Oscar Garza
                        
                            Former senior editor
                        
                        
                            (he/him)
                        
                    
                    
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                            The groundbreaking sitcom poke to the Black-and-white racial rubric that defined, and roiled, our country — and also forced my mom to confront her own ignorance.
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                            The paltry turnout resulted in runoffs that will include Jim McDonnell vs. Paul Tanaka for L.A. County Sheriff; Sheila Kuehl and Bobby Shriver for L.A. County Supervisor; and Elan Carr against Ted Lieu for Congress.
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                            Actor Paul Walker, star of the "The Fast and the Furious" franchise, died in a violent car accident Saturday. The driver was a friend and fellow racing enthusiast.
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                            LAPD used a robot to detonate the package found inside a vehicle in the parking garage at the popular shopping mall.
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                            In the two years since Congress enacted the wide-ranging law, lawmakers in Sacramento have passed dozens of bills to give California a running start.
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                            L.A. County District Attorney's Office investigators searched the office and homes Thursday morning of two high-ranking administrators at Pasadena City College.
 
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