- Newsmaker: Arson at Palomar Residential Hotel in Hollywood - Los Angeles fire investigators say that last week's fatal fire at the Palomar Residential Hotel in Hollywood was the work of an arsonist. LA Fire Department Chief William Bamattre, says that 40 gallons of gas were used to start the fire which blocked residents' access to hallways and resulted in the death of two people.
- Reporter's Notebook: 85 New Cases of Syphilis Reported in LA - LA County said it had stemmed last year's outbreak of syphilis, but 85 new cases this year suggest the apparent erosion of safe-sex practices. Dr. John Schunhoff, chief of operations for the LA County Department of Public Health, traces the increase to gay men, many of them HIV-active.
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