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- We at LAist like to be on the cutting edge of all that is LA, thus the STYLEist thread was created. Now our cousin across the pond, Londonist, has started their own to highlight the blokes in their fine city. Cheers!
- A 70-year-old Long Beach woman was found fatally stabbed in her backyard by her roommate late last night. She lived on the 1000 block of East 15th Street, and the police are asking anyone to come forward with leads.
- Loveline fanatics might become a little inquisitive about their leader, Dr. Drew, regarding the three deaths that have occurred at his Aurora Las Encinas Hospital in Pasadena. "I had no direct knowledge and no direct participation in the recent care of the patients in question," Pinsky said in a written statement.
- While (most of) LA slept, police were out chasing a man for 80 minutes through West LA, Long Beach, Compton, downtown and Gardena before shooting him with beanbag rounds and tasering him. The police don't know why the man fled, but they are conducting chemical tests to see if he was under the influence.
- A 14-year-old boy was found guilty of first degree murder today in the OC for his role when he was 12 1/2 in the murder of San Chea, 23. Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 6th where he could be committed to the California Youth Authority until he is 25. He is the youngest person in OC history to be convicted of first degree murder.
- All you bachelors who are attached to their cars and have $6 million, LA Curbed has the perfect Hollywood pad for you.
- So you got hit by a bus, what do you do now?!?! Bottleneck Blog spells is out for you and also gives us a shoutout!
- Dangerbird Records, who has groomed the Silversun Pickups, Sea Wolf, La Rocca and Darker My Love is moving their Silverlake offices to the Hollywood location of Sunset & Lucille. Their heavy hitters have been kicking ass lately, lending them the zip code jump.
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