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Church Near Koreatown Pulses With Dance Music Beats

Every Tuesday and Thursday night intense trance-like music pulsates from the auditorium at First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles near Koreatown. The space that is usually reserved for quiet prayer and reflection turns into an aerobics class bursting with dance beats. In an economy where health and athletic joy are......
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Man Arrested for Ejaculating Semen Into Co-Worker's Water Bottle In O.C.

An Orange County man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly ejaculating twice into a female co-worker's water bottle, a sister blog at OC Weekly reports. Michael Kevin Lallana, 31, of Fullerton is accused of depositing his semen into a water bottle left on a desk in the victim's office at Northwestern......
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Salmonella Outbreak Prompts Food Recall for Eggs and Frozen Fruit in L.A.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health warned Angelenos Tuesday of two nationwide food recalls linked to salmonella. The tainted products are for certain eggs shipped from Wright County Egg company of Galt, Iowa and frozen mamey pulp fruit from COCO S.A. of Guatemala, according to a statement by......
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V.A. Homeless Housing Facility In West L.A. To Be Completed In 2012

The Department of Veteran Affairs plans to renovate a building at its West Los Angeles campus that will house homeless veterans, with completion scheduled for 2012, according to a statement from U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein's office. The housing structure, dubbed Building 209, is one of three buildings dedicated to house......
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Bike Summit: Mayor Villaraigosa Calls For Mandatory Helmets For Cyclists

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa called for a mandatory helmet law for all bicyclists across California at his much-touted "bike summit" downtown Monday. Cyclists booed the mayor as he called for the law, which would cover those 18 and older (juveniles are already required to wear helmets). " ... We need to......
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Echo Park Residents Still Resistant To Development Project Despite Redesign

Echo Park residents again blasted the Sunset Flats planned development at a neighborhood meeting Wednesday, saying the development is too big for their neighborhood. The plan includes commercial development plus 64 residential units. Residents raised concerns about traffic safety and traffic hassles given the extra cars the development would bring......