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Extra, Extra: A Chemistry Experiment Gone Bad

- Votes for and against Proposition 29, which would increase cigarette tax by $1, are still being counted.
- An L.A. landlord has banned smoking indoors in all 13 of their buildings.
- East Valley High School was evacuated after a chemistry experiment went bad -- and a teacher may have been responsible.
- 2500 pounds of marijuana were found on small boat off the Ventura County coast.
- Beware fake Stanley Cup tickets around the Staples Center!
- A Redondo Beach man who allegedly beat and killed bouncer that wouldn’t let him into a bar has been charged with murder.
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