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Suburban teen breaks in to Hollywood
To prepare for her role as the larcenous leader of "The Bling Ring," Winnetka's Katie Chang received an unusual assignment from her director, Sofia Coppola. Chang would lead her co-stars on an actual break-in of a Hollywood mansion to steal a specific set of items. "A week before the shooting began, Sofia had us break into the house of someone she knew," Chang said. ...
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Kemp reports improvement with hamstring
Email NEW YORK -- After aggressive running drills on the warning track on Tuesday afternoon before the series opener with the Yankees was postponed by rain, outfielder Matt Kemp reported that his strained right hamstring is improved and that he might try to run the bases on Wednesday. Kemp, out since May 30, needs to be able to run the bases before the Dodgers send him on a Minor League rehab ...
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Schumaker awaiting word on appeal
Email NEW YORK -- Now that the Dodgers are in New York, Skip Schumaker's appeal of a two-game suspension should be resolved, right? "Haven't heard a word," said Schumaker. "Not on [Monday's] off-day, either." Schumaker was handed a two-game suspension by MLB for "aggressive actions" in the benches-clearing incident after Arizona's Ian Kennedy ...
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Aerojet Rocketdyne newly formed rocket engine maker expects job stability growth
United Technologies Corp. today announced it has reached agreement to sell its Rocketdyne unit, currently part of Pratt & Whitney, to GenCorp Inc. for $550 million. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2013. (Dean Musgrove / Staff ...
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Video 4 suspects sought in May 31 assault on transgender woman on Hollywood Boulevard
HOLLYWOOD - Los Angeles police released video today of four suspects wanted for assaulting a transgender woman on Hollywood Boulevard and announced a $25,000 reward for tips leading to the arrests of the culprits. In video recovered by police, the young men are shown knocking down the person, who is in a sheer pink or orange dress, then delivering several kicks to the victim, who police ...
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Low-flying DC-8 operated by NASA startles South Bay residents
A NASA Douglas DC-8 flying laboratory conducting low-altitude research flights over California this week startled residents when it swooped low over Torrance Municipal ...
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Plastic bag ban approved by Los Angeles City Council
After more than a decade of debate and watching other cities around the nation take action, the Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday joined the movement to ban single-use plastic bags in ...
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Award-Winning Journalist Michael Hastings Dies
Michael Hastings of BuzzFeed and Rolling Stone attends the Guardian’s ';Post-Truth Politics & The Media’s Role'; reception and discussion at The LongView Gallery on May 1, 2012, in Washington, DC. (credit: Paul Morigi/Getty Images for The ...
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Angelina Jolie’s Stunt Double Sues News Corp. Over Alleged Phone Hacking
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) -- Angelina Jolie's stunt double is suing Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. for allegedly tapping into her voicemail and obtaining information about Jolie's relationship with Brad Pitt. In court documents, Eunice Huthart said she was working in L.A. at the time on the movie "Mr. & Mrs. ...
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Police Hope To Identify Attackers Caught On Video In Hate Crime Beating
HOLLYWOOD (CBSLA.com) -- Police have released pictures and video in hopes of identifying the men shown brutally beating a transgender woman near a Hollywood Metro stop in ...
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‘Terminator 2’ Star Edward Furlong Charged In Domestic Violence Assault
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) -- "Terminator 2" star Edward Furlong was charged Tuesday with assaulting his girlfriend and threatening her if she called ...
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COL BB North Carolina 4 Louisiana State 2
Trent Thornton hurled seven efficient innings and Brian Holberton homered Tuesday in North Carolina's 4-2 College World Series win over Louisiana State. Thornton, a freshman, allowed two runs on nine hits and overcame four walks while Colin Moran chipped in with three hits, an RBI and two runs scored as the top-seeded Tar Heels eliminated LSU. With the victory, North Carolina advances to ...
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Obamacare and California — little hope
The Legislature last weekend endorsed a major part of the state's role in implementing President Obama's health care reform law, opting to expand Medicaid to 1.4 million poor Californians. The only hope now -- slimmer than slim -- is that Gov. Jerry Brown will miraculously see the light and reverse the state's participation in this disaster-in-waiting known as ...
