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Feuer Leads Trutanich For City Attorney Zine Trails Galperin In Controller Race
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) - Early returns Tuesday night showed a tight race for the next city controller of Los Angeles and a substantial lead for one candidate in the contest for city attorney. With thousands of mail-in ballots counted and a small number of precincts reporting, Councilman Dennis Zine had 48 percent percent of the vote compared to attorney Ron Galperin's 52 percent for city ...
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NHL San Jose 2 Los Angeles 1
Antti Niemi was solid in goal for the San Jose Sharks, who evened their Western Conference semifinals series with Los Angeles with a 2-1 win in Game 4 Tuesday. Niemi had 22 saves in the win, ...
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Lakeland Man Arrested After Pot Intercepted from California
A Lakeland man was arrested after detectives intercepted three packages addressed to his home containing 75 pounds of marijuana from California, an arrest report ...
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TV ratings ABC tops demo American Idol finale tanks
Candice Glover was crowned the 12th "American Idol" in the singing competition's lowest-rated finale ever. With Modern Family beating American Idol on Wednesday night, Scandal tying a series high and the Billboard Music Awards, ABC took the top spot in week 34 of the broadcast television season in adults 18-49. The Alphabet also closed in on CBS in total viewership but was unable ...
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LAPD officer arrested for sex crimes with children www.privateofficer.com
Miguel AngelSchiappapietra, a six-year veteran oftheLAPD, was arrested Saturday, said LAPD Cmdr. Andrew Smith. According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, on Saturday morning Schiappapietra lured two girls under 10 years old into his home in Castaic and committed lewd acts on them. Authorities declined to elaborate on how he knew the alleged victims. Schiappapietrawas off-duty ...
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Greinke unable to find form bested by former mates
LAD@MIL: Greinke helps his cause with an RBI single MILWAUKEE -- Zack Greinke might be back, but he's not back to being Zack Greinke. Greinke brought a 15-0 record at Miller Park into Tuesday night's game, but he couldn't get an out in the fifth inning as the Brewers beat the Dodgers, 5-2. In his second start after returning from a broken collarbone, Greinke never looked ...
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‘Little things’ beat California
California pitcher Brian Fisher reacts to losing against Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in Tuesday's semifinals of the WPIAL Class A playoffs at Burkett Recreation and Sports Complex in Robinson Township. On Tuesday, May, ...
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Early Returns Show Greuel Leading Garcetti In Mayoral Race
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) -- Early returns Tuesday night showed the race for Los Angeles mayor will be a close one, according to the City Clerk’s Office. A tally of mail-in ballots showed Controller Wendy Greuel with 51 percent of the vote compared to Eric Garcetti's 49 percent. Half the vote was expected to come from vote-by-mail ballots, as turnout from the polls was less than ...
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Dodgers Go 3-For-14 With Runners In Scoring Position In 5-2 Loss To Brewers
Milwaukee, MINN (CBSLA.com) -- As the Dodgers looked straight in the face of opportunity when it knocked on their door, they didn’t recognize it — they rejected it, even mocked it a little, and sent it on it’s way to the other guys’ dugout. The Dodgers batted 3-for-14 with runners in scoring position and Zack Greinke only lasted four innings in a 5-2 loss to the Brewers ...
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Lighthouse story heads to Hollywood
A NOVEL inspired by Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse may become a Hollywood film, after Stephen Spielberg's movie company DreamWorks snapped up the rights to The Light Between Oceans by M L ...
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Dead body found at UCLA suicide suspected
LOS ANGELES -- The body of a man was found at the base of Boelter Hall in the School of Engineering on the UCLA campus today. ABC7 reported that the coroner's office said it was reported as an apparent suicide. The body was reported to campus police at 4:17 p.m., said UCLA spokesman Phil Hampton. He said that UCLA police had decided "there was no indication of foul play." ...
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Space companies warn against excessive government oversight of their industry
The Space Tech Expo is at the Long Beach Convention Center through Thursday and features exhibitors and lectures for the space industry. Expo visitors take photos next to a NASA space suit at the California Space Enterprise Center booth. (Scott Varley / Staff ...
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Torrance drug and alcohol counselor to stand trial for 2012 hit-and-run murder
because Wilkins "has no prior DUI conviction." She also scoffed at the prosecution theory that Wilkins was driving home and planned to "dump" Moreno's body. Deputy District Attorney John Harlan said a prior conviction for DUI was not necessary to prosecute Wilkins for murder, and that Wilkins - as a drug and alcohol counselor at the Twin Town Treatment Center in ...
