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For Carmageddon II, L.A. officials and business leaders are relying on discounts and special events to encourage Angelenos to leave their cars at home.Saying scare tactics alone won't dissuade Angelenos from taking to the freeways during a redux of Carmageddon later this month, public officials
- 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)
After complaints, 'Seniores' and 'Señoritas' events at Canyon High in Anaheim Hills, where students wore costumes demeaning to Latinos, are canceled."Seniores" and "Señoritas" events held at an Anaheim high school — in which students dressed as gang members and a pregnant woman pushing a baby
- 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)
personal travel, tickets to sporting events and hard drives used to store an extensive pornography colle...
- 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)
for police protection at presidential campaign events.
- 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)
The renovated space presents its first public events with a National Dance Day celebration. The park 'has a hip but also family-friendly feeling,' says one downtown resident.Hundreds danced on the large lawn, children splashed in the new wading pool and others posed for photos with City Hall
- 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)
and at glitzy charity events in recent years, have broken up, a publicist for Parker said Monday.
- 3 killed as small plane crashes in Agua Dulce (Category: USA, California)
- Families say goodbye as troops sail to faraway shores (Category: USA, California)
- iPhone app can help find parking spots in Hollywood (Category: USA, California)
- Parker has uphill climb against Runner in 17th District Senate race (Category: USA, California)
Patriotic ceremonies at Southern California cemeteries recall veterans as well as the sacrifices of those now in the military and their families.An Oscar-winning actor, an Olympic gold medalist and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa were among the hundreds who turned out on a sun-spangled Monday at the Los Angeles National Cemetery to honor the fallen of conflicts from the Civil War to the war...
- 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)
A Fountain Valley woman got the idea for the senior-geared events after taking her mother, now 92, to a standard improv show. She hated it.Marty Ross trudged toward the front of the restaurant, one deliberate pace at a time. A maze of tightly packed tables and chairs stood between him and the stage
- 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)
Pedestrian bridges will be erected so Kings fans can cross over the bike route.Tens of thousands of cycling, hockey and basketball fans will converge at Staples Center in a weekend packed with post-season games and the final stage of the 2012 Amgen Tour of California — events that authorities
- 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)
In a March 2 hearing in the case against Richard Alarcon, Deputy Dist. Atty. Jennifer Lentz Snyder was scolded for being 'very dismissive' of defense evidence submitted to a grand jury in 2010. A lawyer says Alarcon and his wife are 'heartened' by the turn of events.A high-profile perjury and voter fraud case against Los Angeles City Councilman Richard Alarcon and his wife could be in trouble base...
- City Hall Is in Andrea Alarcon's blood (Category: USA, California)
- Los Angeles councilman backs more aggressive sewer fee hikes (Category: USA, California)
- Six Alarcon staffers ordered to testify (Category: USA, California)
- Alarcon, wife indicted in voter fraud (Category: USA, California)
Video shows Sgt. Manuel Loggins Jr.'s GMC slamming through a gate at San Clemente High School, but not the events leading to his shooting by a sheriff's deputy.A grainy surveillance tape from the Orange County high school where a Marine sergeant was shot to death by a sheriff's deputy shows a white
- 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)
Former longtime General Manager Patrick Lynch and former Events Manager Todd DeStefano, along with Go Ventures chief executive Reza Gerami, are arrested in connection with a corruption scandal at one of the nation's most storied stadiums.Two former Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum executives
- Hundreds sue L.A. County over Ujima Village contamination (Category: USA, California)
- Vernon officials testify in probe of former administrator (Category: USA, California)
- Two former Countrywide executives settle California lawsuit for $6.5 million (Category: USA, California)
- Richard Riordan backs Austin Beutner for L.A. mayor (Category: USA, California)
A year after an earthquake and tsunami devastated northern Japan, people gather at memorial events across downtown L.A.'s Little Tokyo to remember those who died and those who are still suffering.She doesn't remember the details of that horrific day one year ago, when she was nearly swallowed alive
- 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)
Two Buffalo Soldiers speak at the Autry museum, recalling their experiences as black men in the then-segregated Army. It was one of many L.A.-area events honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.When James Cooper was a teenager in segregated Louisiana, he worked at a factory for $2 a day and didn't
- 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)
Prosecution charges that Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich led his squad on a rampage after the death of a fellow Marine in Haditha in 2005. Defense says he was following the rules of engagement.U.S. combat involvement in Iraq is over, but the controversial events of one of the bloodiest mornings involving
- 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)
and other special events in Pasadena.
