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Planned Parenthood is under fire after the release of two videos that bring to light its practices surrounding fetal tissue donations. Also, consumer advocates are asking California Attorney General Kamala Harris to look into record-high oil industry profits this year. Then, San Francisco now has nine public walls covered with a repellent paint that makes pee spray back on the person's shoes and pants.

Anthem Inc. announced this morning a deal to buy Cigna Corp for $54.2 billion, creating the largest health insurer in the nation by the number of members. Also, nearly two-thirds of roads in the Los Angeles and Orange County area are in poor condition. Then, in an effort to mitigate food waste, a company, Imperfect Produce, is selling produce with an off color, strange shape or unusual size. Would you buy it?

A task force led by L.A. District Attorney Jackie Lacey is releasing a roadmap for reducing L.A.'s ever-growing number of mentally ill jail inmates, and diverting those who need it into treatment. Also, more children are ditching their board games and barbies for digital screens with apps on an iPad, video games or TV. Then, a new study published in the journal “Psychological Bulletin” has disproved a long-held wisdom in the advertising industry: that sex and violence sell.

If need be, the City Council can now call for limiting outdoor watering to just two days a week, down from the current allocation of three days a week. Also, AT&T’s nearly $49 billion purchase of DirecTV is on its way to approval, which would make it the largest cable or satellite provider. Then, with work seemingly taking up more and more of our day, knowing how to make the most of your down time is paramount.

Governor Jerry Brown pays a visit to the Vatican this week, where he’ll meet with Pope Francis during a symposium on climate change. Also, the group claiming to have hacked cheaters' website Ashley Madison for personal information of millions of adulterers allege the company failed to secure users' data. Then, proposed bike lanes going through Westwood Village on Westwood Boulevard are being discussed.

An audit by the LAUSD’s Office of Inspector General this week found that the second largest school district in the country wasted about $10 million of food in a recent school year. Also, The CA Board of Equalization (BOE), the state’s tax commission, is throwing its weight behind a plan aiming to get underground medical marijuana dispensaries to pay taxes. Then, it's T-G-I-Filmweek!

California’s drought has reopened the debate over how much growth the state can sustain in the face of a prolonged water shortage. Also, a judge says Uber must pay a $7.3 million dollar fine and turn over specific information, or cease operations completely. Then, opponents of mandatory vaccination have started collecting petition signatures for a referendum that would appear on the November 2016 ballot.

A bill in Sacramento would restrict California law enforcement from seizing assets of suspects unless there is a criminal conviction. Also, the LAPD begins a new training initiative this week called the Preservation of Life and Building Community Trust training. Then, an anonymous “Wizard of Oz” fan has put up $1 million for anyone with information that could lead to the recovery of the infamous ruby red slippers.

President Obama has granted clemency to 46 inmates who faced prison time for drug offenses. Also, a first of it's kind in California, a trial starting this week will determine the future of five frozen embryos a divorced couple is embattled over. Then, a look at an "underground railroad" operation in Northern Iraq that rescues women and children who have been taken captive by the self-declared Islamic State.