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In today's Extra, Extra we've got Halle Berry's ex's side of the brawl story, the end of trailer park life in SaMo, holiday video greetings "Gangnam Style" and more news bites. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports. You can also find us on Pinterest, Storify, Foursquare, and Instagram (laistpics).

An infant had to be airlifted to a hospital for treatment after she nearly drowned in a toilet. The baby girl, whose age has been given as being between six months and a year, was with an older sibling when she tumbled head first into the toilet in the bathroom of a home in Sun Valley.

You see them weekend upon weekend in sunny Los Angeles: Bounce Houses (or Bouncy Houses, or Bounce Castles or Moon Bounces) set up in parks, at festivals, in backyards and in drive ways. Who would imagine that letting kids jump around inside an inflatable structure could be dangerous (insert eye roll)?

It's hard to go back to work after a long holiday weekend, so if you get home tonight and feel like unwinding with a stiff drink in front of a roaring fire in your fireplace, you might want to double check to see if a "No-Burn Alert" is going to dampen your plans.

Service in both directions on the Metro Blue Line between Del Amo Boulevard and Willow Street was disrupted midday Friday after a passenger indicated he had a bomb and was going to blow up the train.

It's Thanksgiving Day, and we here at LAist would like to take a moment to say we are thankful for so many things, including our readers and the amazing city in which we live and write.

Police in Torrance are investigating a double murder-suicide at a high rise building that serves as a senior citizen residence. The shooting occurred shortly after noon in Golden West Tower at 3510 Maricopa Street, Torrance police Sgt. Robert Watt said.

In today's Extra, Extra we've got Facebook tips for East Siders, D'Antoni's debut, a caviar "ATM" and more news of the day. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports. You can also find us on Pinterest, Storify, Foursquare, and Instagram (laistpics).

In a second and deciding vote taken today, the Los Angeles City Council has approved placing a half-cent sales tax hike on the March ballot. Aimed at countering a $216 million deficit in the 2013-14 fiscal year city budget, the proposed tax increase is anticipated to bring in up to $215 million in revenue.

There's breakfast, and then there are breakfast sandwiches. At Downtown's The Parish, it's all about those sandwich creations when it comes to the morning meal.

AS IF The Grove on Black Friday isn't crazy enough, Sprinkles is upping the game for their new location's opening event. The newest outpost of Sprinkles will debut at The Grove on Black Friday, and they have another tantalizing and valuable ingredient going into a few of their creations that will make a few lucky shoppers very happy.

As part of an ongoing effort to get intoxicated drivers off the roads and educate the public about the hazards of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, the Los Angeles Police Department has announced a handful of planned sobriety and driver's license checkpoints around the city for the upcoming Thanksgiving long weekend.