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- Adele performed her new hit "Hello" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, but only used instruments found in the typical elementary school classroom.
- Obvious Plant is at it again, this time trolling a Target's Black Friday ads.
- Get enough of Hotling Bling? You can now wrap all your gifts in wrapping paper inspired by the Drake track.
- Koreatown will soon be home to a new mixed-user that will include the Korean American National Museum, which has been looking for a permanent location for 15 years.
- Star Wars fans are building a huge, immersive Star Wars universe in Manchester. It includes the Mos Eisley Cantina and a life-size X-wing.
- A series of photostake a look at the homeless people who reside along the L.A. River.
- Daylight Saving Time sucks, and here's whyin map-form.
- Wu-Tang Clan just sold the only existing copy of a secret album to a fan for $1 million, and the person who bought it can't even share it with anyone for 88 years.
- And finally, here's a chicken riding on a Roomba:
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Michael John Mammone, 58, was riding his bicycle Wednesday along Pacific Coast Highway in Dana Point when he was assaulted.
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Please don't hurt yourself.
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Anthony Lowe was shot and killed by Huntington Park police on Jan. 26. 'Thank goodness that we’re in the era of videos,' said the family attorney as they file a federal civil rights lawsuit
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The mountain lion's death comes about a month after the beloved P-22 was euthanized.
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With two hikers still missing — one the well-known actor Julian Sands — expert mountaineers say the usual scarcity of snow in the L.A.-area makes it especially hard to get enough experience to safely venture out in harsh conditions.
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But Yeoh is the first to publicly identify as Asian. We take a look at Oberon's complicated path in Hollywood.