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The world of XXX video has certainly had its challenges in recent years, from the onslaught of free porn online to this month's HIV outbreak to a battle in L.A. over mandatory condom rules.
See also: Porn Biz Shut Down Again Over Yet Another HIV Cas...
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If you're looking for more than a worldly education, a sense of history, and a decent grasp on literature, then you're in the right place when it comes to colleges.
Yes, Southern California offers you higher education that pays. Eventually. The late...
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The publication of emails between L.A. Coliseum Commission members, staffers and attorneys appears to show a public body making shady moves, including possible decision-making outside the public sphere, a legal no-no, vote counting, also illicit, and...
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A music industry veteran who hosts a weekend Frank Sinatra show for KJazz (88.1 FM) radio was attacked by a man with a machete and held for three hours at his home in Woodland Hills yesterday, according to police and reports.
Jerry Sharell, said to ...
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When it comes to Uber, Tom Drischler does not mince words. The smartphone app that allows users to hail towncars moved into L.A. last year, disrupting the traditional model of taxi service.
Drischler, the city's taxi administrator, believed Uber a...
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Maria Elena Durazo
Mayor Eric Garcetti and Maria Elena Durazo had their differences during the recent campaign. Durazo, the head of the L.A. County Federation of Labor, blasted "Garcetti's dishonesty" on pensions, and attacked him for refusing to...
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Dear Californians:
We understand that you love your legal weed, what with all the back pain and cataracts going around these days.
But your easy access to cannabis retailers and subsequent water-pipe enthusiasm at home might be rubbing off on your...
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Forget those rosy headlines you've seen about drug use being down among young Americans. If you actually read the latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health, it says illicit toking, snorting and injecting is actually up in these here United States...
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It's Friday the 13th. And if you're superstitious, you should hear the one about the chupacabra with a badge.
He hunts down idiot drunk drivers in places like Hollywood, Koreatown and Silver Lake only to lock them up and take lots of their money. Do...
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West Hollywood is a bastion of liberal privilege, a place where fur retailing and most pet sales have been banned.
See also: West Hollywood Bans Most Retail Dog And Cat Sales.
The city is also skilled at banning stuff (like fur and pet sales) rare...
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If you want to know what's happening in the world of child sexual predators, there's now an app for that.
And it was developed by the federal government with your tax dollars. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Invest...
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Matt Kemp
With the Dodgers on the precipice of their first National League West division crown since 2009, here are 15 predictions for you to ponder during your Thursday pregame.
1. Matt Kemp is coming back. He'll be in the dugout for the Dodger...
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Robin Hood robbed from the rich and gave to the poor. A group of people who worked as part of an Armenian Power gang enterprise took millions from 99 Cents Only store customers and their banks.
Eight defendants pleaded guilty to to being a part of ...
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You electronic cigarette smokers think you're all down-low and stuff, puffing in bars and clubs and just plain doing it in cases where a regular cig in the hand would get you busted.
See also: E-Cigarettes Headed For a Smoking Ban.
Well, it looks l...
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If you think our liberal, weed-loving state is correspondingly looser in the sack, you're probably right.
A recent survey of 1,600 singles by Business Insider found that Californians are indeed more sexually liberated than the rest of the nation. Ne...
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By Alex Mizrahi
Dear @AriannaHuff,
A riddle, in a format you'll find familiar:
THIS major media outlet mentioned "Kardashian" or "Jenner" 140 times on Twitter this August.
The answer, of course, is @HuffingtonPost. So how about another one:
Whi...
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Updated at the bottom with Onuoha hit with federal charges. He's also been fingered as a TSA agent who allegedly told a teenager to cover herself in a well-publicized incident in June. First posted at 12:59 a.m.
A former TSA screener accused of maki...
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The idea of opening up L.A. freeway carpool lanes to everyone seemed like a pipe dream to us. After, the laws in California -- texting while behind the wheel, stoned while driving -- only seem to get more restrictive.
See also: L.A. Carpool Lanes Op...
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Medical marijuana, and in a few cases even recreational pot, is now legal in about 20 states across the land. California went medical in 1996. So what's the problem with using low- or even no-THC hemp for clothing, building materials and even food?
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A state law proposed this week would protect marijuana dispensaries "already operating legally under city or county laws" from local cops while creating a statewide police and regulatory agency that would oversee the pot shops.
The legislation by Ca...
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