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Azusa Restaurant Loses Liquor License Due To Drinking Scheme
AZUSA (CBSLA.com) -- An Azusa restaurant lost its alcohol license after state investigators discovered it was running an illicit drinking scheme. La Fonda Restaurant & Bar, located at 1044 W. Gladstone Street, had its license revoked because they charged customers a premium price for alcohol in exchange for the company of the bar's female employees, according to the California ...
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Rogers To Sign With LA Galaxy Could Be 1st Gay Athlete To Compete In American Sports
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) – The day after basketball player Jason Collins announced that he was gay in April, he called then retired soccer player Robbie Rogers. In February, Rogers came out and said he would retire from soccer all in the same day. According to reports, Rogers will return to soccer and has agreed to sign with the Los Angeles Galaxy, making him the first openly gay player ...
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MLB St. Louis 7 Los Angeles Dodgers 0
Lance Lynn struck out nine over six innings Friday and received plenty of offensive help in carrying St. Louis to a 7-0 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Cardinals won their third in a row, limiting the Dodgers to three hits and getting three RBI each ...
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Exeter in California becomes seventh city to declare Oct 25 as Rajan Zed Day
City of Exeter in California has become the seventh city in the US to declare October 25 as 'Rajan Zed Day' after disinguished Hindu and interfaith statesman Rajan Zed. Cities of Hartford (Connecticut), Taylorsville (Utah), Madera (California), Sparks (Nevada), Chowchilla (California) and Sanger (California) have already declared October 25 as 'Rajan Zed Day'. City of Reno ...
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Ex Go-Go’s Bassist Sues Group Over Revenue Alleged Contract Breach
The Go-Go’s pose for a picture in 2011 after performing on ';Good Morning America.'; (credit: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images ...
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Recent Deadly Motorcycle Crashes Reignite Controversial Lane-Splitting Debate
ONTARIO (CBSLA.com) -- Recent deadly motorcycle crashes in the Inland Empire have reignited the controversial debate of lane-splitting, which involves the legal act of bikers riding between cars on freeways. A 40-year-old Corona man was killed on Monday when his bike clipped a vehicle on the Highway 91. The victim was then thrown off his motorcycle and run over by the trailer of a semi-truck. ...
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Openly gay Robbie Rogers returning to professional soccer
Robbie Rogers , who came out as homosexual when he announced his retirement from soccer, tells USA Today he has decided to return to the field. Rogers said he made the decision last month while he was speaking at the Nike Be True LGBT Youth Forum in Portland, Ore. "I seriously felt like a coward," he said. "These kids are standing up for themselves and changing the world, and ...
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Ethier looks to put Mattinglys comments behind him
Email LOS ANGELES -- Dodgers outfielder Andre Ethier said he does not want to become a distraction following manager Don Mattingly's criticism this week of the team's play. Ethier was benched Wednesday in Milwaukee, when Mattingly said he wanted to field a team "that is going to fight, to compete the whole day." Ethier, who spoke to Mattingly on Wednesday, said he would ...
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Hanley getting closer to rehab assignment
Email LOS ANGELES -- Hanley Ramirez is inching closer to starting a Minor League rehab assignment, but the Dodgers are being extra cautious with the shortstop's strained left hamstring. Ramirez ran curves, took batting practice and fielded ground balls before Friday's game against the Cardinals. He said he's only running at 85 percent and will test his hamstring while running the ...
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Washington bridge collapse spotlights Californias aging bridges
California in recent decades has spent billions retrofitting its bridges for earthquakes, but in the wake of Thursday's bridge collapse in Washington state, critics say the Golden State is still lagging behind most other states in the quality of its bridges.Thousands of bridges in California are classified as "structurally deficient" by federal transportation authorities, meaning ...
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Ex-LAPD detective gets 20 years for wifes death in Hawaii
HONOLULU - A retired Los Angeles police detective has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in Hawaii for the 2006 beating death of his wife. The Los Angeles Times reported Thursday that Judge Ronald Ibarra said during sentencing that 59-year-old Dan DeJarnette had done the opposite in killing his wife from what earned him a commendable career in law enforcement. In November 2006, DeJarnette ...
