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Steal A Hollywood Scene — For A Price

This has got to be the ultimate film-lover's souvenir, and you can't buy one on Hollywood Boulevard. Rather, Paramount Pictures is rolling out a website where everyday movie fans will be able to edit and then buy and download a self-selected clip from their favorite Paramount flicks. The Godfather, Top......
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Court: City Controller Can't Audit Elected Officials

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge on Tuesday ruled that the City Controller cannot audit elected officials, including the City Attorney, whose office had sued the controller over the matter. The ruling was a victory of sorts for City Attorney Carmen Trutanich, even though he's not he one who sued......
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Car Plows Into Fashion Photog On Shoot Downtown, Killing Him

A car plowed into a photographer and a model on a fashion shoot in downtown Los Angeles, killing the shooter and injuring the model, police said. The collision happened at East Sixth and Mateo streets in Skid Row about 6 Monday night. Photographer Daniel Salazar Moreno, 31, was pronounced dead......
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State Citizen Redistricting Commission Opens To Applicants

A state commission empowered with redrawing California senate and assembly district boundaries opened up to applications from everyday citizens Tuesday. Under Prop. 11, passed last year, power for redistricting shifts from the legislature to a 14-member commission that will ultimately be chosen by the state auditor. A press conference about......
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Car Wash's Alleged Underpayment To Workers Brings Suit By Jerry Brown

An Echo Park car wash that's been in the news repeatedly for alleged violations of workplace-safety rules and employee compensation standards is being sued by state Attorney General Jerry Brown for $2.6 million, his office announced Tuesday. The suit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court today, names Auto Spa Express,......
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Search For Woman Who Went Missing From Sheriff's Station Upshifts

The strange saga of Mitrice Richardson is now a murder investigation, according to sheriff's officials. The woman went missing from the sheriff's Lost Hills station early on the morning of Sept. 24 after she was detained there for allegedly failing to pay a restaurant bill in nearby Malibu. After being......
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Here Are The Real Top 10 Reasons Dating In L.A. Sucks

Huffington Post has gotten a lot of play out of its item about why L.A. is "the toughest town for singles." Author Alex Benzer states that the ratio of women to men is low, the city's distant expanses are difficult to overcome, everyone's social climbing instead of climbing in bed,......