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Overnight road work to begin on SR 2 from West LA to Echo Park – NBC Los Angeles Council Votes to Repeal 1936 Law Banning Ball Games in Public Spaces – westsidecurrent.com Los Angeles Dodgers Make Major Will Smith Announcement During Tigers Series – heavy.com South Los Angeles Superior Grocers store ransacked during illegal street takeover – ABC7 Los Angeles Today! Leimert Boulevard and 43rd Pl to be renamed “Ben Caldwell Square” – Streetsblog Los Angeles Major LA Routes Face Lane Closures Before Labor Day Weekend – Santa Monica Daily Press Southern California’s great beer heist was almost completely ignored – Los Angeles Times Leimert Park Intersection to be Dedicated in Honor of Filmmaker Ben Caldwell – MyNewsLA.com Echelon Studios taps NBCUniversal exec ahead of Hollywood campus opening – The Real Deal Glendale Selects New Director of Community Development – Outlook Newspapers

Middle East Crisis: Hopes for Cease-Fire Remain, Despite Hamas’s Resistance to Latest Offer

Officials are waiting for the group’s response to a proposal with U.S. and Israeli backing for a halt to fighting in Gaza and the release of hostages held there.