Two reservoirs that supply drinking water to parts of eastern and central Los Angeles have been shut down and will be drained because a rare sunlight-fueled chemical reaction tainted them with high levels of a chemical that can lead to cancer, utility officials said Friday.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power plans to drain 600 million gallons from the open-air Elysian and Silver Lake reservoirs early next year, a process that will leave each out of action for three to four months amid drought conditions, DWP spokesman Joseph Ramallo said in a statement.

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The 80-year-old leader of a suburban Atlanta megachurch is at the center of a sex scandal of biblical dimensions: He slept with his brother’s wife and fathered a child by her.

Members of Archbishop Earl Paulk’s family stood at the pulpit of the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit at Chapel Hill Harvester Church a few Sundays ago and revealed the secret exposed by a recent court-ordered paternity test.

In truth, this is not the first — or even the second — sex scandal to engulf Paulk and the independent, charismatic church. But this time, he could be in trouble with the law for lying under oath about the affair.

The living proof of that lie is 34-year-old D.E. Paulk, who for years was known publicly as Earl Paulk’s nephew.

“I am so very sorry for the collateral damage it’s caused our family and the families hurt by the removing of the veil that hid our humanity and our sinfulness,” said D.E. Paulk, who received the mantle of head pastor a year and a half ago.

D.E. Paulk said he did not learn the secret of his parentage until the paternity test. “I was disappointed, and I was surprised,” he said.

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Three boys, ages 8 and 9, were charged Monday with raping an 11-year-old girl last week, court officials and police said.

“Never in my 20-plus years of law enforcement have I conceived of something like this,” Police Chief Michael Wilkie of Acworth, Georgia, told CNN.

Clad in blue jumpsuits, the two 9-year-olds and one 8-year-old appeared in court in Cobb County, north of Atlanta, on Monday afternoon and were ordered to remain in custody until a further hearing. Family members were in court for their appearance, which was closed to reporters.

Wilkie said the girl told investigators she was raped Thursday evening. She was examined by doctors after her family reported the allegation late Saturday, and investigators questioned her extensively on Sunday, he said.

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Two women have been arrested in an anti-gay attack on a former “Top Chef” reality show contestant and her friends, police said.

Nassau County police announced the arrests Saturday, a day after victim Josie Smith-Malave’s attorney said she had filed a complaint accusing investigators of not pursuing the case energetically enough. Police said Friday that an arrest had recently been made and another was imminent.

Smith-Malave, who is openly gay and appeared on Season 2 of the Bravo channel show, and three other women were assaulted by about a dozen people after being thrown out of a Sea Cliff bar on Sept. 1, according to police. The attackers hurled slurs about the women’s perceived sexual orientation, spat on them and hit them, police said.

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