As early-morning rain gave way to blue skies, undeterred voters throughout Southern California converged on their polling places – some standing in lines 300 people deep – to cast their ballots in a historic election for either the first African American president or the first female vice president.
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It was a firefighters’ nightmare: erratic winds driving flames so fast there was no time to react.
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Candlewood Street in Lakewood is a regular neighborhood filled with regular people – young and old, Republicans and Democrats, blacks, whites, Latinos and Asians.
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UCI Medical Center has been placed under state supervision because of its anesthesiology department’s “inability to provide quality healthcare in a safe environment,” according to a federal report released Thursday.
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Starting a business is no piece of (cup)cake.
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The R-rated comedy “Tropic Thunder” held on to the top box-office slot for the third weekend in a row, ending a summer popcorn movie season dominated by superheroes.
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When is a sprinkle more than icing on the cake?
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The old sales pitch to lure conventions to downtown Los Angeles had an air of desperation to it: Please, please come to sunny
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Slim pickings for restaurants?
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Gas prices at service stations in Southern California began sneaking below $4 a gallon this week as falling oil prices worldwide and lower demand started to make a difference at the pump.And this may be just the start of a wave of somewhat lower gasoline prices heading our way, experts said.”We could be seeing the start of something really big – if we have no major new problems in the economy and if we can avoid major hurricanes,” said Phil Flynn, vice president and senior market analyst f
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You’re finishing that multimillion dollar remodel of your Brentwood estate and you need that one last perfect piece.
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