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- Joseph Brooks, accused rapist and Academy Awarding-winning songwriter, commits suicide.
- 2500 people turn out for a low rider fundraiser at a Santa Ana Elementary School.
- California DMV is cracking down on placard fraud.
- Parking tickets leads LAPD to a North Hollywood gunman.
- Where are we going to put the narcissists?, asks the the DSM-5.
- Hot-boarding in Santa Clarita leaves one man in critical condition and another arrested for DUI.
- A $55 billion Pentagon contract could boon SoCal aerospace sector.
- "It's not gay when it's a three-way," say Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg.