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Silent movie "The Artist" was given yet another Hollywood award -- though this one not from the Oscars or Golden Globes organizers, but from city fathers in Tinseltown itself.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Porn actors in Los Angeles will have to use condoms on the set as a condition of obtaining a film permit under a first-in-the-nation requirement quietly signed into law by the mayor, and a nearby community was considering a similar rule.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Porn actors in Los Angeles will have to use condoms on the set as a condition of obtaining a film permit under a first-in-the-nation requirement quietly signed into law by the mayor, and a nearby community was considering a similar rule.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Porn stars in Los Angeles will be legally required to wear condoms during film shoots after the city council voted on Tuesday to mandate their use, despite a threat by skin flick producers to leave town over the requirement.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Porn stars in Los Angeles will be legally required to wear condoms during film shoots after the city council voted on Tuesday to mandate their use, despite a threat by skin flick producers to leave town over the requirement.

Mike Gin would become Congress' first openly gay married man if elected on May 17. Republican Mike Gin is vying to represent the people of California's 36th congressional district. If elected in the May 17 non-partisan primary, Gin would become Congress' first openly gay married man. (If no candidate wins more than 50 percent of the vote, a runoff election between the top vote-getters will be held on July 12.) Gin, who is currently serving his second term as mayor of Redondo Beach, California, lists education and economic issues as priorities at his campaign website, but in an interview with gay weekly The Washington Blade, the 48-year-old talked about his role as an openly gay elected official. ?Certainly, we all need role models, and being gay and being married is just a part of who I am,? Gin said. ?If somehow my election would provide some inspiration or maybe help a young person that's very conflicted about being gay, then I think that's a wonderful thing.? Gin has been with his p

Los Angeles police will increase their presence at Dodgers home games after a Giants fan suffered brain damage when he was attacked after a game.

LA City Council eases rules for medical marijuana shops, allowing dozens to remain open. The Los Angeles City Council has voted to ease restrictions on medical marijuana dispensaries, allowing dozens more to possibly remain open.

LA City Council orders amendment draft permitting 140 medical pot stores to reopen. The Los Angeles City Council has ordered the city attorney to draft a measure that would allow 140 medical marijuana dispensaries to reopen in the city.

LA council endorses plans to berth WWII battleship USS Iowa as floating museum. The Los Angeles City Council is backing plans to berth a World War II battleship at the Port of Los Angeles as a floating museum.

Salt Lake City government decides not to participate in boycott of Arizona businesses. The Salt Lake City Council has decided not to boycott Arizona businesses over the state's toughest-in-the-nation immigration law.

Salt Lake City government decides not to participate in boycott of Arizona businesses. The Salt Lake City Council has decided not to boycott Arizona businesses over the state's toughest-in-the-nation immigration law.

Los Angeles City Council approves $2.5M payment to fire captains in racial discrimination case. The Los Angeles City Council has approved a $2.5 million payment to two white fire captains who won a racial discrimination case in 2008 involving a black firefighter who was fed dog food.

LA City Council approves $500K to settle claims by 6 injured by police in May Day melee. The Los Angeles City Council has approved settlements ranging from $50,000 to $250,000 for media personnel injured by heavy-handed police in the 2007 May Day immigration demonstration.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Around 440 self-described medical marijuana dispensaries across Los Angeles were under orders to close on Monday, nearly five months after city officials voted to shut most of them down.

Ariz. regulator slams LA boycott over immigration law, cites exported electricity. An Arizona utility regulator suggests there could be payback for the Los Angeles City Council's vote to boycott Arizona businesses because of the state's new law targeting illegal immigration.

LA City Council votes for budget that cuts about 750 jobs if unions don't make concessions. The Los Angeles City Council has voted to cut 761 jobs while continuing to seek concessions from the city employees' unions.

Jewish rights groups denounce comparison of Arizona immigration law with Nazi Germany. Arizona's tough new law against illegal immigration has prompted furious protests and boycotts but Jewish groups say opponents who compare it with the rise of Nazi Germany are going too far.

LA City Council OKs boycott of Arizona business to protest new illegal immigration law. The City Council voted Wednesday to boycott Arizona businesses, making Los Angeles the largest city to take such action to protest the state's tough new law targeting illegal immigration.

A majority of the public support Arizona's tough immigration law which has been criticized by President Barack Obama and outraged civil rights groups, according to an opinion poll published Wednesday.