn't they be able to encourage it for tee...

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Transgender Woman's Hollywood Beating by Thugs Captured on Video

2013-06-19 08:04:38

A transgender woman was kicked and pummeled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and some of it was caught on video. The LAPD this week released the security footage of a douchebag in a YSL t-shirt an...

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Walter Lee Williams, ex-USC Prof Charged With Making Child Porn, Arrested in Mexico

2013-06-19 07:04:58

Only a day after he was added to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, former USC professor and alleged molester Walter Lee Williams was captured in Mexico, the bureau's L.A. office announced...

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L.A. Man Shames Prop. 8 Donors in New Video Series

2013-06-19 06:00:00

He's here. He's queer. And he's not above playing pranks to show that he means business. Jeff Girard -- a 32-year-old native of Yuba City, CA, and current Angeleno -- is a social justice activi...

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Michael Hastings Probed the CIA Before Fatal Hollywood Crash

2013-06-18 22:48:53

Michael Hastings, the Buzzfeed writer who appeared to have died in a fiery Hollywood crash early today, had reported extensively on the CIA and was rumored to be continuing work on that beat at t...

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Michael Hastings, Noted Journalist, Dies in Fiery Hollywood Crash (VIDEO)

2013-06-18 17:39:49

See also: Michael Hastings Probed The CIA Before Fatal Hollywood Crash. Michael Hastings Crash: Car Was Speeding, Engine Flew 100 Feet, Cops Say A fiery car crash on Highland Avenue early this ...

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Is L.A.'s Plastic Bag Ban a New Way For Stores to Charge You More?

2013-06-18 17:08:57

L.A. will become the largest city in America to outlaw one-time-use plastic bags at grocery stores and markets if the City Council's vote today stands. Opponents of the measure say it's a gift t...

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Bicycle Used as Deadly Weapon in Santa Monica?

2013-06-18 13:29:44

You probably know that if you hit someone with your car in a fit of anger you could be prosecuted for assault with a deadly weapon and more. But did you know that a bicycle could be a deadly wea...

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Can Echo Park Hipsters be Safe From Gangs?

2013-06-18 13:10:53

The City Attorney's office wants to create a 3.8 mile gang-free zone around Echo Park. Perhaps it's a sign of gentrification and the need to protect hipsters on the streets. It'll be an uphill b...

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Dodgers Pull into New York for Don Mattingly Lovefest While L.A. Fans Steam

2013-06-18 11:20:09

Losers of six of eight, the Dodgers pull into the Bronx today for a pair of interleague games with their long-time World Series rivals, the New York Yankees. And much to the dismay of the City ...

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Movement to Ban Hands-Free Driving-While-Texting Grows

2013-06-18 09:06:58

We told you recently how the AAA was recommending that lawmakers look at all the things you can do with high-tech, in-car infotainment systems, including updating Facebook and checking and sendin...

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Anti-Gay Hate Crime in South L.A: Car Windows Smashed

2013-06-18 08:05:53

See also: A Gay Leader Emerges in the 'Hood. Is South L.A. no place to be gay? A 28-year-old man says he awoke recently to find that someone had smashed the windows of his car, flattened its ti...

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Metro Subway's Virtual Free Rides End As Turnstyles To Lock Up

2013-06-18 07:01:08

If you believe the New York Times, the arrival of "latched" gates at our subway stations this summer is a "milestone," a sign that L.A. is entering municipal adulthood and becoming more like our ...

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