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Extra, Extra: An Oopsies at Blipsy's, Zombie Strippers Suit, and The Idle Hour Idles
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- West Coast Sound reports that a car drove through Blipsy Barcade...but the LAPD have no record of the incident that's closed down the place.
- Santa Monica has applied for funding to do a study to measure the well-being of its residents.
- A free Vans skate park is in the works in Huntington Beach.
- Headline of the day, courtesy the OC Weekly: "Jenna Jameson Must Produce a lot of Bones; $92,000 Judgment in Zombie Strippers Suit"
- Feds say they busted a teen girl carrying $35,000 worth of meth with her on the SoCal side of the U.S./Mexico border.
- Pasadena is contemplating allowing an NFL team to use the Rose Bowl.
- Eater LA catches us up on the (lack of) progress on the redo of the Idle Hour Cafe in NoHo; it's still a year out from getting going.
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