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- Mayor Villaraigosa is about to face more battles when it comes to how the arts are funded in and by the City of Los Angeles.
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- And another one bites the dust...Another Pinkberry location, that is. This one: On Abbot Kinney in Venice.
- "Shopping experience" tycoon Rick Caruso has his eye on the Glendale Galleria...which happens to be just across the street from his Americana on Brand development.
- How do the streets of North Hollywood represent the shortcomings of the car-obsessed urban sprawl of the Valley?
- All right, so we talked about the "World's 50 Best Restaurants" today. How about this cheeky retort: The 50 Worst Restaurants in the World.
- The folks behind the Streamy Awards finally speak out about the debacle that was their annual event.
- 50 birds, 50 rodents and one gecko were taken by authorities from the Hemet apartment of a man who died a few days ago.
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