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The Southland was drying out from a wet New Year's Eve Sunday and looking forward to two days of dry, crisp weather before more rain hits the area later this week.

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County was at its second-highest amount to begin a year Sunday, despite a recent run of 75 decreases in 79 days totaling $2.069.

Grammy-winning singer Anita Pointer, a founding member of the Pointer Sisters who had a string of hit songs in the 70s and 80s, has died of cancer at her home in Beverly Hills, her publicist said. She was 74.

Rain and gusty winds led to some performances being cut short and kept attendance light at downtown Los Angeles' big New Year's Eve celebration at Grand Park, officials said Sunday.

A 31-year-old felon was charged Friday with murder in the shooting death of a USC security guard earlier this week at a private student housing complex near the university.

As many as eight people were hospitalized, including three in critical condition, from a fire in a two-story apartment complex in Alhambra Friday.

The son of former Angels baseball star Doug DeCinces pleaded guilty Friday and was immediately sentenced to time served for beating up an escort in Newport Beach.

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Southwest Airlines will look to make it two "normal" days in a row Saturday after getting through Friday with relatively few disruptions after a week marked my thousands of holiday flight cancellations and thousands more stranded travelers across the country.

Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez paid tribute to former Pope Benedict XVI Saturday after the 95-year-old's death was announced by the Vatican.