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- Not to steal all the hype from the Swine Flu, but mosquitoes in LA have tested positive for the West Nile virus.
- A 14-year-old has been arrested for the stabbing death of a 16-year-old over the weekend at an Ojai party.
- Remember last year when cars were overflowing at the Port of Long Beach Now Port Hueneme in Ventura County is filled to capacity.
- Pig N'Whistle has been an LA mainstay for the better part of a century now, and there's still hope they might open (or, rather, re-open) in DTLA, says blogdowntown.
- It's back to work for Jay Leno. The comedian resumed his Tonight Show duties today after being hospitalized for dehydration last week.
- SoCal Connected has photographic evidence of Councilman Ed Reyes wading in the LA River.
- Verizon mobile customers who lament not being able to get an iPhone, next year could be your year!
- What every person who has longed to say: "Let’s do it Charles Manson’s way," via Thrillist: Ron Jeremy's Guide to the Valley.
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