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ICYMI: Alleged Lunada Bay Boy Accused Of Beating Man At Dodger Stadium
Sunset in Culver City. (Photo by Eric Demarcq via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr)
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- You know the Lunada Bay Boys? The surfers who built an illegal fort on Lunada Bay ? Well, one of their alleged members will now stand trial for a 2015 attack at Dodger Stadium that left a 50-year-old man with serious head injuries. Also, the dude's a friend of Nick Carter's.
- As if you need more proof that people are dumb: some jerks are now accusing Khizr Khan, who was noted for his stirring speech at the Democratic National Convention, for having ties with the Muslim Brotherhood .
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer wants you to vaccinate your kids .
- Sprint subscribers rejoice. Now you can get underground cell service between Union Station and 7th Street/Metro Center .
- Move over, Toonces the Driving Cat . These two dogs just steered a car into a Walmart .
- Is Billy Joel as great as Bob Dylan ? (The answer is no.)
- The Oregon Trail is now a card game . What's game night without a bit of dysentery?
- "So this is what it feels like when doves cry.":
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