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- The annual Easter sunrise service at the Hollywood Bowl has been canceled. Blame the economy.
- Every neighborhood seems to be getting a reality show these days. Add the list: Koreatown.
- If you live in West Hollywood, You Should read LA Weekly's latest expose on the city.
- California Attorney General Jerry Brown said today that while ACORN's behavior was "highly inappropriate," it was not criminal.
- The suspect for the death of Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart wants the trial moved out of Orange County.
- "There was a time when the violence in Hip Hop lyrics drew condemnation from, actually, a lot of the outraged moralists who seem drawn to Sarah Palin's hypocritical spell," says local Huffington Post blogger John Wellington Ennis.
- Classical music veteran L.A. radio Tom Dixon died at age 94.
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