Headlines: Fundraiser for Canoga Park Taquero Who Has Had His Truck Stolen Twice; Solvang’s ‘Danish Mafia’
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—The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures launches "Mexico: Maleficaruman," an exhibit looking into classic Mexican horror films today. [AMMP]
—An investigation into grooming and sexual abuse at the hands of faculty at Grover Cleveland High in Reseda. [Atavist]
—Franklin High students are calling for specific changes to improve their Highland Park campus. [HP90042]
—Funds are being raised for the owner of a small taco stand whose truck was stolen in Canoga Park. [GoFundMe]
—How Solvang's "Danish Mafia" is standing in the way of the Central Coast town becoming a hotter tourist destination. [SFG]
—LAPD chief Michel Moore calls suggestions that Officer Tipping was killed during a training exercise in retaliation for investigating allegations of a gang rape by police "baseless." [Michel Moore]
—A man was found dead from multiple gunshot wounds inside a U-Haul truck in Hollywood last night. [KTLA]
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