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  • My Mormon past left me afraid to have fun says Amy Adams

    Amy Adams has confessed that she was not confident enough after her first breakthrough as Hollywood glitz and glamour was quite different from her past in the Mormon Church. She revealed that she grew up as a Mormon and that had more of an impact on her values than her beliefs, the Sun reported. The 38-year-old star said that she choked and felt a lot of pressure after reaching at the ...

  • Accused California killer tells jurors Im not the monster

    SAN RAFAEL, California (Reuters) - An elderly California photographer charged with the slayings of four prostitutes dating back to the 1970s opened his own defense at his serial-murder trial on Monday, declaring to jurors, "I'm not the monster that killed these ...

  • SF Judge Considers Moving California Prisoners Over Valley Fever

    SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — An attorney representing inmates at two California state prisons told a federal judge on Monday that an airborne fungus occurring in the San Joaquin Valley presents the deadly threat of valley fever and that thousands should be transferred immediately. Warren George, of the Prison Law Office, said 18 inmates died in 2012 and January 2013 from complications ...

  • Funeral Service Held For Santa Monica Shooter And His Father Brother

    shooting rampage in Santa Monica was buried Monday along with his father and brother, his first two victims. John Zawahri is accused of killing his father, 55-year-old Samir, and his 25-year-old brother, Christopher, at their Yorkshire Avenue home before going on a shooting spree on city streets and at Santa Monica College that killed three others. He was eventually gunned down by police in ...

  • Suspects To Stand Trial In Alleged Street Racing Crash That Killed Woman 90

    LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) -- Two men accused of causing a crash that killed a 90-year-old woman on Christmas night were ordered to stand trial Monday. Vincent Lopez, 30, and 34-year-old Victor Hugo Sanchez were allegedly street racing in West Covina on the night of December 25 when Lopez’s vehicle slammed into a van carrying 90-year-old Cilia La Torre. La Torre, who had just been released ...


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The Upside of Anger [DVD]

The Upside of Anger [DVD]

Drowning herself in vodka tonics after being unceremoniously deserted by her husband for a Swedish secretary, middle-age Terry Wolfmeyer (Joan Allen) is the bitter center of The Upside of Anger, a film whose goal to unravel the seemingly paradoxical nature of its title. Th ... ...

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  • Volatile Fire Season Predicted

    Fire officials say that this year, fire conditions will be critical as soon as July. They are warning that we need to prepare for a long and intense fire season. Officials asked people to "be alert" and help with the prevention of fires. Jacob Rascon reports from Diamond Bar for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on June 17, ...

  • Home Construction Foreclosure Filings on the Rise

    In recent months, the Inland Empire real estate market has been steadily improving. Duane Koerner says there is so much construction work, he's having trouble finding workers for all the jobs. However, according to foreclosure company RealtyTrac, foreclosure filings in Riverside County went up 13 percent in May from April. Tony Shin reports from Moreno Valley for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on ...

  • California median housing price increases by most in 33 years

    In May 2013, homes costing $500,000 or more accounted for 35.4 percent of sales in California, up from 24.6 percent a year ago. (Keith Birmingham/Staff Photographer) The median price of a previously owned house in California soared 31.9 percent in May, the largest year-over-year increase in more than three decades as sales of more expensive properties increased and inventory remained tight, a ...

  • Fourth of July 2013 Calendar Fireworks parades and events in the San Fernando Valley and beyond

    Fireworks Spectacular With Josh Groban and the Los Angeles Philharmonic: 7:30 p.m. Tickets $17-$255 July 2-3; $20.50-$258 July 4. 2301 N. Highland Ave. ...

  • Carson wants Shell to hurry cleanup of Carousel tract contamination

    The City Council Tuesday night will discuss issuing a letter opposing Shell Oil's initial cleanup plans for the Carousel tract neighborhood, which was contaminated by a former oil tank farm that occupied the 50-acre area until the ...

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