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Extra, Extra: Kid Gets Into Trouble With Toy Gun, Marijuana Arrests Tick Up & Beverly Hills' Fears About Public Transportation
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- The U.S. Capitol tree will be going through Southern California on its way to DC.
- Marijuana arrests are actually on the rise — mostly among black teens.
- Experts say we don't need to be spending $443 million for a smallpox drug.
- Beverly Hills School District is holding up the effort to expand create a useful public transportation system — again.
- The owner of the chihuahua who scared off robbers is looking into creating a program dedicated to other brave animals.
- A kid waving a toy gun caught the attention of the sheriff's department.
- A(n open) lesbian is competing in a pageant in Long Beach for the first time in the city's history.
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