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- 24 dogs, most of which were malnourished puppies, have been seized from a home in Riverside; the dogs belong to former Beverly Hills Mayor Charlotte Spadaro.
- Two 19-year-old men from Rosemead were struck and killed by a Union Pacific freight train this morning.
- A mock funeral procession took place today in the hopes of bringing light on the subject on workplace fatalities.
- In East Long Beach, a tree trimmer was shocked by a high-voltage power line while working and remains in critical condition.
- Gay activists in Laguna Beach are pressuring the current owner of the Boom Boom Room to seek a way to preserve the property.
- Props to the fine young minds of LAUSD's El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, who won the National Academic Decathlon.
- ModernLuxury talks to LA City Farm's Nick Spano, the man behind our new favorite weeknight market up at Yamashiro.
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