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Not Shuttered: What's Going On At Speranza in Silver Lake?

Published June 11, 2010 at 4:56 p.m.

Eater has receiving several panicked emails regarding Silver Lake's neighborhood Italian eatery Speranza and its recent, abrupt shutter. For example: "My local favorite, FAVORITE Speranza has been closed for almost two weeks- I heard they got tattled on for their ...

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Titanium fire at recycling plant extinguished

Published June 11, 2010 at 4:38 p.m.

Fire officials say a large fire that tore through a South L.A. recycling plant and injured a civilian has been extinguished ...

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Studying in Resistance: Students at CSULA Set Up Guerilla Library for Finals Week

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Published June 11, 2010 at 4:35 p.m.

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Photo by U2Baja via Twitpic It's not just the Los Angeles Public LIbraries that are facing budget cuts, forcing reduced hours, but libraries across the region. At California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA), students were put into a bind when officials shortened hours from midnight to 8 p.m. That's bad news, but what makes it worse is that it was finals week ... So a group called The Colektiva on June 1st decided to take it upon themselves to set up their own, called The People's Library

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Arkansas flash floods kill at least 20 people

Published June 11, 2010 at 4:02 p.m.

Floodwaters that rose as swiftly as 8 feet an hour rushed into a remote Arkansas valley early Friday, killing at least 20 people, many of them campers who became trapped by a devastating wall of water. Dozens more were missing and feared dead ...

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Pencil This In: Film on Wheels, LA Art + Vinyl Collection Exhibit Opens, Drink at R Bar for WWF + Gulf Coast Recovery

Published June 11, 2010 at 4:00 p.m.

PERFORMANCE ... The Rachel Rosenthal Company's TOHUBOHU! Extreme Theater Ensemble collaborates with special guest artist George Herms. You never know what will happen with this theater ensemble--and neither do they. TOHUBOHU is about total free improvisation. The opening performance begins at 8:30 pm tonight. Additional performances on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets: $20 ... MUSIC ... On the second and last Friday of the month, there are free music concerts at California Plaza Downtown.

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Chace Crawford charged for pot possession

Published June 11, 2010 at 3:45 p.m.

Chace Crawford of 'Gossip Girl' has been charged for possession of pot in Plano, Texas after last week's arrest ...

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Abby Sunderland could be rescued within 12 hours

Published June 11, 2010 at 3:41 p.m.

A 16-year-old California girl who is adrift on her damaged yacht in the Indian Ocean will probably give up on her dream of sailing around the world alone ... See photo gallery ...

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Van der Sloot Charged With First-Degree Murder

Published June 11, 2010 at 3:37 p.m.

UPDATE: A Peruvian judge on Friday ordered Joran van der Sloot jailed on charges of first-degree murder and robbery in the killing of a 21-year-old Lima woman, determining he acted with "ferocity and great cruelty." ...

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L.A. Installs First Official Sharrows

Published June 11, 2010 at 3:33 p.m.

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Big Parade to take hikers through L.A.'s public stairways

Published June 11, 2010 at 3:31 p.m.

LAist points out that this weekend is the Big Parade, a two-day hiking and camping trip from downtown to the Hollywood sign – through 101 public stairways. A map of the route is above: Today, the maps were released with ...

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