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- Authorities in the Westlake District discovered a man in his 50s stabbed to death in his own apartment.
- A vigil has been scheduled for tomorrow night to honor Bobby Salcedo, the El Monte school official slain last week while on holiday in Mexico.
- Something stinks in Lawndale.
- Our hot temps meant fast-wilting for the many flowers used to adorn the Rose Parade floats which were on display all weekend in Pasadena.
- A call to have California's higher education Master Plan re-envisoned to better reflect our times.
- Controversial OC Pastor Rick Warren and the Saddleback Church raised $2.4 million after issuing a plea for donations.
- Did he or didn't he? A new bio claims actor Warren Beatty bedded close to 13,000 women (all before marrying Annette Bening, natch)...but his lawyer says that info isn't authorized.
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