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- The mother of Larry King, the gay Oxnard teen who was shot execution style by a classmate, felt that school officials "should have contained [King], contained his behavior."
- The last pot shop in the Orange County city of Lake Forest has been raided and closed.
- Ruth's Chris steakhouse might replace a DTLA Bank of America branch.
- A metro bus was caught in the crossfire of a shooting in South Los Angeles.
- KCET won an award for programming excellence.
- Robbins Brothers jewelry store is displaying the romantic sentiments of their Facebook fans on a digital billboard in Corona.
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