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Extra, Extra: Essay Writing for a Dog, Tentless at Occupy Santa Ana, and Chris Brown's Neighbors Celebrate
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- Sentencing has been delayed in the shooting death case of the honor student from a Long Beach high school who was gunned down in 2009.
- Officials in Riverside County have launched an essay contest to find new owners for a dog who was dragged by a rope attached to a pickup truck.
- Santa Ana City Council has voted to deny Occupy Santa Ana protesters permission to set up tents and camp.
- A 38-year-old woman was found hanging in her Alhambra apartment this weekend; her boyfriend is considered a "person of interest" in her death.
- Mayor Villaraigosa wants car dealers to set up shop in L.A., so he's proposing we drop some taxes.
- Chris Brown's neighbors are celebrating the fact that the recording artist has moved out of his WeHo condo.
- Fan of Bulgarini's gelato? (Yum!) They're setting up a permanent space in Culver City set to open December 1.
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