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- A fast-moving brush fire in Murrieta has already consumed over 35 acres and has prompted evacuations in the area.
- The Thousand Oaks woman suspected of killing aspiring model Juliana Redding reportedly was paid $300, 000 from a colleague of the victim's father.
- Authorities removed about 19,000 pot plants that were growing on public lands in Lancaster.
- A man attempted to kidnap a girl from the toy aisle of Big Lots store in Corona today but fled when the girl screamed for her mother in the next aisle.
- The FAA is looking to implement air traffic control changes for the Long Beach Airport as a result of increasing concerns about possible midair collisions over the city.
- A CHP Officer was struck and killed during a routine traffic stop on the I-15 in Barstow.
- The "Say what?" headline of the day, from the OC Register: "B-J in the O.C. was a huge hit."