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- A New Kid's newest kid suffers from hearing loss. LA resident & singer Joe McIntyre talks about his son's diagnosis and more.
- UTLA and LAUSD reach a tentative agreement that will mean fewer school days for next year.
- Gusty winds knocked out power to customers in Malibu today; last night it was Van Nuys experiencing outages.
- Police are investigating the death of a woman found in an SUV in Little Armenia with a gunshot wound to the head.
- Some apartment residents in Huntington Beach were evacuated this morning when authorities and a HAZMAT squad thought they had a meth lab on their hands; it was a false alarm on the lab, but the fumes remain a mystery.
- Anything to get a picture of...Pixie Lott: A fight broke out among paparazzi at LAX yesterday as the photogs tried to get a shot of the UK singer.
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