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- It was hot today, but not as much as yesterday. Thank you, clouds?
- The state's clean air board has adopted targets to encourage local planning agencies to encourage smart growth policies and discourage plans that cater to long commutes for solo car drivers.
- Nearly all of the 25 top earners working for Los Angeles County earn $350,000. The list is mostly doctors.
- A suspicious package prompted the evacuation of LAPD's Rampart Station today.
- Will college kids rock the vote this November? Obama hopes so.
- The latest on the L.A. housing market: prices are up, but outlook looks flat.
- "Officer-involved shooting on Temple St. in Historic Filipinotown, LAPD officers uninjured, one suspect killed, one arrested," L.A. City Council President Eric Garcetti posted to Twitter this evening.
- Children living in downtown Los Angeles will take part in a study that "aims to follow over 100,000 children throughout the country for a period of over 20 years to study the effects of physical environment on the child’s health and development.