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• Man Charged With Murder In Santa Monica Teen’s Killing

  19-05-2017 23:42
  
  SANTA MONICA (CBSLA.com) – A 42-year-old man was charged with murder Friday in connection with the shooting death of an 18-year-old Santa Monica man in February.
  Santa Monica police report that Sherwin Mendoza Espinosa was charged with one count each of murder and felon in possession of a firearm in the killing of Juan Sebastian Castillo.
  Just after 5 a.m. on Feb. 26, Castillo was found lying in the 1300 block of 16th Street — about a half-block from the UCLA Medical Center — w
  
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• Brush Fire Burns Near Malibu Homes

  19-05-2017 22:28
  
  MALIBU (CBSLA.com) — Los Angeles County fire crews Friday responded to a brush fire near homes in Malibu.
  The fire along Mulholland Drive and Kanan Road had burned about two acres in heavy brush by 1:10 p.m., according to reports from the scene.
  Kanan was closed at Mulholland in both directions due to the fire.
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• Keidel: Would Another Cavs-Warriors Finals Be Good For The NBA?

  19-05-2017 21:44
  
  By Jason Keidel
  The clip has been on endless loop. Kawhi Leonard rises for a jumper from the corner against Zaza Pachulia, who keeps inching toward Leonard, even after the ball leaves his hands. Leonard lands on Pachulia’s foot, his tender ankle snapping sideways before he crumbles to the hardwood.
  Did Pachulia do this knowing there was a good chance this would happen? Quite likely. Can we prove it? We can’t.
  Spurs fans take solace in asserting that San Antonio was blowing the doors
  
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• Shaq’s Son Empathizes With Lonzo Ball, Acknowledge’s ‘Pressure’ To Avoid Being A Bust

  19-05-2017 20:52
  
  Bryan Altman
  In the world of sports right now nobody has a spotlight shining on them more brightly than Lonzo Ball, son of the notoriously loquacious LaVar Ball.
  The elder Ball’s words have heaped an enormous amount of pressure onto 19-year-old Lonzo’s shoulders as he prepares for the NBA Draft and his first season as an professional in the NBA.
  But while it may seem like Lonzo is unique in the pressure he’s certain to face, there is another youngster that can relate to Ball an
  
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• SWAMP Act Calls For Taxpayers To Be Paid Back For President’s Travels To Mar-a-Lago

  19-05-2017 20:18
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com/AP) — A Torrance congressman wants to require President Trump to reimburse taxpayers for any public funds spent on travel to hotels or other properties that he owns.
  Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif) says the Stop Waste and Misuse by the President Act (SWAMP) Act is aimed at ending what Lieu says is the American taxpayer “effectively subsidizing the President’s businesses” in travel to commercial entities owned in whole or in part by the President or First Fa
  
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• Boy, 12, Shocks Another Child With Stun Gun Disguised As Smartphone

  19-05-2017 19:03
  
  SAN MARINO (CBSLA.com) — A boy brought a stun gun designed to look like a smartphone to a school in San Marino, prompting a police investigation.
  A parent reported last Saturday that a 12-year-old boy had shocked another child with a stun gun by the lunch tables near the basketball courts at Huntington Middle School, San Marino police said Thursday.
  The police investigation determined the stun gun was used in a joking manner, with no threatening intent, but possession of a stun gun by
  
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• Report: Paul George Thinks He Could Turn Lakers Around

  19-05-2017 18:25
  
  Ryan Mayer
  The rumors of Pacers star forward Paul George wanting to come to Los Angeles to play for the Lakers have been circulating for awhile now. Most recently, George appeared on Jimmy Kimmel’s show discussing his preparation to train with Kobe Bryant in the offseason and he was asked about potentially joining the team. George demurred from answering on the show, but the rumor mill keeps right on churning.
  The latest one comes from USA Today’s Sam Amick, who, in a long piece on t
  
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• Kobe Bryant’s Retweet Saves Entire Class From Taking Final

  19-05-2017 17:41
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Kobe Bryant, known for delivering in the clutch throughout his 20-year career with the Lakers, has delivered yet again.
  On Thursday, high school student William Pate took to Twitter in hopes of receiving an assist from the Laker legend, asking him for a retweet in order to get out of a final exam.@kobebryant PLEASE IF YOU RETWEET THIS WE DONT HAVE TO TAKE THE FINAL PLEASE RT @kobebryant ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼ᥧ
  
