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- Actor Johnny Depp recently compared being photographed to being raped; HuffPo's Bonnie Fuller is telling Depp to "shut up."
- A softball coach has been arrested in Rancho Cucamonga after allegations were made that he sexually assaulted two teenage girls.
- In Malibu, a flower patch in the logo of famed Passages treatment center will be removed from the side of the road.
- Starbucks' new profit-sharing plan will find the coffee chain giving $100k from its Crenshaw location to the local Urban League.
- A would-be robber was shot and killed by the owner of the San Bernardino barbershop the suspect was attempting to hold up.
- Up in Santa Cruz, a man was arrested for stomping his parrot to death.
- Surf's up in Oceanside! Or, it will be for an upcoming Surf Festival.
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