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Man 30 Pulled From Burning Truck After Gas Tank Punctured In Crash
POMONA (CBSLA.com) -- Police rescued an unconscious man from the wreckage of a pick-up truck engulfed in flames Wednesday. Thirty-year-old Brallan Sedano, of La Puente, was driving a 1996 Chevrolet motor vehicle when he was involved in a collision on in the 700 block of East Holt Boulevard in Pomona at approximately 11 a.m., according to local authorities. The crash punctured the truck’s ...
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California nurses go on weeklong strike
On May 17, over 3,100 nurses and technicians in the California Nurse's Association (CNA) began a strike scheduled to last seven days at five out of eleven Northern California Sutter Health hospitals. Some 1,400 nurses at two Hospital Corporation of America-affiliated San Jose hospitals will join the strike May 23 and 24. A sixth hospital in San Leandro called off the strike after Alameda ...
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Council Gives Green Light to $40M Leimert Park Rail Stop
Metro officials say the $40 million council-approved package may not be enough to get the job done. However, businesses in the Crenshaw area are excited for the new customers the line may bring. Ted Chen reports from Leimert Park for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on May 22, ...
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Injured volunteer seeks payment from rescued California hiker
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A volunteer searcher who broke his back while looking for a teenager who was lost in Orange County wilderness says he deserves restitution if the teen is convicted on drug charges. Nick Papageorge, 20, said after Nic Cendoya's arraignment was postponed Wednesday that his medical bills could total $350,000, City News Service reported. Papageorge searched Trabuco ...
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L.A. Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti meets supporters Wendy Greuel concedes
Eric Garcetti heads to his vehicle after holding a press conference at El Centro del Pueblo in Echo Park on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Garcetti won a runoff on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 to become L.A. first elected Jewish mayor. (Andy Holzman/Staff ...
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Torrance adopts budget that requires no cuts
< 200){ requestedWidth = 200; } Buoyed by the highest tax revenues in five years, Torrance will add two new police officers as part of a balanced budget adopted by the City Council. Unlike previous years, the $171 million operating budget adopted Tuesday required no cuts, City Manager LeRoy Jackson said. The operating budget for the 2013-14 fiscal year, which funds ongoing expenses such ...
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UC Irvine Chemists Come Up With Urine Test For Men To Check For Prostate Cancer
IRVINE (CBSLA.com)-- Chemists at UC Irvine announced Wednesday that they have created a urine test that allows men to check for prostate cancer. The chemists published their findings in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. The prostate exam would employ a simple urine test that can be done at home — much the way women can now test to see if they are pregnant. ';Our goal ...
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Hello J-Lo Jenny From The Block Opens Cell Phone Chain
NEW YORK (AP) -- ';Jenny from the Block'; wants the block to buy Verizon phones from her. Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez says she’s opening a chain of 15 cellphone stores and a website under the Viva Movil brand. The aim is to sell Verizon phones and services to Latinos. The first store will open in New York on June 15. Stores are reportedly set to follow in Miami and Los ...
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Price Of Luxury Homes Booming In Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) -- It looks like Powerball arrived in California just in time. The average price of a luxury home in Los Angeles County rose 7.1 percent in the first quarter of this year, compared to the first three months of last year, according to a study released Wednesday. Luxury homes, of course, are already out of the reach of most homeowners. And according to the study they are ...
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Police Searching Backyard Of Glendora Home In Cold Case Investigation
GLENDORA (CBSLA.com) -- Police were digging in the backyard of a home in Glendora Wednesday in connection to a case of a woman missing since the ...
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Metrolink Commuters Delayed After Amtrak Train Crashes Into Vehicle In OC
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO (CBSLA.com) -- Close to 700 Metrolink commuters were delayed Wednesday after after an Amtrak train en route to Los Angeles slammed into a disabled vehicle on the tracks near San Juan Capistrano. The collision occured just west of the Orange County city at approximately 4:30 p.m. No one was in the vehicle and none of the 95 people on board the Amtrak train from San Diego ...
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AEG Sought Protection Against Cancelled Jackson Shows
LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) -- Months before a contract was signed with Michael Jackson, AEG was looking to protect its investment against the possibility of cancelled shows in the singer’s planned tour. KNX 1070's Margaret Carrero reports that testimony Wednesday revealed that AEG began inquiring about non-appearance insurance for Michael Jackson months before they reached a tour ...
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Fake Disney Heir Allegedly Doles Out Stolen Park Passes
Raffle winners thought they're scored passes to Disneyland but when they arrived to the gate learned they'd been scammed allegedly by a man posing as a Disney heir. Pictured, fireworks explode over The Sleeping Beauty Castle in Anaheim in May ...
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San Fernando Valley home prices jump in April
The median price of a San Fernando Valley house jumped 21 percent during April in response to declining sales of foreclosed properties, a research center said Wednesday. Last month the median house price rose to $460,000 from $381,000 a year earlier and it was up from $451,000 in March, said the San Fernando Valley Economic Research Center at Cal State Northridge. Sales remained sluggish amid ...
