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Week in Review: Apartment Explosion, Apartment Fire and Inauguration Coincides with MLK Day
Also, the Weho City Council OKs $1.5 million for preserving the Tara site's 100-year-old buildings.
A man using a flammable gas to extract the active ingredient from marijuana was hospitalized with first- and second-degree burns after he sparked an explosion at his West Hollywood apartment. Read about that and more top stories from Jan. 20-26.
1. The apartment blast caused two units to be red tagged, displacing 12 other people, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
2. A 90-year-old woman suffered from smoke inhalation during a fire at a West Hollywood apartment building.
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3. President Barack Obama was inaugurated, coinciding with the national observance of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday.
4. The West Hollywood City Council allocated $1.5 million for preserving historic buildings and creating public park space at 1343 Laurel Ave., also known as Tara or Laurel Park.
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5. The U.S. Postal Service plans to move the post office at 820 N. San Vicente Blvd.
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