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Temporary ban on smoke and vape shops in Harbor and Watts areas is approved by LA council – Los Angeles Daily News Legendary butcher Dario Cecchini brings his meat mastery to L.A.’s most gloriously excessive dinner – Time Out Worldwide Los Angeles takes next step in ‘reconnecting MacArthur Park’ – Los Angeles Daily News Breaking: New wildfire reported in Los Angeles County on July 2 – Sacramento Bee Lakers Fan Injured By LAPD During NBA Finals Celebrations Receives Historic Multimillion Dollar Payout – L.A. Taco Phase One of `Reconnecting’ MacArthur Park Underway – MyNewsLA.com TUNNEL OF LOVE to Make LA Premiere at The Majic Factory with Blue Pen Theatre – BroadwayWorld Archbishop Gomez to Lead Mass Marking U.S. 250th Anniversary – MyNewsLA.com Free Monthly Workshop Aims to Help More Dogs Find Foster Homes – westsidecurrent.com Skid Row’s murder rate is 17 times higher than LA overall. Would clearing encampments change that? – LAist

Marijuana backers eye proposed federal regulatory change as an aid to legalizing pot in more states

A federal proposal to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug has raised the hopes of some pot backers that more states will embrace cannabis.