<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Los Angeles County: News &amp; Videos about Los Angeles County - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Los_Angeles_County</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Los Angeles County from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:55:34 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Los Angeles County: News &amp; Videos about Los Angeles County - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Los_Angeles_County</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Los Angeles County from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Cold case: Police suspect teen's '02 slaying was gang related</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/23/grace.coldcase.sierra/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/23/grace.coldcase.sierra/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Seven years ago, police asked Fabiola Saavedra to view photographs to identify a body they believed to be her 15-year-old sister, Brenda Sierra. 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County leave no money for the dead</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/07/22/california.economy.cremation/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/07/22/california.economy.cremation/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Not even the dead can escape the recession's sting.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Michael Jackson Autopsy Underway</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20287787_20287905,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20287787_20287905,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>Police also say his doctor "is not a missing person" but they do want to talk to him again</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Folks losing homes dial 1-800; no one answers</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/04/15/foreclosure.phones/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/04/15/foreclosure.phones/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Megan Cavallari looks up from her stack of hundreds of faxes and documents, proof of her efforts to try to save her home from foreclosure. 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Holler at her?" 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Will it spread farther?</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2007 06:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Paris Hilton Released From Jail</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1637214,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1637214,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A smiling Paris Hilton walked out of a Los Angeles County jail early Tuesday, officially ending a bizarre, three-week stay that ignited furious debate over celebrity treatment in the jail system</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Screaming Hilton Ordered to Jail</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1631048,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1631048,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Paris Hilton was ordered to appear in court Friday instead of calling in from home, yet another reversal in her twisted path toward serving time on a probation violation</description><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2007 17:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thousands of immigration marchers rally across U.S.</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/05/01/immigration.protests/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/05/01/immigration.protests/index.html</guid><description>Demonstrators descended on city centers across the country Tuesday to press Congress to give the estimated 12 million people in the United States illegally a path to citizenship.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 19:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Trial begins in racing legend's slaying</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/06/mickey.thompson/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/06/mickey.thompson/index.html</guid><description>It has been 18 years since American racing legend Mickey Thompson and his wife Trudy were murdered in the driveway of their Bradbury, California, home by two hooded gunmen who escaped on bicycles.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2006 15:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>High court debates whistle-blower suits</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/LAW/03/21/scotus.speech/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/LAW/03/21/scotus.speech/index.html</guid><description>The Supreme Court heard debate Tuesday on whether free-speech protections apply to government employees at their jobs.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:48:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Wildfire near L.A. 65 percent contained</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/10/02/california.fire/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/10/02/california.fire/index.html</guid><description>Firefighters battling a wildfire that has charred more than 24,000 acres northwest of Los Angeles have contained about two-thirds of the blaze and expect to have it fully under control Monday, according to fire officials.</description><pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2005 19:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Wildfire likely to be contained Monday  </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/10/01/california.wildfire/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/10/01/california.wildfire/index.html</guid><description>Firefighters expect to have a massive wildfire burning northwest of Los Angeles under control by Monday evening.</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2005 10:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Firefighters gaining ground</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/09/30/california.wildfire/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/09/30/california.wildfire/index.html</guid><description>Firefighters in Simi Valley made slow headway Friday as they began to gain control of a raging wildfire northwest of Los Angeles that has scorched nearly 24,000 acres. 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Renaissance Los Angeles' once dingy fashion             district has cleaned up its act, thanks to an             entrepren</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2000/11/01/291518/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2000/11/01/291518/index.htm</guid><description>Outside, bolts of luscious fabrics share the sidewalks with bundles of fragrant flowers, walls of tinted sunglasses, and bins of Prada knockoffs. Inside, next season's slip dresses hang in showroom...</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2000 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>INNOCENT OR NOT, O.J.'S KILLING THE TAXPAYERS</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1995/04/01/202081/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1995/04/01/202081/index.htm</guid><description>In America's great capitalist tradition, the trial of O.J. Simpson has evolved into a moneymaking industry. 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