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- Garcetti holds slim lead as LA picks new mayor LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Councilman Eric Garcetti held a slender edge Tuesday in early returns over city Controller Wendy Greuel to become the next Los Angeles mayor, while slow-coming returns suggested it could take a day or more until a winner emerges....
- Calif. prosecutors seek retrial in corruption case LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Los Angeles County prosecutors said Tuesday they'll seek to retry five former officials in the city of Bell who were accused of corruption and overpaying themselves with public funds....
- Lawyer: No background check done on Jackson doctor LOS ANGELES (AP) -- AEG Live LLC did not conduct any background checks or supervise the doctor who was later convicted of killing Michael Jackson, a corporate attorney testified Tuesday in a lawsuit claiming the concert promoter was negligent in hiring the physician....
- Measure to cap number of LA pot shops has big lead LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A measure that would limit the number of medical marijuana shops in Los Angeles received strong backing over two rival proposals in early returns Tuesday....
- Foster Farms recalls grilled chicken breast strips SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- California-based chicken producer Foster Farms is recalling about 6,165 pounds of its ready-to-eat grilled chicken breast strips because the strips contain wheat and soy - known allergens - which are not listed on the labels of its packages, federal agriculture officials said....
- 25-year-old charged in shooting of 2 officers VISALIA, Calif. (AP) -- A 25-year-old man is facing the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison after being charged in the shooting of two Visalia police officers last week, Tulare County prosecutors said....
- 3 plead guilty to cross-border kidnapping plan SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Federal prosecutors say three men have pleaded guilty in San Diego to planning to abduct three people who owed money for drugs. They intended to bring the captives to Tijuana, Mexico....
- Lawmaker cancels Vegas fundraiser after report SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- A California state senator has canceled a Las Vegas fundraiser after a newspaper reported that the host of the party could benefit from pending legislation....
- Aretha Franklin taking June off, postponing shows LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Aretha Franklin is taking off the month of June....
- UC hospitals say patients safe despite strike LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Thousands of workers at University of California medical centers began a two-day strike on Tuesday that prompted the postponement of dozens of surgeries amid reassurances that patients were safe....
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