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Extra, Extra: Discrimination in Hawaii, Charges in a Halloween Hate Crime, and Vanessa Bryant Will Soon Be Very Rich
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- Authorities are investigating the shooting death of a man in Lancaster.
- A Southern California lesbian couple is suing a bed and breakfast in Hawaii after the owner refused to let them stay there based on their sexual orientation.
- A Valencia man faces 29 counts of sex-related charges involving underage victims.
- In very unsurprising news, Kobe Bryant's soon-to-be ex-wife stands to make baaaank.
- A 67-year-old man was charged with firing shots at the Chinese Consulate in Koreatown.
- Two suspects have been ordered to stand trial in a Halloween attack against two gay men in Long Beach.
- After abducting, beating and raping an underage girl whom he then forced into prostitution, an Oceanside man has been sentenced to 30 years in jail.
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