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• Fatal Hollywood Shooting Leads To Evacuation Of Nearby Club

  19-05-2017 17:27
  HOLLYWOOD (CBSLA.com) — Two suspects are in custody Friday after a shooting led to police shutting down a nearby club in Hollywood.
  The shooting happened just after 11 p.m. Thursday in the 1500 block of Wilcox Avenue, near Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles police Sgt. Mark Cohan said.
  The two suspects kicked in an apartment door before opening fire on a man, LAPD Lt. John Radtke said. The victim, who jumped out of his apartment window to avoid the gunmen, was pronounced dead at a hospital
  
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• Raiders’ Donald Penn And Wife To Host Annual Free Football And Cheer Camp

  19-05-2017 17:15
  Ryan Mayer
  Summer football camps have become a big part of the sport’s youth culture over the years, with many NFL athletes and some colleges hosting their own camps for kids to come out, learn the game, and meet some players. However, many of these camps are done on a for-profit basis, meaning that kids whose parents aren’t fortunate enough to be able to pay to send them to camp end up missing out. In the Los Angeles area, however, there’s one camp that parents can turn to tha
  
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• Caught On Video: Woman, 76, Forcibly Removed From Union Station Reserved Seats

  19-05-2017 15:19
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A woman was caught on video being forcibly removed from reserved seating at Union Station, and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says they are investigating the arrest.
  A witness says her 76-year-old friend often comes to Union Station to sit and talk and had a card from a Metro officer she thought allowed her to sit in the reserved seating area.
  When deputies asked her to leave, she asked for her cane and a confused grab for the woman’s
  
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• Teenage Boy Killed By Out-Of-Control Car In Lancaster

  19-05-2017 14:56
  
  LANCASTER (CBSLA.com) — A 15-year-old boy was killed by a car that had swerved to avoid cars that had stopped to allow the teen’s family to cross a street in Lancaster.
  The boy was identified as Adrian Smith by his distraught mother.
  “It flipped, it flipped and flipped and flipped on my baby,” Terri Smith cried.
  The crash happened at 10 p.m. Thursday on Avenue L, just west of 32nd Street West, Los Angeles County sheriff’s Lt. Dan Nagelmann said. The family of f
  
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• F.B.I. Once Warned G.O.P. Congressman That Russian Spies Were Recruiting Him

  19-05-2017 12:00
  The 2012 warning to Dana Rohrabacher, an ally of President Trump, shows that the F.B.I. has for years viewed Russian spies as having a hand in Washington.
  
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• Counterfeit Products Sold On Amazon Hurt Small, Big Businesses Alike

  19-05-2017 08:33
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — When Amazon picked up the Forearm Forklift, the owner, Mark Loprieato, thought his Baldwin Park business would be lifted into the multimillionaires club.
  But instead of a sales boom, it was a sales bust.
  Loprieato says his product suddenly started getting bad reviews. So he looked closer at the listings on Amazon and discovered it was not his listing.
  People were ripping off his product, not one but dozens of fake listings on Amazon using the Forearm Forklift name
  
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• Only On 2: How A 13-Year-Old Boy Helped Stop Infamous Night Stalker

  19-05-2017 08:32
  
  MISSION VIEJO  (CBSLA.com)  —  He’s a 45-year-old man now. Living hundreds of miles away from Los Angeles.
  The years might be many — 32, in fact. And the distance vast, but not enough time or distance to erase the memories of a then-13-year-old boy living in Los Angeles who is credited with helping the Los Angeles Police Department stop and take down the infamous Night Stalker serial killer.
  CBS2’s Tom Wait spoke to James Romero about coming face-to-fa
  
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• Steel Security Barriers That Stop Deadly Car Crash In Times Square Made In Compton

  19-05-2017 08:20
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A driver plowed his car into a crowd in New York’s Times Square, killing a young woman and injuring nearly two dozen people. Investigators said the tragedy could have been a lot worse if not for one Southern California company that makes the steel security barriers that stopped the careening Honda.
  Those bollards were designed and manufactured by Calpipe Security Bollards based in Compton. They were installed in late 2016.
  “Vehicles
  
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• Behind Puig 2-Run Homer, Dodgers Sink The Fish, 7-2

