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You know how your friends are always asking you if you'll join them in a game of ping pong? No?! Well, we may be skeptical now like we once were about cellphones and instant messaging, but if ping pong takes off as the new "it" pastime, we may have Oscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon to thank.

Back off, Boston! Not this time, New York! Runner's World magazine has spoken: The Los Angeles Marathon is their pick for the "Best Big City Race" in America.

A search remains underway at MacArthur Park for a man who is thought to have gone into the lake and not surfaced.

The Geminid Meteor Showers, touted by Space.com as the "Year's Best Meteor Shower," are set to peak this week. Specifically, the night of Wednesday, December 12 is when the annual event is going to be at its best and brightest.

There are hundreds of old, unused parking meters in the city, and now officials are studying a proposal to convert them into "homeless donation" collectors that would enable people to feed the meter and have the funds distributed to local service organizations.

Actress Lindsay Lohan is due to be arraigned Wednesday in Los Angeles, at which time she is likely to have her probation revoked. Lohan could potentially be sentenced to up to eight months in jail.

Campus police at Cal State San Bernardino fatally shot a 38-year-old mentally ill graduate student who had been powerfully resisting restraint by authorities. Bartholomew Williams was shot five times Saturday night in a school-operated housing complex by officers who said the man exhibited "superhuman strength."

Traffic on the 110 Freeway near Seventh Street in Downtown came to a total standstill Monday afternoon as over two dozen firefighters have been brought in to get a man down from a sign above the busy roadway, according to City News Service.

At least 25 occupants of a panga-style boat have been detained, after authorities determined the vessel was likely holding illegal immigrants being smuggled into the U.S.

From the Silver Lake Reservoir to the art walls of Venice Beach, here are 7 moments worth taking a second look at in our 7 Reasons to Love L.A. series.