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- Two Moreno Valley locations of a restaurant are helping raise funds today for the family of Norma Lopez.
- Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband says the 93-year-old actress is a little bit better, but still in critical condition following surgery.
- "Bling Ring" member Alexis Neirs was released from County Jail today due to overcrowding after serving less than month of her 6-month sentence.
- A fire in a Granada Hills garage lead to the discovery of a pot-growing operation on the property.
- The Autry Museum is expanding into Burbank with the addition of a research facility.
- Vintage video: A Disney-made video from 1961 about CalArts.
- A second location of Pizzeria Mozza will be opening in Newport Beach.
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