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- Respected El Monte civic leader Bobby Salcedo was among those gunned down late last week in Mexico.
- An intoxicated knife-wielding man was arrested yesterday when he attempted to climb a fence at LAX.
- A water main break caused a sinkhole to open up this morning near Sylmar High School.
- 56: Number of people attending the Rose Parade yesterday who needed medical attention.
- Plus...296: Number of rooms in the Pasadena Hilton, all of which had to be evacuated and re-booked elsewhere yesterday when an electrical problem caused smoke to disperse and power outages.
- What's going on at Ascot Hills Park? The nature preserve northeast of DTLA has been sitting unfinished two-and-a-half years past its target completion date.
- A look at some of the first babies born in 2010 in Los Angeles County. Happy Birthday!
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