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Alan O'Day has died. O'Day lost his hard-fought battle with cancer on Friday, May 17.

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Actor Bill Hader arrives at the premiere of Paramount Pictures' 'Super 8' at Regency Village Theatre on June 8, 2011 in Westwood, California.

Nathan Spalding, left, a sergeant with the Lassen County Sheriff's Office, Emily Bogart, Dale "Doc" Bogart and Lassen County Sheriff Dean Growdon attend the California Peace Officer's Memorial Ceremony on May 6. Deputy Raymond Bogart, killed in the line of duty in 1915, was enrolled into the California State Peace Officers Memorial Foundation.

Actress Angelina Jolie announced in a New York Times op-ed article on Tuesday that she underwent a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carries a mutation of the BRCA1 gene , which sharply increases her risk of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer.

A former UCLA physics professor has agreed to plead guilty to a federal fraud charge and pay nearly $1.7 million in penalties for submitting fraudulent invoices related to nanotechnology research he was performing for the federal government, prosecutors announced last week.

This home at 10589 Wilkins Ave. is on the market for $1,695,000. The home has four bedrooms and sits on a 6,502-square-foot lot.

Here are five stories that topped headlines this week on Westwood-Century City Patch.

Bibigo will hold an in-store casting call Friday in Westwood for anyone who thinks they've got what it takes to be "Gangnam Style" performer Psy's personal chef.

The Hammer Museum will use a $100,000 award to implement a project that aims to revitalize the Westwood Village area.

A multiple-vehicle collision shut down two lanes of the northbound San Diego Freeway overnight near Westwood.

Chick-fil-A will officially open its doors June 27 in Westwood, Eater L.A. reported.

Tobey Maguire arrives for the premiere of "'Spider-Man" at the Mann Village in Westwood, Calif, on April 29, 2002.

Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services removed her twin sons Bob and Max Thursday due to their 'unsafe environment' and now Brooke Mueller's children will be living with Denise Richards and her three daughters for the Mueller checked into rehab on Sunday after a few days off the grid.

This home at 910 Hilts Ave. is on the market for $3,650,000. The 3,552-square-foot home has four bedrooms and four bathrooms.

'I'm in rehab': Brooke Mueller checks into back into UCLA Medical Center... days after 'going missing following her release from involuntary psychiatric hold' Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services removed her twin sons Bob and Max Thursday due to their 'unsafe environment.' After cutting off contact, Brooke Mueller's friends ... (more)

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Here are five stories that topped headlines this week on Westwood-Century City Patch.

Actress Lindsay Lohan and mother Dina Lohan arrive at 20th Century Fox premiere of 'Just My Luck' held at the Mann National Theater on May 9, 2006 in Westwood, California.

Actress Leah Remini arrives at the premiere of CBS Films' 'The Back-up Plan' held at the Regency Village Theatre on April 21, 2010 in Westwood, California.