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- There's L.A. Fashion Week and then there's Concept Fashion Week, meant to strip "away much of the silliness that has come to define L.A. Fashion Week."
- A paralyzed L.A.-based graffiti artist can still make art. Instead of his hands, however, he draws with his eyes.
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- In addition to seven L.A. City Councilmembers not taking a pay cut as they ask city employees to do just that, news comes today thatCity Attorney Carmen Trutanich also is not taking a decreased salary.
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