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James Holmes, the young man accused of shooting dozens of movie-goers last year in Aurora, Colorado during a showing of "Dark Knight Rises," will indeed face the death penalty, prosecutors confirmed Monday.

Chess playing was a big deal in Los Angeles in the 1930s. To illustrate the life-size fun of chess, on April 11, 1933, Herman Steiner played Cuban-born chess virtuoso Jose Capablanca in what was known as a "living game," using people as the pieces on a giant floor board.

Last year, some supporters of same sex marriage wanted American fast food consumers to know that Chick-fil-A "tastes like hate," thanks to their CEO's Biblically-focused stance on the issue. But this week, one Southern California Chick-fil-A franchisee wanted to show his support for the supporters by offering gay marriage rally participants free food.

A joint effort of federal authorities and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has resulted in the execution of 26 search warrants and a handful of arrests in conjunction with the sale of nitrous oxide for use as a recreational drug. Among those busted: A teenager having a home "Nozz" party he promoted on social media.

Tower Records on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood closed its doors for good in 2006, and while there had been talk it would meet the wrecking ball, the issue of its preservation is still under consideration.

The $1 million reward put up as incentive for the public to help bring the manhunt for murderous ex-Los Angeles Police officer Christopher Dorner is taking another hit today, as yet another group has announced they are pulling out their contribution.

The Los Angeles Polie Department are searching for two men suspected of abducting a 10-year-old Northridge girl from her own home. The girl, reported missing by her mother early Wednesday morning, was found nearly 12 hours later, after she had been dropped off at a strip mall about six miles from her house.

What do you do when the new law of the land forbids the sale of alcohol, and you're in the wine-making business? At the start of 1920, when prohibition went into effect in the U.S. that's the exact predicament one Los Angeles-area winery faced, and they opted to get rid of the wine. Specifically, they poured it all out into the gutter.

Temper, temper! Reality TV personality Rob Kardashian is under investigation by the Beverly Hills Police Department after allegedly swiping the memory card right out of a photographer's camera on the street Wednesday.

Among the many leads being investigated by Los Angeles Police Department detectives in conjunction with the abduction of a 10-year-old Northridge girl is a possible connection to the kidnapping of three children in 2008.

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The "It's a small world" ride at Disneyland can be a special level of Hell for adults obliging children who beg for a trip through the colorful sing-songy land of imagined equality.