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- Homes in San Diego County are being evacuated due to a brush fire.
- New LAUSD menu options debuted in a school near Carson.
- Michael Jackson's kids celebrated what would have been their dad's 53rd birthday.
- An Irvine man is accused of killing his business partner rather than buy out his share of the company.
- Downtown may be getting a new hotel: the Hampton Inn and Homewood Suites.
- The California Science Center will pay $110,000 to the American Freedom Alliance as part of a settlement for the center's cancellation of a film that critiqued Darwinsim.
- Pedro Almodóvar will guest direct the AFI Fest, taking over for David Lynch.