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- 1,000 backpack "survival kits" were handed out to homeless around L.A. County yesterday
- It's getting hot out there! Two heat exhausted hikers in the Angeles National Forest had to be rescued by helicopter on Sunday.
- That KFC-turned-medical-marijauna-dispensary is now shut down, but owners vow to make a return.
- On redevelopment: "Not until 1999 when they built the Staples Center did we start to see a real change," a Salvation Army employee told blogdowntown. "You didn't hear the gunfire at night. Of course there were still issues with gangs and drugs, but it really brought jobs and opportunity."
- Concerning tweets from Tila Tequila over the weekend prompted some to call on the LAPD to conduct a welfare check.
- Ouch! Space reserved for a food truck in Echo Park meant a car had to be towed out of the way.
- Homicide in the West Valley: Police are looking for help in the stabbing murder of a man in Canoga Park on Saturday.
- Tomorrow is election day, don't forget to vote!
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