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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 EST Rose Parade wows its crowds under clear skies Los Angeles Times - Jan 1 12:50 PM EST Schwarzenegger appoints 2 top aides to health panel Los Angeles Times - Dec 31 11:35 PM EST James Edward Buchanan III is first Valley baby born in 2011 Los Angeles Daily News - Jan 1 7:15 PM EST DC-bound plane loses radio contact, pilot erred Los Angeles Daily News - Jan 1 7:15 PM EST Suspect Arrested After 2 Stabbed At OC Hotel CBS 2 Los Angeles - Jan 1 6:41 PM EST OC Toll Road Cleared After 11 Days Of Mud CBS 2 Los Angeles - Jan 1 5:20 PM EST Los Angeles Times Rose Parade wows its crowds under clear skies Jan 1 12:50 PM EST After temperatures drop to near freezing overnight, sunrise brings some relief to parade-watchers in Pasadena. 'It's the coldest night I've ever had in all the years I've done this,' one Rose Parade veteran says. Pasadena's ode to whimsy and imagination unfurled its petals under cold, clear skies, with floral floats featuring a skim-boarding bulldog, a girl and her teddy bear riding a rocket ... Schwarzenegger appoints 2 top aides to health panel Dec 31 11:35 PM EST In his last days in office, governor names chief of staff Susan Kennedy and health secretary Kim Belshe to Health Benefit Exchange Board, which will negotiate insurance rates and ensure tax credits and subsidies are disbursed. In one of his final acts as governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed two of his top aides to a powerful new panel that will help negotiate health insurance rates for ... Violence at state hospitals spurs calls for change Dec 31 11:21 PM EST Among proposals are high-security units for the most predatory patients and expedited hearings to involuntarily medicate the violent. With most patients having committed crimes, 'you have to be somewhere between a hospital and a prison,' a union official says. For years, the number of patients in the state's mental hospitals who have committed crimes has been rising. Today, they represent more ... New laws aim to make Californians healthier and safer Dec 31 11:21 PM EST Starting this year, traffic tickets will be more expensive and bakeries must limit trans fats in fried pastries. Paparazzi caught chasing celebrities will face stiffer penalties as well. Starting Saturday, Californians will pay more for traffic tickets, face lower penalties for possessing marijuana and find less artificial trans fat in their donuts. Diane Watson looks back on a career as a legislator and inspiration Dec 31 11:21 PM EST The African American lawmaker is leaving Congress after 35 years in politics, a mentor to generations of black politicians and a consensus-builder who bridged ethnic boundaries. It was just 6 a.m. on most mornings when the teenager would board a city bus and startle sleepy passengers by loudly announcing that his cousin, Diane Watson, was getting on. Then the teacher and school psychologist, an ... Los Angeles Daily News James Edward Buchanan III is first Valley baby born in 2011 Jan 1 7:15 PM EST One day, James Edward Buchanan III will ask his mom to tell him the story of his birth. This is how it will go: At 10 p.m. on Dec. 31, 2010, Latrisha Johnson-Buchanan felt contractions. They were 10 minutes apart and her home was only two blocks from Providence Tarzana Medical Center, so she figured she'd have hours before she'd have to head to the hospital. DC-bound plane loses radio contact, pilot erred Jan 1 7:15 PM EST WASHINGTON - A passenger plane briefly lost radio contact with air traffic controllers when the pilot turned to the wrong frequency as he approached Washington, leading to the scrambling of fighter jets and the evacuation of the U.S. Capitol, federal officials said Saturday. Laws governing kids' medical treatment to change Jan 1 7:15 PM EST Laws governing public health insurance force parents of dying children to make an excruciating choice: Either pursue treatment for a cure in hopes of saving the child's life, or receive treatment for comfort and pain management. Schwarzenegger weighs career options Jan 1 6:45 PM EST Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is sifting through a stack of corporate, Hollywood and real estate offers as the celebrity politician nears an inevitable career crossroad: On Monday, he's out of a job. 'Polar bears' take year's first plunge Jan 1 3:45 PM EST The question most asked of those who take an annual plunge into frigid waters on New Year's Day is almost always the same: Dear God, why? | See photo gallery. CBS 2 Los Angeles Suspect Arrested After 2 Stabbed At OC Hotel Jan 1 6:41 PM EST Authorities say a suspect is behind bars after two men were stabbed, one fatally, during a fight following a New Year's Eve party at a Costa Mesa hotel. OC Toll Road Cleared After 11 Days Of Mud Jan 1 5:20 PM EST The final stretch of the mud-covered Foothill (241) Toll Road between Irvine and Corona was still closed Saturday even as Orange County braces for more rain this weekend. 2011 Rose Parade Rolls Through Sunny Pasadena Jan 1 4:18 PM EST The parade got off to a bumpy start when one of the floats broke down, but otherwise went off without a hitch down a spectator-lined Colorado Boulevard. Small Quake Rattles Palmdale On New Year’s Day Jan 1 3:29 PM EST The small quake was centered near the San Andreas Fault, but seismologists say it was too small to cause damage. Riverside Quarantines Home-Picked Fruit After Pest Spreads Jan 1 1:58 PM EST The move is aimed at slowing a moth-sized parasite that spreads huanglingbing, a disease which causes a tree to put out bitter, shriveled fruit, and then die. NBC Los Angeles Prop Zero: Top Three Things to Look for in 2011 Jan 1 4:38 PM EST The state of politics in California and what to watch for in 2011. Smaller Penalties for Pot Start Saturday Dec 31 4:23 PM EST Penalties for pot use will decrease, but won't go away altogether ... yet. Homeless Shelters Busy During Cold Snap Dec 31 10:38 AM EST Unusually cold temperature will usher in the New Year. Everyone is feeling the effects, especially people who spend most of their time on the street. Sheriff Credits DNA Match for Arrest in OC Heist Dec 30 3:53 PM EST Authorities in Orange County credit a DNA match for a recent arrest in a 2006 bank robbery. Top 10 Most-Clicked Galleries of the Year Dec 30 1:23 PM EST Somehow, our "Zoo Babies" gallery wasn't No. 1. KABC-TV Los Angeles 17 hospitalized after NYE rave at LA arena Jan 1 2:38 PM EST Authorities said 17 people were hospitalized after a huge New Year's Eve rave at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. Pasadena house fire displaces 6, injures baby Jan 1 2:08 PM EST A house fire in Pasadena displaced six people from a home and possibly injured a 3-month-old baby by smoke inhalation. 2 bystanders killed in Hyde Park chase-crash Jan 1 1:23 PM EST Two bystanders were killed after a police pursuit ended in a violent crash in Hyde Park. Spectacular floats win top Rose Parade honors Jan 1 11:23 AM EST A slew of spectacular floats strutted through Pasadena for the 122nd annual Tournament of Roses Parade on Saturday. LA Fire Department to cut staffing in 2011 Jan 1 10:08 AM EST The L.A. Fire Department is starting 2011 with staffing cuts in an effort to make up for a $30 million budget shortfall.

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