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- 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)
A sunbeam briefly pierces a doorway, bathing the altar in light. A scholar thinks friars built the mission and dozens of other churches to capture such events on days key to Indians, but critics scoff.Reporting from San Juan Bautista, Calif. -- On the darkest day of the year, a hushed crowd
- 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 California Fair Political Practices Commission loosens restrictions on expensive gifts in cases of lobbyists dating lawmakers and for ceremonial duties at entertainment and sporting events.State lawmakers and city council members can accept expensive gifts from lobbyists without disclosure if they are dating, and can receive meals and lodging in lobbyists' homes without telling the public, und...
- Vernon mounts campaign to squelch legislation that would remove its cityhood (Category: USA, California)
- Schwarzenegger signs pension fund transparency bill (Category: USA, California)
- Special interests capitalize on Legislature's end-of-session chaos (Category: USA, California)
- Battle over L.A. bus bench contract gets messy (Category: USA, California)
Retinitis pigmentosa is slowly robbing Ventura Mayor Bill Fulton of his sight. In a few months he will move to Washington, D.C., where he has a nephew with the affliction and where the mass transit system will allow him to lead a normal live without driving.Bill Fulton — urban planner, urbane public speaker and mayor of Ventura — was starting to stumble. In dim meeting rooms, he had tr...
- More than a dozen candidates vie for lieutenant governor (Category: USA, California)
- Despite their protestations, Whitman and Poizner sound awfully similar to Schwarzenegger (Category: USA, California)
- California voters may finally get on presidential candidates' radar (Category: USA, California)
- Bell's all-new, all-novice council faces nasty choices (Category: USA, California)
Video of the events goes viral on the Web. The chancellor initially didn't criticize police but later said seeing the images 'left me with a very bad feeling.' Some faculty members seek her ouster.As some faculty members called for her ouster, the chancellor of UC Davis launched an inquiry Saturday
- 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 suit accuses music promoters Insomniac Inc. and Go Ventures Inc., along with former general manager Patrick Lynch and ex-events manager Todd DeStefano, of depriving the commission and its nonprofit concessions arm of concert revenue.The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission on Thursday sued
- 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)
A blaze breaks out in the attic of the century-old Victorian, closing the landmark Hollywood venue for at least two days and displacing its popular Halloween night event.During the run-up to its annual Halloween gala, the Magic Castle in Hollywood announced its theme for the night's shows: "For the last week in October, the Magic Castle will be ON FIRE with the spirit of Halloween!" said the websi...
- Garden Grove mother charged in baby son's suffocation (Category: USA, California)
- Girlfriend, baby killed when man plows into house, police say (Category: USA, California)
- 5-year-old critically wounded in gang shooting (Category: USA, California)
- 'Nothing can hurt Spider-Man' and then a deadly gunshot in South L.A. (Category: USA, California)
The state has failed to adopt regulations allowing out-of-state professionals to take part in a four-day health clinic Oct. 20, despite a law passed after crowds overwhelmed facilities last year. After more than 6,600 people overwhelmed volunteers at a free mobile health clinic in Los Angeles last year, California legislators passed a law making it easier for out-of-state medical personnel to assi...
- 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)
Officials note that despite deaths of pilots, no spectators have been killed at such events since 1952.The National Championship Air Races in Reno are the last of their kind in the country, and the organizers take obvious pride in their embrace of risk and speed.
- 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 Museum of Tolerance and USC are among the Los Angeles sites where residents touched by the Sept. 11 events came together to remember.Much of the nation's attention Sunday was riveted on New York City and other sites of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist incidents. But nearly 3,000 miles
- 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 Southland has an array of events this weekend that mark the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist at...
- 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)
Also named in the lawsuit are the event company Insomniac and former Coliseum events manager Todd DeStefano, who also worked for Insomniac. The victim died of an Ecstasy overdose in 2010.The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission and the event company Insomniac were sued Thursday by the parents
- 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)
company to help stage events such as a UCLA-USC soccer match, ESPN's X Games and a run-up to the Lingerie ...
- 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)
Arthur Kassel was paid more than $51,000 to attend events with celebrities while claiming he was doing agency business, the report says. Kassel denies squandering time on the state payroll.An appointee of former Gov. Pete Wilson wasted more than $51,000 hobnobbing with celebrities —
- 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 Los Angeles mayor was fined nearly $42,000 for accepting free tickets to sporting events and shows. The funds will be used to cover the fines and legal fees.Faced with nearly $42,000 in fines in a scandal over free tickets, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has turned to his friends from Sacramento
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