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Extra, Extra: Expo Line Ridership Is Rising

- An aide to City Councilman Richard Alarcon is facing a misdemeanor manslaughter chargeafter striking and killing a pedestrian in North Hollywood
- Anyone tried these chairs at an Echo Park restaurant? They look like a nightmare
- Ridership is "on a roll" for the Expo Line
- The county is investigating a syphilis outbreak in the porn community
- An 83-year-old man was convicted of killing his 94-year-old roommate
- Moody's is considering downgrading the credit scores of California cities
- One person was critically injured in a crash that shut down the 210 freeway
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