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- Hello, Rosh Hashana! KPCC today checked in with Michael Chusid, "an Angelino who has taught hundreds of people to blow the shofar."
- An Orange County fisherman has been sentenced to "three years' informal probation and 20 days in jail" for stomping on a California brown pelican.
- The Mount Olympus man who sued a production company for significantly inconveniencing him as they shot a Beyonce music video in his neighborhood has won a five-figure settlement.
- That truck driving school proposed for the Northeast Valley won approval by the Board of Public Works today, despite opposition from the community.
- "Google Instant Search," which launched today, "gives you real-time results as you type and predicts your queries. That is, unless you’re searching for naughty things."
- 37 suspected illegal immigrants from six countries were found in a Riverside County drop house today.
- Tips on cooking eggplant, including one from Chef Victor Casanova of Culina.
- Los Angeles will get $10 million of the $149 million given to California from the federal government. The money is for "emergency assistance to help local California communities acquire, redevelop or demolish foreclosed properties."
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