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Extra, Extra: Eric Garcetti's Favorite Tacos, Plug in at Disneyland, and Anonymous Hits Long Beach
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- For $2 an hour, you can now charge your phone, iPod, or other mobile device at Disneyland.
- The hacker group Anonymous has issued a threat against Long Beach police and City Council in response to the city's ban on medical marijuana collectives.
- A Westlake man has been charged with trying to smuggle 40,000 erectile dysfunction pills through LAX in his golf bag.
- Two members of the South Pasadena school board have resigned.
- A woman who slipped and fell at a Costco in Industry was awarded $415,000 by a jury.
- Eric Garcetti names his favorite L.A. taco.
- Writer/director/actress/girlfriend-of-Jon Hamm Jennifer Westfeldt is profiled in the LA Times.
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