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Today's Local News for Beverly Hills CA : Jim Drake dies at 83; aeronautical engineer created the Windsurfer DemiDec Dan is a legend in Academic Decathlon's rarefied world Canyon News - Heating Up Come 2050 Canyon News - Housing Project Assailed Illegal Fireworks Blamed For Blaze That Destroys San Bernardino Duplex Cathedral City Officer Able To Save 4 Of 7 Puppies Found Hidden In Box Los Angeles Times Jim Drake dies at 83; aeronautical engineer created the Windsurfer He considered himself 'the re-inventor' of the sailboard. 'My contribution was to make the thing actually efficient and workable,' he once said. Aeronautical engineer Jim Drake had already solved the "puzzle" of pairing a surfboard with a sail when a young man who stopped to admire "the Baja Board" in the late 1960s suggested what he called "the perfect name": the Windsurfer. DemiDec Dan is a legend in Academic Decathlon's rarefied world Academic Decathlon star Daniel Berdichevsky, or DemiDec Dan, turned his passion into a livelihood, helping a new generation parlay 'geeky quirkiness' into high scores. ALBUQUERQUE — As he strode into the hotel ballroom, scores of high school students swarmed the man they know as DemiDec Dan, a legend in the world of Academic Decathlon. Man with drugs waves machete at kindergarten graduation, police say A Lake Forest man who allegedly began waving a machete during a kindergarten graduation ceremony in Laguna Beach has been arrested on suspicion of exhibiting a deadly weapon, possession of drugs and d William C. Stacey dies at 23; Marine sergeant from Seattle 'If my life buys the safety of a child who will one day change the world, then I know that it was all worth it,' Marine Sgt. Will Stacey wrote in a final letter to his family. Multi-star generals attended his Arlington National Cemetery funeral. His name adorns a fighter jet. His words echo in the halls of Congress. Thomas Kinkade's wife, girlfriend battle over his estate Artist Thomas Kinkade's girlfriend says two handwritten wills entitle her to his home and $10 million, but his estranged wife has a different take. SAN JOSE — Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light™, spent his last two years legally separated from his wife of nearly three decades and struggling with alcoholism. Canyon News Canyon News - Heating Up Come 2050 WESTWOOD — Climate change is a word thrown around, but numbers speak volumes about the concept, like a 4-to-5-degree difference come mid-century. Canyon News - Housing Project Assailed LOS ANGELES — The bribery of a housing authority official was routed by inter-agency cooperation and resulted in the arrests of eight suspects. Canyon News - "The Intouchables" Is Untouchable LOS ANGELES—At first it is not clear what the bond is between the two men in the opening scene of "Intouchables," they sit in a purring Masarati stuck in traffic, briefly, before Omar Sy’s character Driss, spurns the growling car on and begins racing through traffic fearlessly. Canyon News - “A Hookah Smoking Caterpillar Calls..” “A Hookah Smoking Caterpillar Calls..” LAUREL CANYON — The current Medical Marijuana Dispensary debate before the Los Angeles City Council has brought my thinking full circle. Canyon News - Obamacare In California LOS ANGELES—The United States Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the Individual Mandate is constitutional. In an unprecedented 5-4 decision, the court upheld the controversial centerpiece of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act. CBS 2 Los Angeles Illegal Fireworks Blamed For Blaze That Destroys San Bernardino Duplex Authorities say illegal fireworks ignited and set off a blaze that gutted a duplex in San Bernardino early Sunday morning. Cathedral City Officer Able To Save 4 Of 7 Puppies Found Hidden In Box An officer on patrol Sunday in a Cathedral City neighborhood found four puppies living in a box, along with three others that already were dead, a police spokesman said. 31-Year-Old Riverside Man Killed By Train A 31-year-old Riverside man was killed by a train as he walked across tracks Sunday, a police spokeswoman said. Big Names, Tribute To Whitney Houston To Highlight BET Awards Now that Beyonce and Jay-Z have confirmed that they're attending the BET Awards, the next question is: Will Kanye West be the third wheel, or will his girlfriend, Kim Kardashian, be on his arm? Bicyclist In Critical Condition Following Hollywood Hills Hit-And-Run A bicyclist, who was struck by a hit-and-run driver in the Hollywood Hills, remained in critical condition on Sunday. Orange County Register Mexican leader's burden is on film If you want to know what the new Mexican president faces, spend 83 minutes watching "Murder Capital of the World" at Edwards University Town Center. I saw it sorta by mistake Friday night but it left me thinking all weekend. We'd just come out of the exquisite "Moonrise... 4 arrested in $450,000 plastic recyclables scheme ANAHEIM - Four men who work at a plastics recycling plant were arrested Saturday on suspicion of attempting to recycle an estimated $450,000 of plastic items that authorities believe were stolen from area businesses. Investigators from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, armed with a... Camp ReCreation volunteers keep campers coming back ORANGE - They gathered in the chapel and prayed, stood by his hospital bed for days and nights. Carolyn Stark said the volunteers at Camp ReCreation based in Orange, saved her son's life. Michael Stark, 37, has been attending Camp ReCreation, a weeklong overnight camp for adults with... U.S. fencing championships come to O.C. ANAHEIM - The combatants don their masks and tip their weapons in a sign of respect. "En garde," instructs the referee, and they lunge at each other with 3-foot-long steel blades, trying to be the first to land the sword's tip of the opponent's body. The Anaheim