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Extra, Extra: Get Your Black Market Recycled Plastic!
- A group of homeowners are trying to change their part of Reseda to be officially recognized as Reseda Ranch.
- Sean Bonner of Blogging.la spots Los Angeles Dodger bling on the streets of Tokyo.
- The results should be in by tomorrow for today's vote by grocery workers on the proposed labor contract. It is expected to pass.
- A woman in Ventura was killed in a hit and run while riding her bike when a truck ran a red light. In North Hollywood, a LAPD motorcycle officer on DUI patrol was hit by a suspected drunk driver.
- If you live within a half mile of the new Downtown Ralphs, you best be using your feet to get there. If not, plenty of non-car options available according to MetroRiderLA.
- Milk cartons for the recycled plastic black market.
- A 27-year-old North Hollywood social worker and her mother became ill after being poisoned with thallium on a trip to Russia this past winter.
- A man died this morning after being stabbed twice in Panorama City.
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