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LOS ANGELES (KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO) -- During this season of giving, many people opt to donate to charities in addition to traditional gift exchange with friends and family. KNX 1070's Charles Feldman reports on how you can make sure your charity of choice is on the level. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO) -- KNX 1070's Pete Demetriou has the story of a homeless man who has received the gift of site. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles city council could vote on a much-anticipated medical marijuana ordinance Wednesday, ending a bottleneck that resulted in hundreds of pot dispensaries cropping up across the city. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A commuter bus has crashed in the Harbor Gateway area of Los Angeles, and one person is dead. LAPD spokeswoman Norma Eisenman says a Gardena city bus sheared off a power pole and a fire hydrant at 5:42 a.m. Wednesday in the neighborhood south of downtown. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The City Council agreed today to cap the number of medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles at 70, but several dozen others that are already operating in the city will likely be allowed to remain open for now -- provided they adhere to new restrictions. Full Story »

NEWPORT BEACH (CBS) ― SWAT teams are searching a Newport Beach neighborhood for two robbers in connection with a violent home invasion in a gated community. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles school board has approved a budget plan that calls for more than 5,000 job cuts over the next two years. Full Story »

HEMET (CNS) -- The mother and stepfather of a teenager suspected in the murder of another teen in Hemet were released today without charges being filed. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- Two children, a 4-year-old girl and a 6-year-old boy, were injured today in a hit-and-run accident in Reseda, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported. Full Story »

New York (Reuters) -- Within 2 years of having sex for the first time, half of teenage girls may be infected by at least one of three common sexually transmitted infections (STIs), according to results of a study published today. Often, those girls are infected by the age of 15. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO/AP) - A swift water rescue team removed a man from the rain-swollen Los Angeles River north of downtown. Video shot from a KCAL-TV helicopter showed a man on a grassy island in the middle of the river with fast-moving water rushing around him. Full Story »

(KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO) - Ouch for state lawmakers whose pay just got cut Monday. It's been coming. Lawmakers knew as of a couple of weeks ago that the base pay for legislators would fall from $116,208 to $95,291 as of December 7, 2009. Full Story »

(Ariel Aguire of Covina, Calif., shows-off his ticket and wristband he picked up earlier in the day from Dodger Stadium for the Michael Jackson memorial service, while visiting Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles, Calif., on Monday, July 6, 2009. The memorial will be held on Tuesday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Los Angeles City Council panel will discuss getting the owner of the Staples Center arena to repay at least some of the $3 million taxpayers spent on the Michael Jackson memorial. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO) -- The FBI is looking for a guy who is apparently a fan of the movie "Point Break"...he wore a Richard Nixon mask while robbing two banks in Encino. The feds say he knocked off the Santa Barbara Bank and Trust last week and a U-S bank the week before. Full Story »

HEMET (AP) -- The mother and stepfather of a teenager suspected in the murder of a teen in Hemet will be arraigned Monday on charges that they were accesories after the crime. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- After five years of secret construction, the cloak is coming off a privately funded spacecraft designed to fly well-heeled tourists into space. Full Story »

HEMET, California (KNX NEWSRADIO) -- Police have located and questioned one of three young people suspected in the shooting death of a 17-year-old boy, whose body was incinerated in a backyard bonfire in Hemet. But he's been freed for now, while the probe goes on. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (CBS) -- This would be a good time to find that umbrella you haven't used for a while...not the little one for those little rains. Bust out the big boy...forecasters say the Southland is about to get soaked two, or maybe three, times in the coming days. Full Story »

The FBI is seeking the public's assistance in learning the identity of an unidentified male known to law enforcement as the "Ex-President" Bandit. The bandit is currently believed to be responsible for two robberies in the city of Encino, California, within a one week time period. Full Story »

Every scandal begets a made-for-TV-movie. With a generous tip of the cap to our friends at , here are the KNX1070.com suggestions for who to cast as the big personalities in the Tiger Woods drama. Full Story »

HEMET (CNS) -- The parents of one of two missing Hemet teenagers who lived at a home where humans remains were found were in custody today. Full Story »

Gstaad, Switzerland (AP) -- Film director Roman Polanski will be confined to his chalet in the Alpine village of Gstaad until the Swiss decide if he will be extradited to the United States for a 32-year-old sex case. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO) -- A cabbie's recovering from being shot in Long Beach last night, and cops are looking for two suspects. It happened at Cerritos Avenue and 7th Street. Other cabbies are saying this is the third time a taxi driver's been attacked this month. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO) -- If Los Angeles abandoned polling booths for a vote-by-mail system, eight time as many people would vote in citywide elections...according to a new study. Full Story »