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- Sorry Loma Linda residents! The USPS will no longer be delivering your mail on Sundays. (Yes, that's right, we said Sundays.)
- Christina Aguilera's boyfriend will not face DUI charges in conjunction with a March traffic stop in West Hollywood that also found the singer taken off the streets to sober up.
- How 'bout that crazy weekend heat?
- Sad news from Acton, where a teen took her own life by walking onto the freeway in the early morning hours today.
- Are you getting ready for Passover? The HuffPo has a list of great dessert recipes from Food & Wine.
- Firefighters responding to a blaze in Chatsworth found a marijuana growing operation inside the building.
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