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If you lived in Los Angeles in the 1960s and were inclined toward rock and roll, you might have seen Ray Manzarek and The Doors play at Sunset Strip clubs, at Ports O'Call in San Pedro — or at your high school. Memories are flowing on social media.More
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The Dodgers' Matt Kemp is from Oklahoma City. He homered in tonight's Dodgers win in Milwaukee and after the game he represented.
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Nice headline from this morning's traffic... jam... attributed to the Los Angeles Times' Joseph Serna.More
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After the tornado passed today in Moore, Oklahoma, one family opened its shelter and looked onto a vanished neighborhood. Whoever is holding the camera seems stunned into silence, at first.More
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Ray Manzarek, the Doors keyboardist, died at a clinic in Germany. Manzarek had cancer of the bile ducts. Sunset Strip clubs dimmed the lights Monday night in his honor. Video and photos inside.More
In "Leaving Las Vegas," Hollywood screenwriter Ben leaves LA ... and then he dies, which was sort of what he wanted. Who better than a Hollywood screenwriter to figure out that the easiest way to kill yourself is to leave LA?More
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Villaraigosa was in Dubai, but quietly. Jackie Goldberg makes no endorsement in her old council district. Yahoo-Tumblr CEOs make their case. AP boss says phone record seizures unconstitutional. News-Press employees drop union. What's behind those Village Voice layoffs. Under the radar LA rental 'hoods and more.More
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Several out-of-town budinskis have called the campaign an embarrassment, which was certainly not the case. Let's just say that the race, like so many others these days, was a missed opportunity More
Campaign 2013
After two full weekend days of campaigning, Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel were back at it before sunrise this morning. Here's a snapshot of the day, the weekend and the final hours of Campaign 2013.More
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KFOR, the NBC affiliate in Oklahoma City, says it will stay on the air through the night. The coverage is personal, careful and free of the egos and posturing you often get with national media. At least 91 people are dead around Moore, OK. Watch bigger.
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Piñatas for sale on Olympic Boulevard at Central Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles. Photo by Judy Graeme. See bigger.
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When the Kings and Ducks play next year at Dodger Stadium, it won't be the first outdoor hockey game in LA. Story
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Emily Green took pictures at the defunct Rock-a-Hoola Waterpark in the eastern Mojave Desert. More
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Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore in front of a studio audience doing "The Dick Van Dyke Show" in 1963. Jerry Paris can be seen directing. Photograph by Earl Thiesen for Look magazine. Bigger | Shorpy Historical Photo Archive
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Twin Argentine girls ride in a 1972 Ford Fairlane "limousine" while celebrating their 15th birthdays. Photo by Myriam Meloni. Sony World Photography Awards.
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The Ballona Creek bike path was wide open during the April 21 Ciclavia, as a few savvy riders discovered. Photo: Joel Sappell.
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