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Locals Frustrated In Attempts To Contact Family In Japan
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Angelenos with relatives in Japan are having trouble getting in touch with their loved ones in the wake of the catastrophic earthquake on Friday. KNX 1070′s John Brooks reports so...
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Groups Prepare For Prayer Vigil, Fundraiser In Little Tokyo
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Japanese-American community groups in Los Angeles are preparing for the prayer vigil and fundraiser they’re holding in the city’s Little Tokyo neighborhood for victims of the...
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Japanese-Americans Pitch In For Quake, Tsunami Relief
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Japanese-Americans and others are opening their hearts and their wallets this week to the victims of Japan’s earthquake and tsunami. In Los Angeles, 26-year-old Sayaka Fukushima made...
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Japanese-Americans Open Hearts, Wallets For Quake Relief
LOS ANGELES — Japanese-Americans, expats and others in the United States rallied this week to help the victims of Japan’s earthquake and tsunami, finding touching and sometimes imaginative ways to...
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More Than 130,000 Take Part In 2nd Annual ‘CicLAvia’
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — More than 130,000 people participated in the second annual CicLAvia event, with Lance Armstrong leading the cyclers through miles of city roads shut down to drivers. The event,...
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Street Art Exhibition Prompts Praise And Concern
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s art from the streets that’s been moved into the museum, and critics are going gaga over it. Words like stunning and near-overwhelming have been used to describe the colorful,...
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Employee Injured By Acid Spill At Business In Little Tokyo
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — An overhead line burst at a business south of Little Tokyo Thursday, dousing an employee in the face with an acidic fluid, a Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman said. The spill...
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Masked Gunman Shoots 2 Outside Club In Little Tokyo
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say a gunman wearing a mask shot two men outside a Los Angeles nightclub. Police Lt. Paul Vernon says both men appeared to be targeted as they stood smoking cigarettes at...
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Man, 29, Shot Outside Little Tokyo Bar Succumbs To His Wounds
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — One of two men shot outside a Little Tokyo bar has died, police said Sunday. Jackie Hoang, 29, of Alhambra died Saturday at County-USC Medical Center a few hours after the roughly...
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Police Release Surveillance Video Of Blind Woman Being Mugged
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Police released surveillance video Monday showing a mugger choking a blind woman before running off with her jewelry during a brazen attack in downtown Los Angeles. The robbery took...
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‘Backpack Bandit’ Targets Elderly, Blind Women In Little Tokyo
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Police on Thursday said a man who has targeted elderly women in Little Tokyo struck again in broad daylight — and it was all captured on videotape. The so-called “Backpack Bandit”...
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Dine On A Dime: Fat Spoon
LITTLE TOKYO (CBS) — Move over Boa, Sushi Roku and Lazy Ox Canteen. Chef Michael Cardenas has a new restaurant that is also easy on the wallet. Fat Spoon is the latest eatery opened by Cardenas and...
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Best Pumpkin Treats in LA
(credit: Crystal Leigh Shearin/sxc.hu) Along with the autumn air and the endless fall festivities October brings, this month seems to put just about everyone in the mood for all things pumpkin! Yes,...
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Top Unique Tours in LA
(credit: ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images) The beauty of an oceanside, major metropolitan city that spans such a vast distance and encompasses so many different cultures and activities is that the choices...
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Touring Noir Los Angeles With A Noir Writer
Photo Credit: Simon and Schuster p.g. sturges was born in Hollywood, California. Punctuated by fitful intervals of school, he has subsequently occupied himself as a submarine sailor, a Christmas tree...
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Best Skateboarding Shops In Los Angeles
In Los Angeles, serious skateboarding is not just for tricksters. For many, these rolling planks are modes of transportation; for others, they’re a way to move a heavy load. Whatever the chosen...
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Cops Looking To Nab Brazen Robber Who Punched Female Clerks In The Face
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Authorities are searching for a brazen suspect who they say punched two women clerks before rifling the cash register and their purses during a daylight robbery in their Little...
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What To Do With Your Double-Digit Kids
(credit: twilightseries.org) My son entered into the double-digit age range recently and the changes are coming in leaps and bounds. Gone are the days when I get to decide what we do together. His...
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CicLAvia’s 5th Annual Event Hopes To Encourage Bike Riding
STUDIO CITY (CBS) — If the latest spike in gas prices has got you rethinking your preferred mode of transportation, this Sunday’s CicLAvia event is for you. Nidia Garcia stopped by KCAL9 Friday to...
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Best Spring Festivals Around LA
(credit: strawberryfestival.org) With the bounty of spring upon us, there are plenty of festivals and fairs in the Southland that center on the celebration of new flora and fauna. From swallows to...
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