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Hey, What's Up With That L.A. Times Poll Showing Donald Trump Winning?

Hillel Aron
Ever since last Monday night's totally bonkers presidential debate at Hofstra University, there's been a near consensus that Hillary Clinton got a significant bounce in the polls, and is effectively in the lead. As I write this, the Real Clear Politics average of national polls has the Secretary of State......
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Best L.A. Athlete Tweeter

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The Dodgers' Brandon McCarthy is a good pitcher. Not a great pitcher, a good pitcher. But he is a great tweeter. And by the standards of most athletes, he's Sandy Koufax. The 33-year-old journeyman's tweets are refreshingly oddball, the kind you'd usually find on a struggling comedian's timeline. "Life hack:......
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Best Bowling Alley

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It would be easy to see Highland Park Bowl as a veritable parody of hipster culture, with its fetishization of all things vintage and rather high prices ($60 per hour per lane, though that can be split between six people). However, the bowling alley/bar wins you over with its sheer......
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Best Soccer Shop

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All but hidden in the mass of car dealerships in the bland part of Glendale lies Soccer Stores — or one of them, at least — part of a small Southern California chain. In this densely packed shop you'll find it all: the new Hypervenoms, the new Mercurials, the new......
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Best Antiques

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Not much has changed in the 26 years since Necromance opened its doors on Melrose. Its jars of preserved bats and jewelry made from human bone are still the shop's best-selling items. Necromance is one of the only stores in L.A. that sells taxidermy — numerous deer and moose heads......
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Pirate DWP Reform Ballot Measure RRR Has Some Going, "WTF?!"

Hillel Aron
It's not often you see elected officials trying to pass a law giving themselves less power. But that's exactly what is going on with Measure RRR, otherwise known as Measure Arrrrrrrrr! the pirate measure. It's purpose? To "reform" the much maligned Department of Water and Power, often seen as an......
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It's Now Illegal to Play Pokemon Go (and Other Things) While Driving

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Sorry, Pokemon GO fans and compulsive Facebook users: a new law signed by Governor Jerry Brown, which goes into effect on January 1, makes it illegal to do just about anything on your cell phone while driving, including tweeting, updating your Facebook status, entering an address into Waze, and playing......
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The Silver Lake Reservoir Will Be Refilled With Water by 2018

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Silver Lake homeowners, stand down. The Silver Lake reservoir, now a dusty, desolate void, is getting refilled – all the way to the top. That's what local politicians and Department of Water and Power officials told a rapt audience of about 180 (according to a bored-looking sheriff's deputy) last night......