• Malibu lifeguards need rescue after getting stuck: MALIBU (AP) — Two lifeguards got stranded on a Malibu cliff face while they were trying to rescue a stuck climber and had to be rescued themselves.The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Sunday that a woman clad only in a bathing suit got stuck about 50 feet above rocks on Pirates Cove, just east of Westward Beach, on Saturday around 4:15 p.m.An ocean rescue boat spotted her and radioed for help. Two lifeguards climbed up to assist her, but also got stuck.A Malibu Search and Rescue team member lowered himself over the cliff using a rope. He harnessed the lifeguards and lowered them safely to the sand. • 7 hurt when limo plunges off parking lot: LOS ANGELES (AP) — A town car crashed into a parked car in Los Angeles, injuring all seven people inside when both vehicles plunged 20 feet off an elevated parking lot and onto an apartment courtyard.Los Angeles fire spokesman Erik Scott says five people were hospitalized early Saturday, but none of the injuries are considered life-threatening.Police Sgt. O.C. Smith says the town car driver thought he had shifted into reverse when he accelerated.
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