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Former high school football star Brian Banks is helping out those who helped him prove that he was wrongly convicted of rape. He's joining the California Innocence Project's Innocence March. (Courtesy NBC Southern California)

Brian Banks marches to protest wrongful convictions

Christina Cocca, NBC Southern California
NBC Southern California - Brians Banks joined the “Innocence March” in Malibu Saturday as part of a 660-mile walk to support the California Innocence Project...
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Orville Brown was the driver of the limo that caught on fire Saturday night in California. (Photo courtesy of NBC San Diego)

Driver describes deadly limo fire

Cheryl Hurd and Lisa Fernandez, NBC San Diego
VIDEO - The driver of the limousine that caught fire on a California bridge and left a bride and four members of her bridal party dead spoke out about the tragedy...
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Actor Kevin Hart attends the BET Networks' 2013 Los Angeles Upfront at Montage Beverly Hills on April 2, 2013 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for BET)

Comedian Kevin Hart arrested on suspicion of DUI

Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say comedian Kevin Hart was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after his Mercedes nearly collided with a tanker trunk on a California freeway.
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California Attorney General Kamala Harris looks on after California Governor Jerry Brown signed the California Homeowner Bill of Rights (AB 278 and SB 900) on July 11, 2012 in San Francisco, California. Gov. Jerry Brown signed the California Homeowners Bill of Rights that establishes landmark protection rules for mortgage loan borrowers. The laws go into effect on January 1, 2013. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

President Obama apologizes to Kamala Harris

Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has apologized to California's attorney general for commenting on her looks at a Democratic fundraiser....
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President Barack Obama walks with California Attorney General Kamala Harris, center, and California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, after arriving at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco. Obama praised California's attorney general for more than her smarts and toughness at a Democratic Party event Thursday, April 4, 2013. The president also commended Harris for being "the best-looking attorney general" during a Democratic fundraising lunch in the Silicon Valley. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Cut Obama slack for Kamala Harris quip

Angela Rye
OPINION - President Obama was at a fundraiser. He was comfortable among friends. I am choosing to believe the best in the president of the United States of America...
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California Attorney General Kamala Harris attends TheWrap's 'Power of Leadership' brunch at Scarpetta on December 13, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jerod Harris/Getty Images for TheWrap)

Obama's Kamala Harris 'best looking' comment crossed the line

Zerlina Maxwell
OPINION - President Obama is a feminist ally which is why it’s important to call this remark out, with love, in order to bring awareness to the issue of sexism in politics...
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HOLLYWOOD, CA - JANUARY 26: Paris Jackson during the Michael Jackson Hand And Footprint Ceremony at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on January 26, 2012 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage)

Could Michael Jackson's daughter Paris become an NFL cheerleader?

Lilly Workneh
VIDEO - Paris Jackson is dancing to her own tune as a cheerleader for her high school varsity squad...
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People celebrate early election returns favoring Washington state Referendum 74, which would legalize gay marriage, during a large impromptu street gathering in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. The re-election of President Barack Obama and Referendum 74 drew the most supporters to the streets. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Obama urges Supreme Court to overturn gay marriage ban

Julie Pace and Mark Sherman, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a historic argument for gay rights, President Barack Obama on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to overturn California's same-sex marriage ban...
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MC Hammer performs onstage during the 40th American Music Awards held at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on November 18, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Police: MC Hammer pulled over for expired tags

Associated Press
DUBLIN, Calif. (AP) - A sheriff's department spokesman in Northern California says a Dublin police officer stopped and then arrested MC Hammer because the '90s rap star was driving a car with expired registration...
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MC Hammer attends Will.I.Am's Annual TRANS4M Concert Benefitting I.Am.Angel Foundation - Red Carpet on February 7, 2013 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images for TRANS4M)

MC Hammer arrested, claims racial profiling at play

Associated Press
DUBLIN, California (AP) - MC Hammer suggests he was a victim of racial profiling when he was stopped and arrested by police in the Northern California city of Dublin...
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