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Eleven-year-old Deja Tunstill

Are flesh-colored leggings ever ok?

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
An African-American girl and her mother plan legal action against a Los Angeles area school after the youth was allegedly dismissed from class last Friday for wearing brown leggings that matched her skin tone.
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Racist Display at Kaiser Hospital Riverside

Racist display prompts investigation at LA hospital

Yvonne Beltzer and Craig Fiegenrer
VIDEO - Kaiser Hospital Riverside is investigating what appears to be a racist display directed at several African-American employees who work in the hospital’s IT Department...
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In this Monday, Feb. 28, 2005 file photo, Michael Jackson follows his mother, Katherine Jackson, as they arrive for court on the opening day of his child molestation trial at Santa Barbara County Superior Court in Santa Maria, Calif.  (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Michael Jackson estate, businessman settle copyright case

Anthony McCartney, Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Michael Jackson's estate and a businessman working with the singer's mother have settled a copyright infringement case for $2.5 million...
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LAPD investigating use of force in woman's in-custody death

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LOS ANGELES - A 35-year-old mother died last month while she was in custody of officers after an arrest recorded by an in-car camera...
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Senior driver Preston Carter, 100, talks with police officers after police say his car went onto a sidewalk and plowed into a group of parents and children outside a South Los Angeles elementary school, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in Los Angeles. Nine children and two adults were injured in the wreck. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

100-year-old driver hits 11 people

Shaya Tayefe Mohajer, Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The screams of women and children didn't cause a 100-year-old driver to stop as he backed his large powder blue Cadillac onto a sidewalk across from an elementary school and hit 11 people, including nine children...
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Rodney King poses for a portrait in Los Angeles. King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of the most destructive race riots in the nation's history, has died. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)

Rodney King death ruled accidental

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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) - The death of Rodney King earlier this year was ruled an accidental drowning and there were multiple illegal drugs in his system, police said Thursday...
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On medication for a broken nose and cheekbone, an emotional Ronald Weekley Jr. details his weekend arrest in Venice, which he says was overly rough. The 20-year-old Xavier University student has hired the lawyer representing Trayvon Martin, the slain Florida teen whose shooting sparked nationwide outrage over racial profiling and the state's controversial "Stand Your Ground Law."

Alleged police beating victim hires Trayvon Martin lawyer

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VIDEO - The 20-year-old Venice skateboarder whose weekend arrest sparked protests in the city has hired the attorney representing slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin...
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LL Cool J attends the premiere of The Recording Academy's 'A Death In The Family: The Show Must Go On' at the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre on June 11, 2012 in North Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images)

LL Cool J catches intruder at LA home

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - LL Cool J plays a special agent on TV's 'NCIS: Los Angeles,' and now he's caught an actual bad guy...
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LA names day in honor of Bob Marley

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - It's Bob Marley Day in Los Angeles...
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The words "Tastes Like Hate" were painted on a Chick-fil-A in the 8200 block of Torrance.

Chick-fil-A 'tastes like hate' according to vandals

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theGRIO REPORT - Vandals at a Chick-Fil-A in Torrance left a message on the restaurant Friday during a week of protests in response to the company president's comments regarding same-sex marriage.
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