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Gale Banks knows a thing or two about power. And to say he's had a profound effect on the U.S. auto industry would be an understatement.

BALDWIN PARK - A stowaway cat that survived a 6,400-mile sea voyage from the Philippines locked inside a freight container now needs a new home.

SAN DIMAS - Powerful water interests and conservative members of cities in Los Angeles County raised numerous concerns Tuesday about proposed legislation that would grant the National Park Service power to manage portions of the foothills, Puente Hills, and San Gabriel and Rio Hondo rivers.

If the hit BBC drama "Downton Abbey" has taught us anything about domestic servants in the pre-World War I era, it is without question that they always came and went through the service entrance. | PHOTOS: The servants' life at the Gamble House

Two suspected gang members have been arrested in connection with about 40 street robberies of victims walking to or from banks in Los Angeles, Gardena, Torrance, Culver City and Alhambra, a police detective said today.

WEST COVINA - An 18-year-old man from the West Covina became the target of social media vigilantes after posting photos online of Sunday's Huntingon Beach riot at the Van's U.S. Open of Surfing.
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Death has come to the mall. Shoppers who have visited some of Westfield's Southern California mall properties in recent days have probably noticed a new tenant -- Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries.

The arrests of the men accused of ambushing two San Bernardino police officers last week brings to light that it's been a violent year so far for peace officers in the Inland Empire. This year alone, two law enforcement officers were killed and seven other officers were shot at.

SOUTH SAN GABRIEL - Authorities have released the name of the woman who was fatally shot in South San Gabriel over the weekend.

The twin ideas of overlaying a National Recreation Area over portions of the local forest and foothills, and designating additional acreage as wilderness areas, will be the topic of a first-ever informational forum today at San Dimas City Hall.