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A driver has jumped the curb near an elementary school at 53rd and Main streets in South Los Angeles, leaving eight people injured. The Los Angeles Fire Department reports that six of the patients are seriously injured, and that children are among those hurt.

Friends and associates of film producer Brian Gerber have been spreading the word on Facebook about the man's disappearance, however there is suspicion the 41-year-old committed suicide.

In today's Extra, Extra we've got a Tweet-battle between Rihanna and Joan Rivers, a belated Purple Heart, and lessons from the head of the class for "Who's the Boss?" star Tony Danza, 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).

Officials from Yosemite National Park are reaching out to an estimated 1,700 past visitors for fear they have been exposed to a rare rodent-borne disease.

There's nothing quite so quintessentially L.A. as a late night nosh at Canter's Deli, but this summer, the Fairfax Avenue mainstay since 1952 is taking some items off the menu, and making way for some contemporary new dishes.

Nothing says "Back to School" like a warning that there's a man in the community who likes to expose himself to girls on their way to campus. In Long Beach, authorities are concerned that the unidentified suspect will pick up where he left off last spring and resume luring female students to his car.

It was great while it lasted... Our break from the triple digit temps in the Los Angeles area is done for now, thanks to a hot air mass that's over the region today and for the next couple of days.

Central Valley Meat Co., the slaughterhouse whose operations came grinding to a halt last week after allegations of animal cruelty, has been given the green light to resume operations today.

Sports lovers, if you're in the stands to root, root, root for your favorite team, you're going to have to mind your manners. Two years in the making, today local government, law enforcement, and sports officials have announced an official Southern California Fan Code of Conduct.

You've got from now until early December to learn how to read and/or play music if you're planning on taking L.A. musician Beck's next album for a spin. That's because Beck is going so retro, he's not eschewing the download for vinyl, he's going all the way back to basics: sheet music.

The motorist whose solo vehicle crash into a hydrant and a light pole in Valley Village led to the electrocution deaths of two Good Samaritans could face reckless driving charges.

Do you have a way with words? Know someone who does? Perhaps the soon-to-be-open position of Poet Laureate of Los Angeles is of interest. That's right: L.A. is about to put a face and name--for a two year term--on the literary voice of the city.