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- After concerns that unclean bathrooms on the beach would become a health hazard, LA City Supervisor Don Knabe is pushing for enough staff to keep them tidy.
- A man who tried to lure a young girl into his car in Torrance is being sought by authorities.
- After being called to a home in Riverside County for a domestic disturbance, police opened fire and killed a man who they say pulled a gun on them.
- The legendary Hotel Bel-Air will reopen in October following extensive renovations.
- An 85-year-old Anaheim man who graduated on D-Day organized a meet-up to honor his classmates who were called to war that day.
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