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California sees lower-than-expected prices for health insurance
California health officials on Thursday unveiled the likely rates that insurers will charge under the health-care law backed by President Barack Obama - and they are lower than expected, rebutting warnings by critics that many people will experience "rate shock" once the law is fully implemented. On average, a person who chooses a mid-level plan can expect to pay around $321 a month, ...
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Dodgers move pitching prospect Miller to outfield
LOS ANGELES -- Aaron Miller, the Dodgers' first-round sandwich pick in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft as a left-handed pitcher, has been moved from the mound to the outfield. Miller, 25, had been an outfielder at Baylor University until becoming a pitcher his sophomore season. He was taken 36th overall as a pitcher by the Dodgers as compensation for Atlanta's signing of free agent ...
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Virgin Airlines Gets Top Honors from Consumer Reports
Virgin America was named the best airline in a Consumer Reports survey, with participants praising the airline's comfortable seats and in-flight ...
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LAPD Analyzes Tapes Of Charles Manson Disciple Charles Tex Watson
LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles police have obtained the decades-old taped conversations between a Manson family disciple and his attorney, officials confirmed Thursday. Detective David Holmes said the department has had the tapes for a couple of weeks and Robbery-Homicide Division and the Los Angeles County district attorney's office are analyzing them. A federal judge in Texas ruled in March ...
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Editorial California must keep politicians pay in check
State revenue is up. The California budget deficit appears to be gone. Sacramento is debating what to do with the expected surplus. Use it to improve government services and help the poor? Save it so that the next recession isn't as painful as the last? Naturally, elected officials would like some of it to be used to make life easier for elected officials. They have (just) enough ...
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Port of Long Beach chief Chris Lytle will oversee Port of Oakland
Christopher Lytle LONG BEACH - The head of the nation's second busiest seaport is leaving for a port in Northern California. Port of Long Beach Executive Director Christopher Lytle has accepted the top post at the Port of Oakland, ending a four-month search, Oakland officials announced Thursday. "The Port Commission set a high standard for its next leader and has successfully achieved ...
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Man who jumped from Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro identified
< 200){ requestedWidth = 200; } A man who jumped to his death from the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro has been identified as Brad Dean Dodd, 47, of Long Beach, coroner's officials said Thursday. Dodd drove to the apex of the bridge Sunday night and then climbed up a 10- to 12-foot high security fence and jumped to the harbor below, according to port officials. Witnesses on the ...
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Husky 5 Stolen From Van Nuys Backyard As Neighbor Snaps Pic Of Alleged Thief
VAN NUYS (CBSLA.com) -- A Van Nuys resident says a woman came into her yard and stole her dog but not before her quick-thinking neighbor was able to photograph the alleged dognapper. The victim said the unidentified woman stole April, her 5-year-old Siberian ...
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San Onofre Execs’ ‘Star Trek’-Themed Spoof Video Under Fire
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO (CBS/AP) --A "Star Trek"-themed spoof video created by executives at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station a few years before the plant was shut down has created a bit of a controversy. The two-minute video called "SONGS Trek," obtained by KGTV in San Diego, was filmed in 2010 in a plant training simulator. In the short, the plant's former chief ...
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Officer Pleads Not Guilty To 12 Sex-Related Counts Involving 14-Year-Old Girl
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) -- A police officer assigned to Metropolitan State Hospital in Norwalk was charged Thursday with 12 sex-related counts involving a 14-year-old girl. Mario Uribe Estrada, 41, pleaded not guilty to four counts each of lewd act on a child and sending harmful matter to a minor, three counts of sodomy of a person under 16 and one count of oral copulation of a person under ...
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LAPD officers widow speaks at police memorial ceremony in Ventura
About 40 white doves are released at the end of the annual Ventura County Peace Officers Memorial ceremony Thursday at the Government Center in Ventura. The event honors Ventura County peace officers killed in the line of ...
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Art Laffers tax fix for California
Economist Arthur Laffer, known for advocating supply-side economics while advising former President Ronald Reagan, discusses Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's income tax plan with reporters, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Laffer, of Nashville, Tenn., also advised the Brownback administration and calls its tax plan "beautiful." (AP Photo/John ...
