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- A 5-year-old boy was thrown from the vehicle during a crash with a suspected drunk driver that killed the child's grandmother.
- Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor remains hospitalized after a fall; the 93-year-old is scheduled for hip surgery tomorrow morning.
- A shooting in Rancho Santa Margarita remains under investigation. The female homeowner shot a male who entered her residence last night.
- The bomb squad was called out to an Anaheim fishing pond and detonated a pipe bomb left there.
- Early morning traffic drama on the East L.A. Interchange as a truck carrying onions tipped over and spilled its load onto lanes.
- The two remaining fires of the three that ignited after lightening strikes in the Hemet area are under control thanks to the efforts of firefighters.
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