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Click here to start today. www.Blockbuster.com Today's Local News for Los Angeles CA : As of 7:30 PM EDT Officials ask how they failed to detect kidnapping victim Los Angeles Times - Aug 29 1:54 AM EDT 'Robotic' response triggers police suspicion Los Angeles Times - Aug 29 1:53 AM EDT One person reportedly burned at Big Tujunga Ranger Station Los Angeles Daily News - Aug 29 6:13 PM EDT Obama delivers emotional eulogy to Kennedy Los Angeles Daily News - Aug 29 1:44 PM EDT Rancho Palos Verdes Fire Fully Contained CBS 2 Los Angeles - Aug 29 6:33 PM EDT Man Allegedly Shoots Wife Dead, Wounds Young Son CBS 2 Los Angeles - Aug 29 4:05 PM EDT Los Angeles Times Officials ask how they failed to detect kidnapping victim Aug 29 1:54 AM EDT Parole officers and other law enforcement agents visited the home of the woman's alleged abductor but never entered the backyard where she lived with her daughters, authorities say. For years, neighbors knew something was off about Phillip Garrido, the registered sex offender now accused of abducting an 11-year-old girl and holding her for 18 years, much of the time in an overgrown backyard ... 'Robotic' response triggers police suspicion Aug 29 1:53 AM EDT Berkeley officers who met Phillip Garrido and two girls say they found Garrido suspicious and the girls 'non-responsive.' A check of Garrido's background led to his arrest on kidnapping charges. The blond girls whom Phillip Garrido introduced as his daughters were pasty white, even though it was the end of summer, and seemed robotic and unusually submissive. State's workers pay for furloughs program Aug 29 1:53 AM EDT Many are unable to make mortgage and car payments, and some face bankruptcy. Biden and Feinstein protest. State worker Rochelle Johnson's $38,000 salary never allowed her family to live in luxury. Then the furloughs hit, cutting her pay by 14%. Giant doughnuts in the sky are still around Aug 29 1:53 AM EDT Their numbers have fallen and the shops below don't necessarily sell doughnuts, but the outsize confections haven't disappeared. In the coming disaster movie "2012," tragedy strikes Randy's Donuts in Inglewood when its giant rooftop donut becomes unhinged and is last seen bouncing down the street in the direction of star John Cusack's limo. Jackson's death ruled a homicide Aug 29 1:32 AM EDT Coroner says singer received a lethal combination of drugs, tightening focus on his personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray. The Los Angeles County coroner's office said Friday that it had officially ruled Michael Jackson's death a homicide and determined that a surgical anesthetic combined with other medication killed him. Los Angeles Daily News One person reportedly burned at Big Tujunga Ranger Station Aug 29 6:13 PM EDT The fire menacing the northern end of the Los Angeles basin lurched suddenly to the north Saturday, and a person was apparently burned when power lines reportedly fell on a ranger station. Obama delivers emotional eulogy to Kennedy Aug 29 1:44 PM EDT BOSTON - President Barack Obama led the nation Saturday in mourning and remembering "the greatest legislator of our time," celebrating the indelible impact of Edward M. Station fire heads west toward Glendale, evacuations ordered Aug 29 1:44 PM EDT GLENDALE - The fast-moving Station Fire which had burned an estimated 20,000 acres in the mountains above La Canada Flintridge moved west Saturday afternoon, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of homes in Glendale. Mega ticket bought in San Gabriel worth $165 million Aug 29 1:43 PM EDT A Mega Millions ticket sold at a San Gabriel noodle shop and worth $166.5 million is one of two winning tickets to match all six numbers in the latest round of the multi-state lottery game. Veteran batallion chief tapped to head LAFD Aug 28 2:58 PM EDT Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa today nominated Battalion Chief Millage Peaks to head the 3,500-member Los Angeles Fire Department. CBS 2 Los Angeles Rancho Palos Verdes Fire Fully Contained Aug 29 6:33 PM EDT Firefighters managed to fully contain the 235-acre blaze licking at ocean-view estates in Rancho Palos Verdes Saturday, while another 7,000-acre wildfire raged through a dry forest in La Canada Flintridge. Man Allegedly Shoots Wife Dead, Wounds Young Son Aug 29 4:05 PM EDT Los Angeles police are searching for a man who shot his wife to death and wounded his 6-year-old son in front of three other children. Olympic Medal Winner Slain Outside His Home Aug 29 2:36 PM EDT Authorities say a former Olympic shot putter and high school athletic director has been shot to death after confronting intruders at his Oxnard home. Many Missed Chances To Save Kidnapped Girl Aug 29 1:16 PM EDT Jaycee Lee Dugard has been subjected to what police say was nearly a lifetime of torment in a backyard compound set up by a religious zealot with a rap sheet dating to the 1970s. Prosecutors say she was raped and had two children by her captor, who hid her from the outside world. Space Shuttle Discovery Finally Flies On 3rd Try Aug 29 1:06 AM EDT Space shuttle Discovery is finally on its way to the international space station. Discovery and seven astronauts blasted off seconds before midnight Friday, lighting up the sky for miles around. It was NASA's third launch attempt. Tuesday's try was called off by thunderstorms and Wednesday's by fuel valve trouble. Everything came together in NASA's favor Friday night. NBC Los Angeles Former Palms KFC Now Serving Weed, Not Wings Aug 28 1:50 PM EDT An abandoned KFC on Exposition becomes Kind for Cures, a dispensary of medicinal marijuana. Blowing Away Air Pollution Aug 28 10:53 AM EDT A program exchanges loud leaf blowers for quiet ones. Some Gum Can Kill Your Pets Aug 28 9:23 AM EDT That stick of gum you have in your purse or pocket may be tasty to you, but it could be deadly to your golden retriever Molly or cost Snowball all of her nine lives. Bullet Train Plans Derailed by Wealthy Tech-Exec Haven Aug 28 9:23 AM EDT A judge's ruling in a lawsuit filed in part by ultrarich Atherton and Menlo Park residents could delay high-speed rail and cost the project billions. Friday Morning Update: Blaze Burns Above La Canada Flintridge Aug 28 9:08 AM EDT A brush fire explodes in the hills above La Canada Flintridge. KABC-TV Los Angeles Firefighters save hanging window washers Aug 29 2:24 PM EDT Firefighters rushed to rescue four window washers hanging over Sunset Blvd. Man kills wife, wounds 11-year-old son Aug 29 11:54 AM EDT Police are looking for a man who fatally shot his wife and wounded his 11-year-old son. Station Fire forces more evacuations Aug 29 11:09 AM EDT The Station Fire is forcing evacuations in Glendale and La Crescenta. Palos Verdes fire fully contained Aug 29 11:09 AM EDT Firefighters say the fire burning in Ranchos Palos Verdes is 100 percent contained. QUESTION OF THE DAY: Remembering Kennedy Aug 29 3:52 AM EDT What will you remember most about Sen. Ted Kennedy? We want to hear from you!

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