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- LA Weekly is calling shenanigans on the potential downtown location for Eli Broad's museum. "What can $1 a year get a billionaire these days?" they ask. "Evidently, a property worth $7.7 million."
- Banksy is still hitting up California, giving San Francisco lots of love (we want more in LA!).
- In what police believe is a gang-related crime, a man was attacked and stabbed at least 12 times in broad daylight in downtown on Saturday.
- Get happy in 5 minutes with “green exercise”
- The Hollywood Post Office has been posthumously renamed after Hollywood's honorary Mayor Johnny Grant.
- An Iraqi boy who was set on fire while playing outside his Baghdad house in 2007 and brought to Sherman Oaks' Grossman Burn Center for treatment was granted asylum to stay in the U.S.
- Do you love or hate Echo Park? Two videos share those sentiments (with the "hate" one oddly showing the neighborhood blow up--odd!).
- A "delightfully inappropriate combination:" barbed wires and a "Watch for Kids" sign spotted in Silver Lake.
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It's been many, many years since we saw this much snow in our mountains. Going up there right now isn't safe, but here are some places where you can enjoy the view and snap a pic.
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April Valentine died at Centinela Hospital. Her daughter was born by emergency C-section. She'd gone into the pregnancy with a plan, knowing Black mothers like herself were at higher risk.
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A look at years past when snows creeped into our citified neighborhoods, away from the mountains and foothills.
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In the face of a drier future, that iconic piece of Americana is on its way out in Southern California.
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Another Missing Hiker Has Been Found Dead In San Gabriels As Search For Actor Julian Sands ContinuesBob Gregory, 62, went missing the same day as Sands. His body was recovered near Mount Islip.