Convention... CHP patrol car hit by speeding SUV ORANGE Three men police suspect of being gang members whose SUV collided with a California Highway Patrol car as they were attempting to flee from an earlier hit-and-run were arrested Sunday after they fled from the second crash on foot, authorities said. Only minor injuries were reported when the... The Press-Enterprise DESERT: Plane crashes with non-pilot at controls The pilot failed to tie down the Cessna 172 while he was outside, starting the engine by hand at a tiny Johnson Valley airstrip, federal crash investigators say LAKE ELSINORE: Man breaks neck jumping into pool, rescued by teen Shawn Campbell says he owes his life to quick-thinking 13-year-old Alex Garcia DESERT: Boy, 14, caught driving stolen BMW Deputies say he is among four boys responsible for about 150 vehicle break-ins in the Yucca Valley area HESPERIA: Uncle tries to save nephew, both drown Though he couldn’t swim, 48-year-old Fino Hernandez of Hesperia jumped into the fast flowing water to save his 9-year-old nephew who’d fallen in, coroner’s officials say UPDATE: LA woman ID’d as Hwy 60 crash victim Helicopter crew was requested to check for other victims of Moreno Valley wreck, but none found Los Angeles Daily News Coming together: Temple Ner Maarav merges with Temple Ramat Zion in Northridge -- and Torahs come along for the ride The Torahs of Temple Ner Maarav passed between members Sunday morning during a journey to their new home at Temple Ramat Zion in Northridge. | More photos of the Torah move Orange Line busway extension draws thousands The opening of the 4-mile Orange Line extension that connects Woodland Hills to Chatsworth drew nearly 10,000 boardings over the weekend, Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials said Sunday. | Photos: Free rides on the Orange Line Falling gas prices to aid holiday travel: Click for lowest prices in the Valley Falling gas prices will drive a near-record number of Fourth of July travelers in Southern California, according to an industry tracker. | Related: People are buying RVs again RV business on the road to recovery Mark and Kimberly Clemens super-sized their cross-country trip for Wednesday's July Fourth family festival in Owensboro, Ky. The couple traveled in their new 33-foot, tricked-out recreational vehicle, which cost as much as a house in some of the towns they will pass through. | Related: Gas prices falling Al Martinez: The lonely, crowded path of joblessness There's a new face out there in Lonesome City. Like the 700,000 others without jobs in the L.A. area, it's a face that bears traces of both sadness and disappointment, and the kind of bewilderment a guy gets during a heart attack. NBC Los Angeles L.A. Baseball Players Get All-Star Nods Four Angels and two Dodgers are going to the All-Star Game on July 10, Major League Baseball announced Sunday. Photo Credit: Getty Images Limited Access to Autism Therapy Despite Law? California’s historic move to require insurance companies to cover behavioral interventions for autism will still leave thousands of Californians with limited access to this highly effective therapy. Newport Native Headed to Olympics Newport Coast native Sam Mikulak can now add Olympian to a list of accomplishments that already includes NCAA all-around gymnastics champion and 2012 U.S. parallel bars silver medalist. Photo Credit: Getty Images Cops Seek Driver Who Struck Bicyclist Police on Sunday were searching for a driver who hit and critically injured a 55-year-old bicyclist. Photo Credit: Getty Images / Scott Olson Firefighters Mop Up Oasis Fire Firefighters worked on Sunday to mop up remnants of a nearly 100-acre blaze along the San Bernardino-Los Angeles county line. Photo Credit: Jeff Dyer Daily Breeze Hermosa Beach is ready: The Strand braces for influx of Fourth of July revelers To many, summer's crescendo in the South Bay is the free-spirited Fourth of July revelry that rages along the Strand in Hermosa Beach. Food-waste pickup program could expand in Manhattan Beach Hundreds of green waste bins that wind up on the curb each week in Manhattan Beach could soon get a little heavier -- and stinkier. Notebook: 'Adopt a Child for One Day' event, new assistant principal at El Segundo Middle School, Torrance teachers at ... At-risk children from across Los Angeles County will spend a day in Manhattan Beach later this month at a seaside event sponsored by the nonprofit P.S. I Love You Foundation. Port project contracts may set aside jobs for local workers LONG BEACH -- Two major projects at the Port of Long Beach may include union-backed contracts aimed at hiring more local workers -- pacts that have drawn criticism from non-union contractors. More of us suffer from 'iDisorder,' due to over-use of social media and mobile devices, says CSU Dominguez Hills ... Know anybody who can't make it through dinner without checking his smartphone? Is that person you? Ventura County Star 48-star American flag surfaces on Election Day Ventura County Clerk-Recorder Mark Lunn says a 48-star flag that was flown at Camarillo Community Center on Election Day is in his possession and most likely will be retired. Latest redevelopment changes give local cities hope and fear New redevelopment laws enacted last week as part of the state budget have local officials both pleased and worried. Ventura crash blocks slow lane on Highway 126, damages guard rail California Highway Patrol reported a three-vehicle collision was blocking the slow lane on westbound Highway 126 in Ventura. Oxnard checkpoints net 1 DUI arrest, 48 citations Two Oxnard sobriety and driver’s license checkpoints netted one DUI arrest and several citations Saturday night, officials said. Vehicle hits utility pole north of Oxnard The California Highway Patrol reported late Saturday that a vehicle hit a utility pole at Vineyard and Central avenues north of Oxnard.

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