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ICYMI: Is Panda Express Introducing A Fork/Chopsticks Hybrid Utensil?

By  Julia Wick
Published Aug 15, 2016 11:00 PM
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  • Alt-rock band Ween has announced that they will play Los Angeles for the first time in more than five years.
  • Panda Express, long known for their authentic Chinese cuisine, may be introducing a new hybrid utensil called the "Chork," which would be half fork, half chopsticks.
  • The trial is underway for Harry Burkhart, the German national accused of setting more than 40 fires in Hollywood, West Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley during a three-night arson spree in 2012.
  • Researchers at USC analyzed every cancer diagnosis in the Los Angeles area over the last 37 years to extrapolate data on how race and ethnicity affect cancer rates in the area.
  • The Getty is having their summer book sale, which means selected Getty Publications (including some wonderful L.A.-related exhibition catalogues like Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940-1990, Ed Ruscha and 'Some Los Angeles Apartments' and Pacific Standard Time: Los Angeles Art, 1945-1980) are half-off.
  • A bunch of birds and mosquitos in the San Gabriel Valley tested positive for West Nile Virus.
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