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Extra, Extra: Female Photographer Gets Smacked, Brewery Gives Advice and Vince Neil Pays for Poking
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- Orange County activist Jean “Jeanie” Bernstein has died.
- Spooky: a great white shark was spotted off the coast of Encinitas.
- Vince Neil plead guilty to a misdemeanor and will pay a $1,000 fine for poking his ex-girlfriend during an argument.
- A small brush fire was sparked in Malibu after a car crash.
- The Eagle Rock Brewery will be hosting a homebrewing demonstration.
- The lead singer of the L.A. band Odd Future allegedly hit a female photographer in the face during a concert over the weekend.
- You're not wrong -- Santa Ana winds are indeed headed our way.
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