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Extra, Extra: 62 Brawling Inmates and Some PB&J
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- We're a little late for lunch on this one, but today happens to be National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day.
- 62 inmates were involved in a fight today at the Twin Towers jail in Downtown.
- You'll soon be feeding parking meters in West Hollywood farther into the night.
- The renovated Hotel Clark in DTLA, which was supposed to open last fall, should finally open up in June.
- The OC Register is putting in a paywall, so today the OC Weekly offers a selection of the best reader reactions.
- Don't worry tipplers, Tiki Ti isn't closing...they're just closed for three weeks for a little springtime break.
- "Finding Nemo" will have a sequel, "Finding Dory," slated for 2015 and starring the voice of Ellen DeGeneres.
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