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- CNN's Anderson Cooper this weekend will air a special investigation called "Gangs of Hollenbeck" about the LAPD's eastside police division. More weekend TV listings can be found in our daily TV Junkie post.
- Metro has some oddball clipping/notching policy regarding inoperable TAP cards.
- The return of the carhop? Come Monday, Ruby’s Diner will open its first restaurant with carhop service in Anaheim.
- Clean bathrooms at public schools? Nahhhhhh.
- A 3.5 magnitude earthquake struck near the beautiful San Miguel Island in Channel Islands National Park today.
- A new restaurant that fuses Brazilian and Korean has opened in Culver City.
- An immigration march is scheduled for Saturday morning in downtown Los Angeles.
- The Los Angeles Sake Festival is Saturday night
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