  19-05-2017 07:55
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP)  —  Justin Turner left in the seventh inning after injuring his right hamstring, curbing the celebration for the Los Angeles Dodgers after a 7-2 victory over the Miami Marlins on Thursday night.
  Turner was hurt running from second base to home in the seventh inning. He appeared to injure the leg while rounding third base and grimaced in pain. He grabbed the back of his leg and hobbled off the field with a trainer and manager Dave Roberts.Turner was hitting .372 w
  
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• Police Searching For ‘Guilt-Trip’ Phone Bandit In Winnetka, Oxnard

  19-05-2017 07:45
  
  WINNETKA (CBSLA.com) — Police need your help identifying a man accused of pulling the race card to rob at least two mobile phone stores in Winnetka and Oxnard.
  The man entered the Boost Mobile store on Vanowen Street near Corbin Avenue around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday.
  He asked a clerk to show him two new iPhones. When the employee refused and directed him to look at the tethered display models instead, the man accused her of being racist.
  Ashley Cardenas works with the employ
  
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• Suspected Tire Thief Leads Police On Wild Pursuit In Orange County

  19-05-2017 07:19
  HUNTINGTON BEACH (CBSLA.com) — A suspected tire thief led police on a wild high-speed chase Thursday from Huntington Beach to Buena Park.
  According to Huntington Beach police Lt. Bo Svendsbo, the suspect stole tires from a Big O store in the 19400 block of Beach Boulevard about 4:30 p.m. in Huntington Beach before leading officers on a chase that spanned three freeways.
  The driver in a white pickup clipped at least two vehicles, ran red lights and drove the wrong way as he raced
  
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• First Look: CW’s ‘Dynasty’ Reboot Varies In Significant Ways From Campy Original

  19-05-2017 06:02
  
  LOS ANGELES  (CBSLA.com)  —   The CW on Thursday released a trailer for its new “Dynasty” to premiere this Fall.
  Fans of the original campy, soapy, sexy 80’s ABC nighttime drama (1981-89) will not be disappointed.
  But rather than focus on the angel-vs-bitch, first wife vs the new wife set-up pitting Krystal against Alexis (AKA Linda Evans and Joan Collins), this reboot will showcase daughter Fallon pitted against her father’s new love, this time
  
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• Ducks Even Western Finals At 2, Beating Predators, 3-2, In OT

  19-05-2017 05:44
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Corey Perry’s shot deflected in off Nashville defenseman P.K. Subban’s stick 10:25 into overtime, and the Ducks snapped the Predators’ 10-game home playoff winning streak with a 3-2 victory Thursday night that evened the Western Conference finals at 2-2.
  John Gibson made 32 saves for Anaheim, which was the last team to beat the Predators in Nashville in the playoffs last spring in Game 4 of their first-round series.
  Rickard Rakell and Nick Ritchie
  
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• ‘Mom’ Star, Producer Spearhead Huge Donation Campaign For Planned Parenthood

  19-05-2017 05:07
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) —    The news for Planned Parenthood around the country has been grim, of late.
  In the past few days, Wyoming’s only chapter announced it was closing. Iowa announced two more closures. Today, New Mexico said it was closing three more.
  Multiple-Emmy winner Allison Janney and “Mom” creator Chuck Lorre announced today that they are spearheading a donation effort to keep Planned Parenthood strong and healthy.
  The Republican-led U.S. Sena
  
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• ‘Mom’ Star, Producer Spearhead Donation Campaign For Planned Parenthood

  19-05-2017 05:07
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) —   The news for Planned Parenthood around the country has been grim of late.
  In the past few days, Wyoming’s only chapter announced it was closing. Iowa announced two more closures. New Mexico said Thursday it was closing three more.
  Multiple Emmy winner Allison Janney and “Mom” creator Chuck Lorre announced Thursday that they are spearheading a donation effort to keep Planned Parenthood strong and healthy.
  The Republican-led U.S. S
  
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• Every Weekend Event You Need To Know About In O.C. – May 19

  19-05-2017 04:42
  
  With Cinco De Mayo well in the rearview, it’s officially graduation season and summer is just about here. Dig deep into some recreational activities this weekend and make an ordinary weekend memorable. There is plenty going on in Orange County this over the ext few days. Here is the quick reference list of some of the best options in the area.
  Friday, May 19
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  See The “The History of Surf Clubs” ExhibitionSurfing Heritage Foundation110 Calle I
  
