Mike Roe
Former associate editor
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The Los Angeles Parks Department announced a new free wireless Internet program in six city parks this week, as well as a new mobile website. -
Two cases of the mosquito-borne disease are the first reported in Los Angeles County this year. -
An Amber Alert was activated Thursday for the kidnapping of two children in Los Angeles on Aug. 4 at 3 p.m., according to the alert. -
A shipment of mounted animals headed to the Philippines was seized at the L.A./Long Beach port. The items seized included mounted wildebeest, zebra, baboon and more. -
Mayor Eric Garcetti and other Los Angeles city officials gathered Tuesday to assert their solidarity with Israel following the recent Israeli/Palestinian conflict. -
A water district official and a couple he's tied to have been charged with what the L.A. County DA's Office is calling "an elaborate embezzlement scheme." -
One of the 12-year-old girls who allegedly stabbed a classmate to make Internet meme "Slender Man" happy has been ruled mentally incompetent and unable to stand trial. -
Estimates of how much water was lost in Tuesday's water main break had been revised from 8-10 million gallons to almost 20 million gallons Wednesday. -
A fire at Animo Charter High School in South Los Angeles caused the roof to collapse, according to the L.A. County Fire Department. -
Comic books have long faced criticism for being dominated by male characters, with few female-led books, but Marvel's taking a swing against that.
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