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No progress was made on Ballmer's bid to buy the L.A. Clippers, but ESPN reports it was otherwise a "friendly conversation."

An American-born Israeli soldier who was killed in Gaza over the weekend died for a cause he was passionate about and committed to after a birthright trip to Israel, a Jewish Federation official said Monday.

In the midst of a 24-hour fundraising swing through Los Angeles, President Barack Obama will speak Thursday at Los Angeles Trade- Technical College, and a limited number of free tickets will be available to the public beginning tomorrow.

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Charlie "Bird" Parker has been called the greatest saxophonist who ever lived, a jazz legend who not only spearheaded the bebop movement but also laid the foundations of modern jazz. He was also a party animal.

The problem was reported about 12:25 a.m. in locations that included Melrose and Fairfax Avenues, said Gale Harris of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

When economic times are tough, it's not only humans who suffer. Job loss and foreclosure have consequences for four-legged companions as well: The worse off people are, the more family pets are abandoned or turned in to shelters.

LONG BEACH >> An armed robbery suspect led police on a 40-minute vehicle chase from Long Beach to Leimert Park in Los Angeles, where a replica rifle was found in the suspect's vehicle, police said today.

Max Steinberg was a Woodland Hills native and voluntarily joined the Israel Defense Forces, according to the Jewish Journal .

Actor James Garner, left, smiles as he holds up the Purple Heart medal presented to him in a ceremony in this Monday, Jan. 24, 1983 file photo taken Los Angeles, Calif.

A woman was pronounced dead at the scene and two people were transported to UCLA Medical Center with injuries after a head-on collision in Westwood, a traffic detective said today.

A driver was apprehended trying to flee the scene of a collision with a motorcyclist left the victim in grave condition in North Hollywood early today.

LOS ANGELES_Michael C. Hall has listed a property in Los Feliz at $4.5 million. Considering that the "Dexter" star and serial home buyer and seller purchased the place a year ago at $3.825 million, he may not make much of a killing after improvements and commissions.

The Golden Age of Hollywood has come and gone. While Los Angeles once had a firm grip on all film-related business - movie and television alike - the industry has expanded well beyond the Hollywood Hills.

People can now head downstream from the headwaters of the Los Angeles River along a new garden path of native plants.

The old saying, "It's a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there," applied originally to New York.

An unidentified person in a vehicle died at the scene after a collision with another vehicle in the Florence-Firestone neighborhood early today.