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• Every Weekend Event You Need To Know About In L.A. – May 19

  19-05-2017 04:30
  For a healthy group of people, this time of the year comes with some kind of transition. School is wrapping up and even if you aren’t in school, the end of the workweek seems to lighten at least a little as the kiddos take their summer break. There is no better way to work out some of the excitement with a few days of recreational activities. Here is a shortlist of some very cool things to get into this weekend.Friday, May 19
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  Great Horror Movie NightsOld Griffit
  
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• Crews Battle 2 Brush Fires In Inland Empire

  19-05-2017 04:09
  JURUPA VALLEY (CBSLA.com) – Firefighters scrambled to contain two brush fires that broke out in the Inland Empire communities of Jurupa Valley and Claremont Thursday evening.
  A 20-acre wildland fire broke out in the area of the Jurupa Hills Country Club in the Riverside County community of Jurupa Valley.
  The blaze was reported at 5:12 p.m. in the 6100 block of Moraga Avenue. The fire was being wind driven to the east towards the Santa Ana River bottom, according to the Riverside County Fir
  
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• Brush Fire Breaks Out Near Jurupa Valley Golf Course

  19-05-2017 04:09
  
  JURUPA VALLEY (CBSLA.com) – A 40-acre wildland fire broke out in the area of the Jurupa Hills Country Club Thursday evening in the Riverside County community of Jurupa Valley.
  The blaze was reported at 5:12 p.m. in the 6100 block of Moraga Avenue. The fire was being wind driven to the east towards the Santa Ana River bottom, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.
  The fire also forced the Union Pacific Railroad to shut down its tracks. No evacuations were immediately issued and
  
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• Two Men Are Sentenced to 3 Years for Attack on Sikh Man

  19-05-2017 04:00
  The men, who punched the victim in the face and used a knife to cut his hair, pleaded no contest to assault with a hate crime enhancement.
  
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• Woman Ordered To Pay Back $130K, Gets Jail Time For Breast Cancer Scam

  19-05-2017 03:29
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com)  —  Authorities said a 37-year-old woman was sentenced Thursday and ordered to repay nearly $130,000 bilked from people after claiming she had breast cancer.
  Deputy D.A. David Richman said Lacy Johnson, a former LA resident who fled to Colorado Springs after accusations of a scam surfaced. pleaded no contest Jan. 23 to felony grand theft in the case.
  Johnson, AKA Lacy Hall, was sentenced and remanded into custody to begin serving 180 days in county jail. J
  
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• Woman, 37, Ordered To Pay Back $130K, Gets Jail Time For Breast Cancer Scam

  19-05-2017 03:29
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com)  —    Authorities said a 37-year-old woman was sentenced Thursday and ordered to repay nearly $130,000 bilked from people after claiming she had breast cancer.
  Deputy D.A. David Richman said Lacy Johnson — a former LA resident who fled to Colorado Springs after accusations of a scam surfaced — pleaded no contest on Jan. 23 to felony grand theft in the case.
  Johnson, AKA Lacy Hall, was sentenced and remanded into custody to begin serving 18
  
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• 3 Tons Of Cheese Recalled From California Stores

  19-05-2017 03:21
  
  MIAMI (AP) — A Miami company is recalling 6,000 pounds of cheese from California stores because of possible bacterial contamination.
  A Food and Drug Administration news release says the affected Queso Duro Blando brand cheese, distributed by La Nica Products Inc., has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
  (credit: FDA)
  The affected cheese has an expiration date of Aug. 31, 2017 and a UPC code of 8 52304 74023 2. The lot number is 254.
  (credit: FDA)
  No illnesses have
  
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• Fox News Architect Roger Ailes — Fired Over Sexual Harassment Claims — Dead At 77

  19-05-2017 03:10
  
  NEW YORK (AP)   — Roger Ailes, who transformed TV news by creating Fox News Channel, only to be ousted at the height of his reign for alleged sexual harassment, died Thursday, Fox News reported. He was 77.
  A former GOP operative to candidates including Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, Ailes later turned his media savvy to running TV networks. In early 1996 he accepted a challenge from media titan Rupert Murdoch to build a news network from scratch to compete wit
  
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• What Twitter’s Privacy Changes Mean For You