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LAX will name part of new Tom Bradley terminal after Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
< 200){ requestedWidth = 200; } The Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners, whose members are appointed by the mayor, unanimously moved Tuesday to name the great hall of the new Tom Bradley International Terminal after outgoing Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. "The mayor wasted no time after he was sworn in, in July 2005, to focus on airport issues," commission President ...
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Murrieta Water Main Breaks Creating 20-Foot Sinkhole
MURRIETA (CBSLA.com) -- Some Murrieta residents were without water Tuesday after a water main broke, creating a 20-foot-wide sinkhole on a busy street. Officials from the Rancho California Water District said the pavement collapsed when a leaky air valve caused a water main to break and the asphalt to buckle at California Oaks Rd between Jackson and Monroe Ave. The incident took place early ...
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Prosecutors Want Retrial In Bell Corruption Case
Five former Bell City Council members, George Mirabal (C), (2L-R) Teresa Jacobo, George Cole, Oscar Hernandez and Victor Bello, are found guilty of stealing public money by paying themselves extraordinary salaries in one of Los Angeles County’s poorest cities March 20, 2013, in Los Angeles, California. Luis Artiga (L), the only of the six defendants who was acquitted on all charges, was ...
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UCLA Chief Medical Officer Says Strike Is About Pensions Not Patient Care
WESTWOOD (CBSLA.com) -- As a two-day strike began Tuesday at five of the biggest medical centers in the University of California system, medical workers say they are protesting low staffing levels and patient care, while officials contend that the strike is about pensions. Thousands of union medical workers walked picket lines throughout the state, including at UC Irvine and the Westwood and ...
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Tea Party Patriots Rally Against IRS ‘Intimidation’
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) -- Members of the Tea Party Patriots group rallied in downtown Los Angeles and nationwide Tuesday following allegations that the Internal Revenue Service improperly flagged conservative organizations for additional scrutiny. KNX 1070′s Vytas Safronikas reports demonstrations were held at hundreds of IRS offices around the country, including downtown L.A., San ...
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New Details Emerge As Roommate Is Charged With Murder Of Fullerton Student
SANTA ANA (CBSLA.com) -- New details emerged Tuesday as an Orange man was formally charged with the murder of his roommate, a Cal State Fullerton student and Iraq War veteran. Grieving family members of 36-year-old Maribel Ramos were in court Tuesday as her former roommate appeared before a judge for the first time. ';We have no words,'; said a family member. ';It’s ...
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Super Bowls return to California renews Chargers stadium talk
San Francisco 49ers football team CEO Jed York reacts during a news conference at the NFL spring meeting in Boston, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, discussing their successful bid to host Super Bowl 2016. (AP Photo/Elise ...
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Xi Obama to meet in California
Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet US President Barack Obama in California next month on his way back from a trip to Latin America and the Caribbean. Analysts said the arrangements for their meeting, which is informal but will be held over two days, show that relations between the two countries are mature. The China-US summit, the first since Xi took office in March, will be held at ...
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Chargers CEO Team wont move to Los Angeles
San Diego Chargers president and CEO Dean Spanos said Tuesday that his team won’t move to Los Angeles and expressed a firm commitment to the ...
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Hanley among Dodgers progressing toward return
Email MILWAUKEE -- Manager Don Mattingly had generally positive news on most of the rehabbing Dodgers on Tuesday. Hanley Ramirez tested his hamstring running in the outfield, and Mattingly said the shortstop continues to make progress, although he is still probably two weeks away from playing. Josh Beckett was able to throw on flat ground without discomfort from a strained groin muscle, ...
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Lasorda Hough to rep Dodgers at Draft
MILWAUKEE -- Hall of Famer Tom Lasorda and current senior advisor Charlie Hough will represent the Dodgers at MLB's 2013 Draft next month. It will be a comeback of sorts for the 85-year-old Lasorda, who was a late scratch last year when he suffered a mild heart attack at a pre-Draft function and was ordered by Commissioner Bud Selig to go to the hospital. He had a stent inserted into a ...
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Superstar win a welcome sight for Mattingly
Email MILWAUKEE -- A.J. Ellis called Monday night a "superstar" win, Clayton Kershaw's three-hitter backed up by homers from Andre Ethier and Matt Kemp. Manager Don Mattingly called those home runs "nice to see for sure." Also, it was pretty rare for both sluggers in the same game. The previous time it happened was over a year ago -- April 14, 2012. It was ...
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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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