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Calif. Locking Up Far Fewer Juvenile Offenders
SACRAMENTO (AP) -- California is a national leader in reducing the number of juvenile offenders incarcerated in state and county lockups, according to a study advocacy groups released Tuesday. Driven by budget cuts, lawsuits and research, the state has taken steps that helped reduce the number of youths in correctional facilities by 41 percent between 2000 and 2010. Fewer than 9,800 youths were ...
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Dodgers-Yankees Game Postponed By Rain Will Play Doubleheader Wednesday
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) --The game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees was postponed Tuesday due to rain. The teams will play a doubleheader Wednesday at 10:05 a.m. PST and 4:05 p.m. PST. The earlier game will be broadcast on ...
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Psychologist attacked by inmate at LA prison
LOS ANGELES -; A contract psychologist is recovering from injuries she suffered in an attack by an inmate at the state prison in Los Angeles ...
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Hollywood considers shrinking parking spaces
Hollywood’s parking spaces could be getting shorter.As work continues on the side streets connecting A1A to the Broadwalk, dozens of parking spots are being lost.To make up for them, the Hollywood City Commission is considering reducing the size requirements to squeeze as many into the available space as possible. Instead of a parallel parking space 8 1/2 wide by 18 feet long, the new ...
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Los Angeles says yes to re-usable grocery bags no to plastic
By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 7:40pm EDT LOS ANGELES, June 18 (Reuters) - Step away from the plastic bags, Angelenos. The Los Angeles City Council took the first step on Tuesday towars making the city the largest U.S. municipality to ban plastic bags at the grocery store, with the goal of keeping them out of streets, beaches and the Pacific Ocean. The ...
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Hollywood Docket Twilight Perfumes Madden NFL Trial Sony TV Settlement
Electronic Arts Faces Jury Trial Over 'Madden NFL' The Lionsgate division has filed a new lawsuit over perfumes that allegedly infringe trademarks relating to its blockbuster franchise. Among the fragrances in dispute are Moonlight Women's Eau De Parfum and Moonlight Ever After Eau De Parfum. Over the years, Summit has branched out into the fragrance market with licensing deals. ...
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San Fernando Valley home price nears $500000
Foreclosure activity continued its steep decline to pre-recession levels across the San Fernando Valley in May as housing prices approached the $500,000 mark, a research center said ...
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Hawthorne High to become first South Bay high school to offer prestigious program
Hawthorne High is set to become the first high school in the South Bay or Harbor Area to offer a prestigious curriculum called International Baccalaureate, an accelerated program that rivals Advanced Placement and whose most successful graduates can enter college as ...
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Villaraigosa ‘I Want To Run For Governor’
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) --Outgoing mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Tuesday that he wants to run for governor, but didn't reveal when he plans to make that happen. In an interview with KPCC radio's Larry Mantle, the termed-out mayor said, ';I want to run for governor. In fact, I fully expect that I will.'; Villaraigosa, who was recently accused by L.A. Weekly of ...
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MLB Los Angeles Dodgers at New York Yankees ppd. rain
Tuesday's game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees has been postponed due to rain in New York. The game will be made up Wednesday at 1 p.m. EDT as part of a split doubleheader, with the second game scheduled for 7:05 ...
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Best And Worst Balancing Acts In Hollywood Film And TV Production History
franchises and other hits, made waves this week with a major executive hire. The company, launched more than a decade ago by Thomas Tull, is bringing longtime Warner Bros. television chief Bruce Rosenblum in to steer Legendary's push into TV and digital production. (An interesting video interview with Tull about his approach to the movie business is posted ...
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California prosecutors Man threw ex-wife off cruise ship in Italy
By Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News A man was arraigned on indictment for murder on Monday by a California grand jury for throwing his ex-wife over the side of a cruise ship, according to the Orange County District Attorney.The indictment against Lonnie Loren Kocontes, 55, includes one felony count of murder for financial ...
