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Twenty years ago today, the Berlin Wall fell. East Germans kept away from loved ones for 28 years swarmed past the wall's suddenly unguarded checkpoints. An Orange County doctor was living in Germany at the time.

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Berlin Wall - 20 years since the fall. Wait, wait... okay, i'll tell you -Peter Sagal and Carl Kasell are here!

A California court has ordered Shell Oil to shell out millions of dollars in penalties for violating the state’s hazardous waste and fuel storage laws.

Regional water officials have approved a partial ban on septic systems in Malibu after city leaders worked out a compromise.

The recent shootings at the Army base at Fort Hood, Texas raise many questions about the psychological effect of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq on soldiers. That's also the focus of the new documentary series "In Their Boots."

Free H1N1 vaccine clinics across Los Angeles County are on the calendar through Thanksgiving, 2009, but thousands of people in Monterey Park aren't putting it off. The free clinic line stretched around Barnes Park on Thursday and took some people four hours to get inoculated.

This fall marks the 35th birthday of one of Japan's beloved pop icons - Hello Kitty. The Royal/T Cafe in Culver City is throwing her a huge birthday bash complete with Hello Kitty-shaped food, Hello Kitty-themed household items and art work inspired by the tiny white feline.

Ah, the days of wine and barrels.

THURSDAY: Patt sits down with new LAPD Chief Charlie Beck; Nobel prize-winning Turkish author Orhan Pamuk talks about the Armenian Genocide; and a new study finds women constitute more than half the nation's paid workforce – what does that portend for policies like flextime and onsite child care?

The tale of some really old soles.

A new study finds 1/2 of American children on food stamps before the age of 20; for black American children, that number is 9 out of 10; and Oscar winning director Barry Levinson is here with his new doc, Poliwood, about the intersection of politics and stardom in the 2008 election

Septic tanks helped give birth to the city of Malibu just 18 years ago. People along 21 miles of scenic coastline wanted local control over how Malibu would treat wastewater. Now regional water officials will vote on whether to prohibit septic systems. Regulators blame septic tanks for poor water quality along the coast, at surf spots and in Malibu Lagoon.