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- The man behind an illegal supergraphic billboard at Hollywood & Highland was arrested on Friday night.
- Two Los Angeles ex-pats living in Santiago, Chile, have been blogging about life in their new South American home--and about yesterday's massive quake.
- A police standoff surrounding a domestic violence situation in Tarzana ended peacefully after nine hours this morning.
- Theatre company A Noise Within, now based in Glendale, is hearing the sounds of construction on their custom-designed East Pasadena facilities.
- Do LA's kids know their veggies? Chef Jamie Oliver met some kids in West Virginia who sure didn't. His new show "Food Revolution" debuts soon.
- The Long Beach Reads One Book annual event is underway. This year's selection is Steve Lopez's The Soloist.
- Congrats to the kids of North Hollywood High School who took 1st place in the 18th annual LADWP Science Bowl.