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Colorado wildfire snuffs over 500 homes California fire a threat
DENVER/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The number of homes destroyed by a Colorado wildfire rose above 500 on Tuesday as rain dampened the flames and allowed damage assessment teams to enter charred neighborhoods, as another threatening blaze grew in ...
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Kings Reach New 6-Year Deal With Slava Voynov
Slava Voynov #26 of the Los Angeles Kings at American Airlines Center on October 27, 2011 in Dallas, Texas. (credit: Ronald Martinez/Getty ...
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Westwood Village Eyes Comeback As Arts Culture Destination
A new effort is underway to reframe the cultural resources in Westwood Village as key to the neighborhood’s rebirth as an arts-and-culture district. (courtesy UCLA ...
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Portions Of 405 Freeway In The Sepulveda Pass To Close Tuesday Through Friday Nights
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) -- Portions of the 405 Freeway through the Sepulveda Pass will be closed Tuesday through Friday nights for work on the Skirball Bridge. Crews will install girders during the closure, which will begin in stages for the southbound lanes, Metro said. Freeway ramps will begin closing at 7 p.m. Tuesday with some lane closures taking place by 10 ...
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Player Capsule Jordan Hill
For all of L.A.'s injuries in 2012-13, no player was hit with the bug worse than Jordan Hill, whose stretch of solid play in the middle of the season was cut ...
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Teacher training especially in California gets poor grades
NEW YORK - California has been trying to improve how it educates teachers for more than a decade, and some of its ideas have become a model for the rest of the country. But the vast majority of teacher preparation programs in the state are still failing to adequately prepare teachers, according to a controversial new report Tuesday that rated more than 1,200 schools of education across the ...
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Spurs A Model Of Patience Success
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - The Spurs have long been the NBA’s gold standard when it comes to drafting and development, preferring to roll up their sleeves and scour the globe to find the right players to slot into well-defined roles in San Antonio. They have more international players on their roster than any other team in the NBA, and even their American players don’t come straight from ...
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Heat Need Big Game From James Again
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A little more than a year ago, the Miami Heat stood on the verge of elimination in the Eastern Conference Finals. The team’s heart and the ability of the Big Three were being questioned left and right ahead of Game 6 of the Conference Finals. Then LeBron James got "the look" and things were never the same for the Heat. James put the team on his ...
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LA City Council Signs Off on Reward in Dorner Manhunt
Karen and Jim Reynolds were tied up by fugitive Christopher Dorner in their Big Bear residence. They will receive the bulk of a reward offered in the ...
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Darden CEO lobbies against California Medicaid fines
Darden Restaurants so worried that the company's chief executive officer recently visited state lawmakers to lobby against it.The Orlando-based owner ...
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Ask the Lawyer Hospice care DNRs and other end-of-life decisions
A: Assisted suicide, as it is often referred to, remains unlawful in most states. Under California Penal Code Section 401, "Every person who deliberately aids, or advises, or encourages another to commit suicide is guilty of a felony." In 2009, however, a law went into effect in California (Assembly Bill 2747) that does address end-of-life-decisions. Specifically, it established ...
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My Turn Rolling Stones fan scores tickets to once-in-a-lifetime show
The Saturday began like any other, with some house chores and a visit to the dog park to run our Australian shepherd, Sierra. At about 1 p.m. I received a call about a secret warm-up show with my longtime favorite band, the Rolling Stones. The caller had been tipped off by a friend of his and knowing what a huge fan I am, called me right ...
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Impress Your Guests With Creative Summer Cocktails by SVEDKA
Simple secrets to start with for effortless entertaining: o Freeze your glasses before your guests arrive so they are nice and cool when sitting outside in the sun. o Set up your bar with multiple bottles, shakers, strainers, different garnishes, themed napkins and straws. o Serve your cocktails in unexpected containers, such as mason jars, vintage teacups, or hollowed- out ...
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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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