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Carson leaders living and dead to get their names on public facilities
< 200){ requestedWidth = 200; } Carson's leadership embarked on a naming spree this week, deciding to hang the names of current and former elected officials on public halls, rooms and even a city street that Mayor Jim Dear has had his eye on for some time. In a decision reached after a heated debate Tuesday night, the City Council decided to name a road through a future city ...
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Cal State Dominguez Hills president no longer an interim
Willie Hagan It took a year, but Willie J. Hagan can now strike the pesky word "interim" from his title as the president of Cal State Dominguez Hills in Carson. The university on Wednesday announced the upgrade, which was authorized by the California State University Board of Trustees. "President Hagan has done an exceptional job of working with faculty, staff and students and ...
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City of Manhattan Beach will shell out more money for school facilities
< 200){ requestedWidth = 200; } The city of Manhattan Beach will pay the school district $550,000 each year to use school properties under an agreement approved this week by the City Council. The city already pays around $955,000 to maintain the facilities, according to staff members. That subsidy will increase to $1.7 million in total costs over the three-year agreement term. When the ...
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Glass Bottom Boat Tour Offers Alternate View Of Life In King Harbor
One such activity — the Yellow Glass Bottom Boat Tour of King Harbor in Redondo Beach. The boat — called a semi-submarine – takes out 19 passengers at a time. Patrons get to see sea life up close — schools of fish, sea lions – without getting wet. The Yellow Glass Bottom Boat operates five days a week, including weekends. For more information about the tour, ...
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Wilson With 10 K’s Leads Angels Past Mariners 7-2
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — C.J. Wilson struck out 10 in eight innings, Josh Hamilton had a two-run single and the Los Angeles Angels beat Seattle 7-1 on Wednesday to hand the Mariners their season-worst sixth straight loss. Wilson (4-3) allowed a run and six hits in his longest outing since June 8, 2012, when he also went eight innings in a 7-2 interleague victory at Colorado. The left-hander ...
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Hundreds Of Pot Shops Will Be Ordered To Close As Voters Approve Prop D
LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) -- Hundreds of marijuana dispensaries will be ordered to shut down after Los Angeles voters approved Proposition D on Tuesday. The measure sharply cuts the number of storefronts from roughly 800 to 135, eliminating those that have opened since 2007. It also also instates a 20 percent tax on medical marijuana. City Councilman Paul Koretz told KNX1070′s Ed Mertz cease ...
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Great Aunt Of Child Killed By Tornado Says Family Is Devastated
INGLEWOOD (CBSLA.com) -- The great aunt of a little girl killed when a tornado destroyed an elementary school in Oklahoma said her entire extended family is devastated by the loss. Ja’Nae Hornsby, 9, was killed when an EF5 tornado destroyed Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma, where she was in the third grade. She was one of seven children killed at the ...
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AP Source Coach Krzyzewski To Return As US Basketball Olympic Team
Mike Krzyzewski had decided to remain coach of the U.S. men’s Olympic basketball team. Krzyzewski will try to lead the Americans to a third straight gold medal, a person with knowledge of the decision said Wednesday. Originally expected to step down, Krzyzewski will hold a news conference to confirm his return Thursday at Duke, the person told The Associated Press on condition of ...
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Power Lawyers How Aereos Attorneys Beat Hollywood
that had stopped Cablevision’s remote-storage DVR. Diller and Aereo’s leaders knew that the Cablevision ruling raised issues similar to those represented by Aereo and thus would be their best hope of beating the broadcasters. But Aereo’s success was less than assured. Even though the company prevailed at an initial stage by getting a judge to deny the broadcasters’ ...
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Three men sought in failed Yu-Gi-Oh robbery in Torrance
FACEBOOK A 20-year-old man was hit in the head with a crowbar as three young men tried to rob him of $1,000 worth of Yu-Gi-Oh! merchandise inside his backpack in Torrance, police said Tuesday. The robbers, who were unable to steal the loot, were captured on surveillance video, which police hope will lead to their identification and arrests. The crime occurred at 3 p.m. May 7 as the victim ...
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Lancaster Residents Warned ‘Hot Prowl’ Burglar Is On The Loose
LANCASTER (CBSLA.com) -- Authorities in Lancaster are warning residents about a ‘hot prowl’ burglar. ‘Hot prowl’ refers to a burglar who enters the residence while the homeowners are still inside, usually when fast ...
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LAX gets a facelift
Los Angeles International Airport has decided to go under the knife again; the sixth busiest airport in the world is in the final stages of a multi-million dollar face lift of its international terminal, aimed at bringing the airport back up to world class standards in design and service and now there is talk of even further redevelopment for the domestic terminals as well.
LAX was once considered a pioneering facility in the early days of the jet age, the famous Theme Building, built to resemble a flying saucer that has just landed is testament to this period of advancement and modernism. The building features a circular restaurant below four concentric spider-like legs, in-keeping with the space-age theme of the building, this restaurant is called Encounters. Read more
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