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Freight train derailed in Southern California with no injury
A freight train derailed on Wednesday afternoon near Palmdale in Southern California, with nearby residents evacuated, local authorities said.Although nobody had been injured, authorities were "initiating evacuations" as the wreckage raised concerns about a possible chlorine leak from one or more of the overturned carriages, Inspector Matt Levesque of the Los Angeles County Fire ...
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‘Undercover Angel’ Singer Alan O’Day Dead At 72
WESTWOOD (CBSLA.com) -- The LA Times and Hollywood Reporter are reporting that 70s era hit-maker and singer Alan O’Day has died at 72. O’Day reportedly died at his Westwood home. O’Day is best known for the pop hit ';Undercover Angel,'; a #1 smash in ...
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Driver Abandons Car After Her Passenger Dies Causing Traffic Mess On The 405
SHERMAN OAKS (CBSLA.com) -- A driver abandoned her car Sunday afternoon — after her passenger died – causing a major traffic nightmare on the 405 in Sherman Oaks. The 40-something driver apparently panicked after her 60-something passenger ...
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Police Want To Know How 33-Year-Old Ended Up Murdered In Vacant Apartment
SAN BERNARDINO (CBSLA.com) -- Authorities in San Bernardino are investigating the mysterious circumstances behind the murder of a man found in a vacant ...
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Hot Aussie caveman dating Hollywood star
But he wasn't confirming whether or not he's dating the Hollywood superstar, who has had a highly public battle with her health since she was admitted to rehab after a drug overdose at her Beverly Hills home in January ...
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Tens of Thousands Run Celebrate Citys Bay to Breakers
More than 30,000 people, many of them dressed in costumes, participated in the 102nd annual Bay to Breakers race Sunday morning, making their way from the South of Market (SOMA) neighborhood, across the city to Ocean ...
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Dodgers Swept By Braves As Bullpen Falters Again
The rain may have been coming down in Atlanta, but a storm is brewing in Los Angeles, as the Dodgers were swept by the Braves in embarrassing ...
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Northbound 405 Freeway will be closed overnight tonight Monday
WEST LOS ANGELES - Northbound traffic on the San Diego (405) Freeway will be blocked just after midnight tonight and Monday night, and remain closed until 5 a.m. Monday and Tuesday, Metro officials announced today. Repaving and restriping work will close the northbound 405 at the Santa Monica (10) Freeway interchange. Traffic may enter the 405 north at the Santa Monica Boulevard onramp, or ...
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Fatigued Horse Has To Be Rescued From Santa Ana River Bottom
Officials received a call just before noon regarding the horse’s condition, according to a spokeswoman for the Riverside County Fire Department. Firefighters and an animal rescue team went a mile into the trail in the Hidden Valley Wildlife area, said Jody Hagemann of Riverside County Fire. The horse looked gaunt and emaciated — no word on how long it might have been there or how ...
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Alleged DUI Motorist Slams Into Rialto Home’s Garage
A pickup truck allegedly driving by a motorist under the influence slammed into this Rialto home Sunday afternoon. (credit: Laurie ...
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Suspicious Device Left Outside Woodland Hills Pep Boys
WOODLAND HILLS (CBSLA.com) -- Officials spent hours Sunday investigating a strange and suspicious package left outside a Woodland Hills Pep Boys. After detonation, authorities said the package — thought to possibly be explosives — turned out to be a lot of marijuana. CBS2′s Art Barron reported from the ...
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Exhibition Wrestling Matches In LA Use New Rule Changes
Coleman Scott (R) of the US and Artas Sanaa of Russia wrestle in the 60kg class during ‘Rumble on the Rails,’ a wrestling exhibition, at Grand Central Station in New York May 15, 2013. (credit: TIMOTHY CLARY/AFP/Getty ...
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Iotapa wins Railbird Stakes at Hollywood Park
INGLEWOOD, Calif. -; Iotapa beat Ciao Bella Luna by 1 1/4 lengths Sunday in the $74,920 Railbird Stakes at Betfair Hollywood Park, giving jockey Joe Talamo a sweep of the weekend stakes ...
