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Costco, the international bulk grocery chain known for its warehouse looks and difficult-to-beat deals, is hard at work on what could be considered its biggest new product launch in years: affordable housing....but a whopping 800 residential units, including 184 set aside specifically for low-income tenants.The redone site will not only encompass the store and 800 individual apartments, it will also include a fitness area, multi-use community space, multiple courtyards and landscaped paths, a rooftop pool, and other amenities like gardens. Oh, and lots of parking too, of course. CONTINUED AT THE LINK - Diagrams,etc

One person is in custody after a man was beaten to death with a hammer during an altercation on his property in South Los Angeles Wednesday night, sheriff’s officials said. About 6:30 p.m., deputies responded to a report of a fight at a residence in the 1000 block of West 98th Street, located in the Westmont neighborhood. There, they found the victim suffering from a traumatic head injury in the backyard, according to a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department news release. Paramedics responded and pronounced him dead at the scene. His name was not immediately released. The victim died after...

It was the middle of the night. I was asleep. My mom came in and started punching me. She said I didn't fold my clothes right. I threw her off of me. She was real drunk. She started on me again. The police came. She said: 'What? I'm just kicking my son's ass.' Just another night. -- Carlos, 17 :: The little school in South Los Angeles is the end of the road, reserved for those who have bombed out of the rest of the system. The mildest cases were merely kicked out of their last school. The toughest are...

<p>BATON ROUGE - The South Louisiana serial killer may not be a white male, as suspected for more than a year, and could even be a black man, authorities said Friday.</p> <p>An FBI profile released Dec. 30 directed investigators to look for a white male between 25 and 35 years of age. But as found in the Washington, D.C., sniper case, the profile was based on generalities of people who commit such crimes, not on evidence.</p>