  19-05-2017 03:01
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter’s new privacy policy suggests ambitions of becoming more like Facebook — more tracking of users and more targeting of ads to rake in more money.
  Twitter recently reported its first quarterly revenue decline since going public. That should give you some clues about the reasons behind the policy changes, which take effect June 18.
  WHAT’S CHANGING?Twitter was already tracking users. For example, if you visited a webpage that had an embedded tweet or a
  
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• Family Of Man Killed In Freak Accident On 14 Freeway Speaks Out

  19-05-2017 02:13
  
  LANCASTER  (CBSLA.com)  —    The family of a man killed Wednesday in a freak accident on the 14 Freeway is speaking out and remembering him as a caring father and grandfather.
  “It’s so sad,” said Cecilia Begay of her husband of 35 years,  Paul Begay. “I just don’t know what to say.”
  She fought back tears and clung to pictures and memories of him as she recounted the life they shared together.
  “We made so many plans,”
  
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• Family Of Man Killed In Accident On Freeway Remembers Caring Dad, Grandfather

  19-05-2017 02:13
  LANCASTER  (CBSLA.com) — The family of a man killed Wednesday in a freak accident on the 14 Freeway is speaking out and remembering him as a caring father and grandfather.
  “It’s so sad,” said Cecilia Begay of her husband of 35 years, Paul Begay. “I just don’t know what to say.”
  She fought back tears and clung to pictures and memories of him as she recounted the life they shared together.
  “We made so many plans,” she said. “He
  
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• Thousands Of Tiny Clams Wash Up In Newport Beach

  19-05-2017 02:02
  
  NEWPORT BEACH (CBSLA.com) — Beachgoers and surfers were surprised to find an abundance of clams and clam shells washing up on the shores of Newport Beach.
  The tiny bean clams carpeted a stretch of shore north of the Newport Beach Pier Wednesday.
  “All lined from the boardwalk all the way down. I didn’t really see them stop. About 10 feet thick, just all the way down the boardwalk. Pretty crazy,” surfer Bharat Vishnubhotia recalled.
  Surf conditions and l
  
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• Fontana Student, 10, Tried To Bring Gun To School, Officials Say

  19-05-2017 01:46
  FONTANA (CBSLA.com) – A student attempted to bring an unloaded gun to a Fontana elementary school Wednesday morning, officials reported.
  According a letter sent out by the Solorio Elementary School Principal Dr. Carol Bidwell-Pilgren, the gun was discovered on a 10-year-old special needs student by a bus driver on the way to school. The driver safely confiscated the gun.
  There were six other special needs students aboard the bus at the time. The student has been suspended, the school confi
  
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• 2 Men Wanted For Allegedly Robbing Gas Station, Motel In Santa Ana

  19-05-2017 00:52
  SANTA ANA (CBSLA) — Police Thursday released surveillance video they hope will help them arrest two men accused of robbing a motel and a gas station in Santa Ana.
  The suspects robbed Motel 6 at 1623 E. 1st Street about 7:15 p.m. Wednesday and the 76 gas station at 1502 E. Edinger Avenue two and a half miles away minutes later, according to Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna.
  Bertagna said the knife-wielding men jumped over the lobby desk at the motel, dema
  
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• Suspect Arrested In Murders Of 2 Anaheim Homeless Men

  19-05-2017 00:43
  
  ANAHEIM (CBSLA.com) — A 25-year-old man has been arrested on murder charges in the killings of two homeless men in Anaheim.
  Marvin Magallanes of Anaheim is charged with murder with special circumstance allegations of multiple murders. He is also facing two sentencing enhancement allegations of the personal use of a deadly weapon. He was scheduled to be arraigned Thursday.
  Magallanes is accused of fatally stabbing 52-year-old Onosai Tavita and 49-year-old Sabah Alsaad, both of whom wer
  
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• Report: United Airlines Could Buy Naming Rights For Memorial Coliseum

  19-05-2017 00:09
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) – United Airlines may be set to obtain the naming rights for the iconic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, according to a report Thursday from a trade publication.
  United has agreed to purchase the naming rights for the Coliseum in a 15-year deal worth at least $70 million, the Sports Business Daily reports.
  The tentative deal has not yet been signed, SBD said.
  Built in 1923, the Coliseum is in the midst of a $270 million renovation that is set to be complete in 2019.
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