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Plan to split Banning High into two schools on same campus delayed a year
Banning High School will not be broken into two high schools in order to improve classroom performance by creating smaller learning communities until the 2014-2015 school year. (Steve McCrank / Staff ...
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Octagonal building site on Redondo waterfront to be prepped for community use
< 200){ requestedWidth = 200; } The site of an old octagonal building that until its demolition in February was an eyesore for many years on the Redondo Beach waterfront will be repaired for use as community open space. The City Council this week voted unanimously to spend $100,000 to create an even concrete surface on the city-owned Parcel 10, a 15,000-square-foot space adjacent to the ...
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Kasten Says Mattingly Will Be Staying With Dodgers For A Long Time
Manager Don Mattingly #8 of the Los Angeles Dodgers stands in the dugout during the MLB game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on April 13, 2013 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Dodgers defeated the Diamondbacks 7-5. (credit: Christian Petersen/Getty ...
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UPI Sports Calendar for Saturday May 25
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Trout Vargas Lead Angels Over Royals
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Kasten defends Mattinglys critical comments
LOS ANGELES -- Dodgers president Stan Kasten on Friday defended manager Don Mattingly's decision to publicly criticize the club's play during its recent six-game road trip. Before Wednesday's game in Milwaukee, Mattingly said he believed this team was not as mentally tough as last year's squad, despite additions in talent. Kasten said he agreed with Mattingly's attempt ...
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Cannes Hollywood Gives Back at Star-Filled AmfAR Gala
In her latest Film Files column, Sharon Swart gets an auction scoop from Harvey Weinstein and catches up with Jessica Chastain, who says of the fundraiser's growth from last year: "I was hoping we'd double it, and we made even ...
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California releases annual school rankings based on API scores
Los Angeles County school rankings The state on Friday released its annual list of K-12 school rankings based on student performance on standardized tests, revealing little in the way of surprise for the South Bay and Harbor Area, where nearly 60 percent of the schools surpassed the statewide average. For the most part, the standing of individual schools here demonstrated little change from a ...
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Bond rating agencies give higher marks to the Los Angeles Community College District
The nation's two top bond rating agencies have hiked their credit rankings for the Los Angeles Community College District, noting its improving financial health, district officials announced Friday. Standard & Poor's confirmed its credit rating of AA for the district and raised its outlook from stable to positive. Moody's Investor Service confirmed an Aa1 rating and dubbed ...
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Coroner looking for relatives of man killed by San Fernando police officer
The Los Angeles County Coroner's Office is asking for the public's help to find the relatives of a man who was shot and killed last month by a San Fernando police officer. Coroners have identified the man as 45-year-old Felipe Corrales, who also goes by the name Felipe Perez. Corrales was identified through fingerprints, but no family members have come forward, said Craig Harvey, ...
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Covered California to pay $12M for ad agency and PR over two years
Weber Shandwick $12 million over two years to market the exchange, which will offer insurance to uninsured Californians and small businesses. The contract with Weber Shandwick goes through April 2015, officials said late Friday, just as the Memorial Day weekend got into full swing. Covered California is also retaining Ogilvy Public Relations for media relations and community outreach work. ...
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Palmdale Boy Dies After Sustaining Skull Fracture In Case Of Suspected Child Abuse
PALMDALE (CBSLA.com) -- Authorities Friday said a Palmdale boy has died after sustaining a massive skull fracture and other injuries in a case of suspected child abuse. The unidentified 8-year-old child was pronounced dead at a hospital around 3 p.m. a day after after police say he was severely beaten with burns over his body. The child's mother, 29-year-old Pearl Fernandez, and her ...
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Michael Clarke Duncan’s Family Says Racists Desecrated His Grave
Family members told TMZ, that when they went to leave flowers at Duncan’s grave in Hollywood, they discovered someone had drawn a crude image of a Little Black Sambo character on his tombstone. Duncan, the gentle giant in a variety of movies like ';Sin City'; and 2001′s ';Planet of the Apes,'; died in LA in September 2012 at the age of 54. The family says Forest ...
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Annie Park Shoots 1-Under Par To Help USC Win Its 3rd NCAA Golf Title
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Annie Park shot a 1-under 71 to top the individual standings and help Southern California take its third NCAA women’s tournament title with a record-setting team performance ...
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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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