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- Police are investigating anti-Christian slurs vandals left on a Lutheran church in Tarzana.
- A study finds that 4 out of 10 babies born in Los Angeles County are the result of unplanned pregnancies.
- Residents of South Bay communities of Redondo Beach, Hawthorne, El Segundo, and Hermosa Beach can now keep track of crime via Facebook pages set up by their local police departments.
- The two Burbank officers who shot a suspect during a police chase that went from San Bernardino County to Universal City have been put on leave while authorities investigate their actions.
- An activist in Santa Clarita has filed a complaint against the city councilman who ran a "Mayor Dude" campaign last year, claiming it was a misuse of public funds.
- KTLA's Lu Parker blogs over at the HuffPo about riding with a 16-year-old driver. She explains it's her boyfriend's daughter who was learning to drive while she rode along. You know--her boyfriend.
- The flora that's part of Disneyland's Jungle Cruise is now a bona fide jungle.
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