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- Just when you thought you had seen every type of road rage comes the story of a NEWS VAN running down, hitting and dragging a cyclist. WTF???
- Congrats to former USC Trojan Mark Sanchez on inking a 5 year - $50 million contract with the New York J-E-T-S Jets Jets Jets! Now of course comes the hard part... winning.
- The great mystery of the shark advertisements has been solved by Curbed LA. Apparently they were put up to call attention to illegal shark fin hunting. So much for the Animal Planet Shark Week theories.
- Arguments will be heard tomorrow by the Metro Board regarding the Long Range Transportation Plan. LAStreetsBlog takes us back to explain where we stand.
- Phil Spector is finding out already how prison changes a person...
- Friends of the LA journalists who were imprisoned in North Korea are speaking out for their release.
- US Olympian and UCLA legend Rafer Johnson will be honored for his work in helping form the Special Olympics of Southern California. The Rafer Johnson Breakfast with Champions will be held at CSU Long Beach this Saturday. Among the speakers will be Laker legend and NBA Finals MVP James Worthy.
- Finally... San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom gave a shout out (on his Facebook) to join him in the LA Pride Parade. Join the California Gubernatorial candidate by RSVPing!
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