Top 5 Westside Stories: Earthquakes, Armed Robbery, Pot Shops

Close out your weekend with a recap of the newsiest and most popular Patch articles from last week. Here are the five stories that topped the headlines on Westside Patch sites:

•  shook up the L.A. area this week. The on Sept. 3 around 3:30 a.m. The earthquake just past midnight Friday.

• : With both party conventions over now, we want to know what you thought of the biggest speeches by the biggest politicians in the U.S. and voted in our polls.

• Culver City police are  Thursday night. They are also investigating a report of an at Westfield Culver City. According to reports, .

• A UCLA researcher released a report that says than Los Angeles city officials estimated. The city responded to the report—.

•  on the Third Street Promenade. Several local politicians attended the .

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