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Dodgers turn to Kershaw in battle of club aces
Losers of 14 of their first 17 games this month and coming off a 2-8 road trip, the Brewers aren't exactly receiving the best welcome home gift Monday. Already struggling to stay out of the loss column, the Brewers will have to deal with National League ERA leader Clayton Kershaw on Monday when the club returns to Miller Park for a three-game set with the Dodgers. "Look at everybody ...
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X-rays negative after Van Slyke fouls pitches off leg
Email ATLANTA -- X-rays were negative on the lower left leg of Dodgers outfielder Scott Van Slyke, who exited Sunday's 5-2 loss against the Braves after he fouled consecutive pitches off his leg in a seventh-inning at-bat. Van Slyke said there was no fracture, although it was "pretty sore" having fouled the pitches "an inch apart on the same ligament." He said ...
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New Pavilion At LAX To Be Named For Villaraigosa
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) -- The new central hall of the LAX international terminal will be named after Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles World Airports announced ...
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Kings Return Home To Practice Between Road Playoff Games
Goalkeeper Jonathan Quick #32 of the Los Angeles Kings takes a drink of water from a Gatorade bottle against the San Jose Sharks in Game Three of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at HP Pavilion on May 18, 2013 in San Jose, California. The Sharks defeated the Kings in overtime 2-1. (credit: Thearon W. Henderson/Getty ...
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Disney stands behind sexy new Brave look
"Brave's" Merida before and after her controversial makeover Consumer watchdogs took aim at the Walt Disney Company again last week, objecting vociferously to the studios redesign of Merida, the fiery heroine in the Oscar-winning Brave. Parents to girls especially decried the characters sexualization, pointing out that her frizzy red hair has been tamed, her neckline dropped, her ...
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Bullpen takes third loss in three days against Atlanta
LAD@ATL: Gonzalez drives a single to open the scoring ATLANTA -- The only good thing the Dodgers can say about their series against the Braves is that it's over. The Atlanta sweep concluded Sunday with another late loss, 5-2, by the Dodgers' bullpen in a four-run eighth inning. Kenley Jansen was charged with the decisive runs for the second consecutive game, and the Braves scored ...
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Galaxy Fall To Red Bulls On Cahill Header 1-0
HARRISON, N.J. (AP) -- Tim Cahill scored on a header off a crossing pass in second half stoppage time, lifting the New York Red Bulls to a 1-0 victory over the Los ...
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Temecula Man 65 Dies 2 Days After Murdering His Wife
TEMECULA (CBSLA.com)-- The Temecula man who killed his wife Thursday before turning the gun on himself died Saturday, according to officials. John Leonard Houston, 65, died at 6:10 p.m. at a hospital, Riverside County sheriff’s Sgt. Tyson Voss said. Houston killed his wife Dana, 51, in their Del Rey Road home, before shooting himself, officials ...
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Pedestrian Fatally Struck By Car In Pasadena Identified
PASADENA (CBSLA.com) -- The pedestrian who was killed by a car while crossing a Pasadena street Friday has been identified. The Coroner said Sunday that Stuart Charles Noble, 39, was the victim. Noble, of Los Angeles, was crossing Colorado Boulevard at 9:40 p.m. Frirday when he was ...
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Angels Beat Sox 6-2 Split Series
Howie Kendrick #47 of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim scores in the fourth inning against the Chicago White Sox at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on May 19, 2013 in Anaheim, California. (credit: Lisa Blumenfeld/Getty ...
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Sheriff’s Deputies Rescue Stranded Swedish Family Of 7
CARSON (CBSLA.com) -- Sheriff’s deputies came to the physical, financial and emotional rescue of a Swedish family of seven left stranded by a family emergency. The grateful family is on its way home. The two parents and five female children (aged 2, 10 and 16, and 10-year-old twins) –were seen walking up Sepulveda Boulevard in Torrance on Friday at 4:30 in the morning, said Nicole ...
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American Tejay Van Garderen Wins Tour Of California Championship
Tejay van Garderen of the USA riding for BMC Racing hoists the winners trophy presented by Kristin Bachochin (R) Executive Director and SVP of AEG on the podium following Stage Eight as he won the overall race leader’s jersey of the 2013 Amgen Tour of California from San Francisco to Santa Rosa on May 19, 2013 in Santa Rosa, California. Michael Rogers (R) of Australia riding for ...
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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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