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Lakers Statement On Passing Of Flynn Robison
Submitted by jmckendry on Thu, 2013-05-23 16:07 EL SEGUNDO - The following statement was issued today by the Los Angeles Lakers regarding the death of former Laker Flynn Robinson: "We are very sad to hear of the passing of Flynn Robinson," said Lakers Executive Vice President of Business Operations Jeanie Buss. "Flynn played an important role on the 1971-72 Lakers team that ...
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Tesoro expected to take over BP Los Angeles refinery June 1 - sources
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Independent refiner Tesoro Corp (TSO.N) is expected to take control of BP Plc's (BP.L) 240,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Los Angeles-area refinery in Carson, California, on June 1 as part of a $2.5-million purchase of the ...
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Sen. Ted Lieu bill would protect news organizations
A South Bay lawmaker is moving to protect California reporters and news organizations against secret investigations from law enforcement. State Sen. Ted Lieu announced Thursday that he is adding language to Senate Bill 558 that would require California law enforcement to give news organizations five days notice before issuing a subpoena to a third-party vendor, like an Internet service provider ...
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Torrance police seek men who shoplifted whisky
Surveillance photo of the suspects. (Submitted) Two men entered Albertsons at Torrance and Hawthorne boulevards in Torrance, took $414 worth of Johnnie Walker and Crown Royal whisky and left without paying. Anyone who can identify them should call ...
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Sobriety checkpoints in El Segundo Hermosa Beach
Police will conduct sobriety and driver's license checkpoints tonight at an undisclosed location in El Segundo, and from 9 p.m. Saturday to 3 a.m. Sunday in the eastbound lanes of Artesia Boulevard at Prospect Avenue in Hermosa ...
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South Bay Harbor area restaurant closures
20828 S. Vermont Ave., unincorporated county area Close date: May 15 Reopen date: May 17 Reason for closure: " Sewage Sun California Enterprise 20828 S. Vermont Ave., unincorporated county area Close date: May 15 Reopen date: May 17 Reason for closure: - Liquid waste and ...
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LAPD analyzes Manson disciple Tex Watsons taped conversations with attorney for evidence
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Los Angeles police have obtained the decades-old taped conversations between a Manson family disciple and his attorney. Detective David Holmes says the department has had the tapes for a couple of weeks and Robbery-Homicide Division and the Los Angeles County district attorney's office are analyzing them. A federal judge ruled in March that Charles "Tex" ...
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Bill Would Protect California Reporters’ Phone Records
SACRAMENTO (CBS / AP) — State agencies would be required to give journalists five days’ notice before they issue subpoenas to a third-party company for telephone records under legislation announced Thursday by a state senator. Democratic state Sen. Ted Lieu, of Torrance, said he would seek the measure to give greater protection for newsgathering operations. He acted after it was ...
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Man 30 Convicted In Deadly Lake Forest Stabbings
Justin Alvin Masao Tombleson is convicted of stabbing Elvis Kechechian (above) and Hossein Saidan during an argument in Lake Forest on June 11, 2011. (credit: ...
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Manson Disciple’s Tapes Being Analyzed By LAPD
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Los Angeles police have obtained the decades-old taped conversations between a Manson family disciple and his attorney, officials confirmed ...
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Manson disciples tapes being analyzed by LAPD
LOS ANGELES -; Los Angeles police have obtained the decades-old taped conversations between a Manson family disciple and his attorney, officials confirmed ...
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For Dodgers in-season managerial change is rare
Don Mattingly has a 187-181 career record as Dodgers manager, including 19-26 this season. (AP) LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers have changed managers in midseason because of poor team play just once in the past 111 years. That was 1998, when the News Corp. ownership group that had traded Mike Piazza a month earlier swept out manager Bill Russell and general manager Fred Claire. Russell, who had ...
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California health exchange includes 13 insurers
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Policyholders will pay anywhere from nothing to $687 a month in insurance premiums under California's health exchange, a program that will involve the participation of 13 carriers who will compete to offer coverage for the nation's most populous ...
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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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