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financial crisis she was looking out for the interests of all minority-owned banks — not just o...
- Firehouse chefs turn up the flames (Category: USA, California)
- Tax hike for Fire Department OKd by Los Angeles County supervisors (Category: USA, California)
- Shooting of man by Border Patrol agent renews debate on use of force (Category: USA, California)
- Human rights groups urge Congress to investigate Border Patrol's use of deadly force (Category: USA, California)
Some civic leaders worry that the remaining candidates may lack the resolve to tackle L.A.'s fiscal crisis.Los Angeles political veteran Zev Yaroslavsky's decision to forgo next year's race for mayor leaves a field dominated by City Hall insiders and heightened anxieties among some civic leaders about whether the remaining contenders will aggressively confront the city's continuing financial crisi...
- Firehouse chefs turn up the flames (Category: USA, California)
- Tax hike for Fire Department OKd by Los Angeles County supervisors (Category: USA, California)
- Shooting of man by Border Patrol agent renews debate on use of force (Category: USA, California)
- Human rights groups urge Congress to investigate Border Patrol's use of deadly force (Category: USA, California)
With the state and municipalities in financial crisis, the California Department of Motor Vehicles is cracking down on placard fraud. The issue strikes at the nexus of parking angst, civic revenues and righteous indignation.In Beverly Hills, a DMV agent confiscates a disabled parking placard
- Firehouse chefs turn up the flames (Category: USA, California)
- Los Angeles and California lawmakers seek review of security at LAX (Category: USA, California)
- Google News cuts link to news website financed by water district (Category: USA, California)
- Probation urged for psychiatrist, manager in Anna Nicole Smith case (Category: USA, California)
Villaraigosa calls for a streamlined teachers contract and more choices for students, but also cites various city accomplishments from the last six years. Critics wanted more details on the budget.Civic leaders expressed consternation and puzzlement, but also praise, for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's focus on education — calling for a revamped teachers contract and more choices for students &...
- Firehouse chefs turn up the flames (Category: USA, California)
- Los Angeles and California lawmakers seek review of security at LAX (Category: USA, California)
- Google News cuts link to news website financed by water district (Category: USA, California)
- Probation urged for psychiatrist, manager in Anna Nicole Smith case (Category: USA, California)
puts the city's financial crisis in the hands of an interim city administrator and a City Council that has yet t...
- Attorney general pushes for court-appointed monitor in Bell (Category: USA, California)
- L.A. City Council celebrates Persian New Year (Category: USA, California)
- Whistle blower inspires stricter council rules in Montebello (Category: USA, California)
- Judge refuses to dismiss charges against ex-Bell council members (Category: USA, California)
Current and former council members will be arraigned in March. Judge blasts 'sham agencies' that boosted their pay to $100,000, orders them to stay away from City Hall and suggests more criminal charges.A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge Wednesday excoriated six current and former Bell City Council members as he ordered them to stand trial for allegedly looting the city treasury and to sta...
- Bell officials oppose court-ordered monitor (Category: USA, California)
- L.A. County D.A. to probe Vernon contract with firm owned by official's wife (Category: USA, California)
- City of Bell lent employees, elected officials nearly $900,000 (Category: USA, California)
- Trutanich-Greuel lawsuit dismissed (Category: USA, California)
Legislators have spent at least $259,000 in taxpayer funds on new SUVs and other vehicles for themselves in the last year despite a push by the new governor and the last one to cut California's fleet amid the state's financial crisis.Lawmakers have spent at least $259,000 in taxpayer funds on new SUVs and other vehicles for themselves in the last year despite a push by the new governor and the las...
- Firehouse chefs turn up the flames (Category: USA, California)
- Los Angeles and California lawmakers seek review of security at LAX (Category: USA, California)
- Google News cuts link to news website financed by water district (Category: USA, California)
- Probation urged for psychiatrist, manager in Anna Nicole Smith case (Category: USA, California)
Split on how to proceed, the Budget and Finance Committee asks City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana for more suggestions for addressing the financial crisis. Two council members call for layoffs of city workers as an alternative to more furloughs.The Los Angeles City Council's budget panel
- Bell officials oppose court-ordered monitor (Category: USA, California)
- L.A. County D.A. to probe Vernon contract with firm owned by official's wife (Category: USA, California)
- City of Bell lent employees, elected officials nearly $900,000 (Category: USA, California)
- Trutanich-Greuel lawsuit dismissed (Category: USA, California)
The mayor's top financial advisor says even if a deal is reached, L.A. still needs to pursue a 'drastic' round of short-term cuts that would be among the deepest of the city's current financial crisis.The top financial advisor to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Wednesday that the city would need to stop hiring police officers if the City Council abandons plans to lease nine public park...
- Brown's job gets tougher before he even takes office (Category: USA, California)
- A grim assessment of L.A.'s finances (Category: USA, California)
- L.A. City College and Trade-Technical College taken off probation (Category: USA, California)
- Schwarzenegger orders a new round of unpaid furloughs (Category: USA, California)
Thirty-six years after first taking the same oath, the 72-year-old warns of shared sacrifices and hard choices ahead as the state deals with its financial crisis. He says he hopes to restore people's faith in government.Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. was sworn in as California's 39th governor Monday
- Firehouse chefs turn up the flames (Category: USA, California)
- Los Angeles and California lawmakers seek review of security at LAX (Category: USA, California)
- Google News cuts link to news website financed by water district (Category: USA, California)
- Probation urged for psychiatrist, manager in Anna Nicole Smith case (Category: USA, California)
Beck opposes the idea, saying it's not in the public's interest.It came as little surprise this week that the influential union that represents Los Angeles' rank-and-file police officers waded into the debate over hiring more police during in a major financial crisis.
- Firehouse chefs turn up the flames (Category: USA, California)
- Los Angeles and California lawmakers seek review of security at LAX (Category: USA, California)
- Google News cuts link to news website financed by water district (Category: USA, California)
- Probation urged for psychiatrist, manager in Anna Nicole Smith case (Category: USA, California)
Mike Piscal, 44, who founded and ran ICEF Public Schools, steps down amid an ongoing financial crisis that will result in slashing the organization's payroll by about 25%.The founder of a troubled charter school company, one of the nation's largest, has resigned amid an ongoing financial crisis
- Firehouse chefs turn up the flames (Category: USA, California)
- Los Angeles and California lawmakers seek review of security at LAX (Category: USA, California)
- Google News cuts link to news website financed by water district (Category: USA, California)
- Probation urged for psychiatrist, manager in Anna Nicole Smith case (Category: USA, California)
City Controller Wendy Greuel declares an 'urgent financial crisis' and says the only way to continue paying bills in the short term is to begin draining the city's already limited emergency reserve
- Firehouse chefs turn up the flames (Category: USA, California)
- Los Angeles and California lawmakers seek review of security at LAX (Category: USA, California)
- Google News cuts link to news website financed by water district (Category: USA, California)
- Probation urged for psychiatrist, manager in Anna Nicole Smith case (Category: USA, California)
The utility may withhold $73 million from the general fund unless the City Council backs the larger rate hikes that are being sought by the mayor's appointees. A bruising political fight among Los Angeles' top elected leaders over a proposed hike in electricity rates threatened Thursday to deepen the city's ...
- Firehouse chefs turn up the flames (Category: USA, California)
- Los Angeles and California lawmakers seek review of security at LAX (Category: USA, California)
- Google News cuts link to news website financed by water district (Category: USA, California)
- Probation urged for psychiatrist, manager in Anna Nicole Smith case (Category: USA, California)
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