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• Could you believe the wind going on last night? Well, OC residents had it a lot harder: a massive storm hit Orange County and caused mudslides in the foothill areas. More freakish weather to come.
• Additionally, "a tornado touched down near March Air Reserve Base in Riverside just after 4:30 p.m... It lasted for at least six minutes and there were some prelimary reports of damage and overturned vehicles," reported the The Desert Sun.
• Is a Downtown streetcar a possibility? CurbedLA reports. Now if only they could hook a sista up in the NoHo area....
• A detailed database of California's war casualties will be coming to the LA Times next week. Almost 500 of our state natives have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan: "At least 58 were immigrants; more than 160 were parents, who left behind more than 300 children."
• Bullshit! Bullshit! We call bullshit! Best restaurants in the ENTIRE WORLD??? Conde Nast decides: and only Fraiche, Comme Ca, and Osteria Mozza make the cut for L.A. Obviously homeboys have never heard of a little fish place on Melrose called Providence.
• If you think a gallon of gas is expensive, check the prices on other items. For example, a gallon of Super Glue costs $365. Chicagoist has the full list.
• Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is a blogger. Well, kinda. He took part in Jewlicious' feature called 60Bloggers, which celebrates Israeli@60. Brad Greenberg at the Jewish Journal's God Blog takes note.
• One woman died last night in a fire in the South LA neighborhood of Vernon-Central. A 40-year-old man and teenage girl were also injured.
• David Nahai is the Department of Water and Power's General Manager. Part of his job is telling Los Angeles to calm down on the energy consumption and start conserving before the whole city goes on a blackout blitz. Alan Mittelstaedt is trying to see what Nahai's water and power bill is like for his $4.6 million Benedict Canyon mansion with seven bathrooms.

Zach Behrens contributed to this report