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Alice: An Echo Park duplex owned by rock legend Alice Cooper and his family has gone on the market for $1.299 million. That’s $599,000 more than what Cooper paid a dozen years ago for 91-year-old Spanish-style property in the 1300 block of Laveta Terrace near Sunset Boulevard. Cooper is said to have used the duplex to write music for the Hollywood Vampires. L.A. Times
Hit-and-Run: The LAPD Central Traffic Division is asking the public for help to find the hit-and-run driver who struck and killed a 67-year-old man in a crosswalk at Union Street at 3rd Street in the Westlake area. LAPD
Shooting: The man who was fatally shot by sheriff’s deputies in East L.A. on Sunday was identified as 21-year-old Anthony Vargas. Vargas was shot when he was fighting with the deputies after they arrived at a housing complex to look for a robbery suspect. ABC7
Dodger Gondola: Metro has asked for more technical, operational, business, and legal information from the company that wants to build an aerial-tram between Union Station and Dodger Stadium. Metro
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