Review Valley homicide cases going back to April 2006 by ZIP code, victim's name, race or whether it was gang-related. Also, look up the latest crime incidents in your neighborhood with our crime map.

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Twenty years to the day after Kirk Gibson made like Roy Hobbs in "The Natural," the Dodgers turned another postseason game into another cinematic ode Wednesday night. 

California will remain a buyer's market next year, with prices declining across most of the state and home sales climbing for the second year in a row, a trade association for real estate agents said Wednesday. 

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"It may be jack-o'-lantern season — Halloween pumpkins are everywhere — but there are other winter squashes in the patch," says Rick Rodgers, author of "Autumn Gatherings, Casual Food to Enjoy With Family and Friends" (William Morrow; $19.95), which is filled with 55 recipes, some featuring squash. 

TWO measures on the Nov. 4 California ballot - Propositions 7 and 10 - purport to push California in a green direction. But both are financed by wealthy men with an agenda, and neither makes the best environmental sense for California. We urge voters to reject both.  

NORTH HOLLYWOOD - Can the Italians ever escape the gun-toting gangster image? NoHo Gallery LA is trying to change that stereotype through art in honor of National Italian Heritage Month.