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March 18, 2009

President heading to Burbank Thursday

President Barack Obama will join host Jay Leno on “The Tonight Show” Thursday, becoming the first sitting president to appear on the late night talk show taped in Burbank.

Obama will hold a town hall-style meeting today in Costa Mesa and then tour an electric vehicle factory in Pomona on Thursday, the White House said.

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Obama was a featured guest on comedy shows as a candidate, but NBC and the White House said this will be the first time a serving president has been on “The Tonight Show.”

“The Tonight Show” draws an average 3.7 million viewers.

It is taped at the General Electric Co.-owned network’s studios in Burbank.

Peanut product recalled by local firm

Burbank’s Ultimate Nut and Candy Co. recalled some peanut products distributed over the Internet and through its store in Los Angeles Farmer’s Market between Jan. 1, 2007 and Feb. 13, 2009.

No illnesses associated with this product have been reported, the company said.

The products include Ultimate Nut & Candy Co. Sugar Free & Low Carb Milk Peanut Butter Cups, 5-ounce bags; Ultimate Confections Peanut Butter Crisp (A Chocolate Bark), 16-ounce; and Ultimate Nut & Candy Co. Peanut Butter Jars, 16-ounce.

They are coded 7001 to 7365, 8001 to 8365 and 9001 to 9044.


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