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Aetna Leaving Californias Individual Health Insurance Market
Aetna Inc. said it would stop selling individual health insurance policies in California next month, and nearly 50,000 existing policyholders will have to find new coverage by January. The company's announcement Monday comes a month after it opted not to participate in California's new state-run insurance market for consumers, a key component of the new federal healthcare law. ...
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Opener in Bronx a wash twin bill on Wednesday
NEW YORK -- Manager Don Mattingly had just told the media that his Dodgers were healthier than they've been in a while when Tuesday night's game was rained out, to be made up as part of a day-night doubleheader on Wednesday. Now, can his Dodgers survive a second night off in New York unscathed? The team needs to report to Yankee Stadium in the morning, with Hyun-Jin Ryu scheduled to ...
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National Briefing | West California Plastic Bags On Way Out
The Los Angeles City Council gave initial approval Tuesday to an ordinance banning stores from providing customers single-use plastic bags. It would also require stores to charge 10 cents each for paper bags. The ordinance, which requires a final vote next week, would take effect next year, starting with large stores and then expanding to small stores. Los Angeles County and cities including San ...
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$25K Reward Offered in Attack of Transgender Woman
Police on Tuesday announced a $25,000 reward for information that will lead to the arrest of multiple people who seriously assaulted a transgender woman in Hollywood last ...
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Hollywood May Put The Squeeze On Parking Spaces
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Calif. Locking Up Far Fewer Juvenile Offenders
SACRAMENTO (AP) -- California is a national leader in reducing the number of juvenile offenders incarcerated in state and county lockups, according to a study advocacy groups released Tuesday. Driven by budget cuts, lawsuits and research, the state has taken steps that helped reduce the number of youths in correctional facilities by 41 percent between 2000 and 2010. Fewer than 9,800 youths were ...
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Dodgers-Yankees Game Postponed By Rain Will Play Doubleheader Wednesday
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) --The game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees was postponed Tuesday due to rain. The teams will play a doubleheader Wednesday at 10:05 a.m. PST and 4:05 p.m. PST. The earlier game will be broadcast on ...
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Angelina Jolie stunt double sues News Corp. for alleged phone hacking
Rupert Murdoch 's News Corp., alleging her phone was hacked. The lawsuit Eunice Huthart brought last week is believed to be the first claim filed in the United States by an alleged victim of the ongoing British phone hacking scandal, The Hollywood Reporter said Tuesday. Huthart says in her suit she started suspecting voice messages left on her cellphone system were being intercepted in ...
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Psychologist attacked by inmate at LA prison
LOS ANGELES -; A contract psychologist is recovering from injuries she suffered in an attack by an inmate at the state prison in Los Angeles ...
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Hollywood considers shrinking parking spaces
Hollywood’s parking spaces could be getting shorter.As work continues on the side streets connecting A1A to the Broadwalk, dozens of parking spots are being lost.To make up for them, the Hollywood City Commission is considering reducing the size requirements to squeeze as many into the available space as possible. Instead of a parallel parking space 8 1/2 wide by 18 feet long, the new ...
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Los Angeles says yes to re-usable grocery bags no to plastic
By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 7:40pm EDT LOS ANGELES, June 18 (Reuters) - Step away from the plastic bags, Angelenos. The Los Angeles City Council took the first step on Tuesday towars making the city the largest U.S. municipality to ban plastic bags at the grocery store, with the goal of keeping them out of streets, beaches and the Pacific Ocean. The ...
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Journalist Michael Hastings Killed in Car Crash
"We are shocked and devastated by the news that Michael Hastings is gone. Michael was a great, fearless journalist with an incredible instinct for the story, and a gift for finding ways to make his readers care about anything he covered from wars to politicians. He wrote stories that would otherwise have gone unwritten, and without him there are great stories that will go untold. Michael ...
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LAX gets a facelift
Los Angeles International Airport has decided to go under the knife again; the sixth busiest airport in the world is in the final stages of a multi-million dollar face lift of its international terminal, aimed at bringing the airport back up to world class standards in design and service and now there is talk of even further redevelopment for the domestic terminals as well.
LAX was once considered a pioneering facility in the early days of the jet age, the famous Theme Building, built to resemble a flying saucer that has just landed is testament to this period of advancement and modernism. The building features a circular restaurant below four concentric spider-like legs, in-keeping with the space-age theme of the building, this restaurant is called Encounters. Read more
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